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# Kavyadarsha 2.94

Kāvyādarśa 2.94

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.94)

naitan mukham idaṃ padmaṃ ta netre bhramarāv imau &  
etāni kesarāṇy eva naitā dantārciṣas tava //

> “This is no face: this is a lotus. These are no eyes: these are two bees. / These are stamens alone: these are not the radiance of your teeth.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa~en-mt.2.94) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.94) — Sanskrit

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