[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) › 2.78 # Kavyadarsha 2.78 Kāvyādarśa 2.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.78) idam ārdrasmitajyotsnaṃ snigdhanetrotpalaṃ mukham & iti jyotsnotpalāyogād ayuktaṃ nāma rūpakam // > "This face has cool smile-moonlight, with moist lotus-eyes"— / this is called an inappropriate metaphor, because moonlight and lotuses do not coexist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.77) - [Next: 2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.79) - [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.2.78) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.78) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.78) · Pramāṇa