[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara) › [General treatises on poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya) › [Kavyadarsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa) › 2.56 # Kavyadarsha 2.56 Kāvyādarśa 2.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.56) īdṛśaṃ varjyate sadbhiḥ kāraṇaṃ tatra cintyatāṃ & guṇadoṣavicārāya svayam eva manīṣibhiḥ // > Such \[usage\] is avoided by the good. The reason for this should be considered / by the wise themselves, for the examination of poetic excellences and poetic defects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.55) - [Next: 2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.57) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa~en-mt.2.56) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.56) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Alaṅkāramaṇihāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.alankaramanihara.1.2.67_133) — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit - [Citramīmāṃsā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.alamkara.citramimamsa.195) — Appayya Dīkṣita 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.56) · Pramāṇa