Kavyalankara 2.31
Kāvyālaṅkāra 2.31
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.31
yathevaśabdau sādṛśyam āhaturvyatirekiṇoḥ
dūrvākāṇḍamiva śyāmaṃ tanvī śyāmālatā yathā //
The two words yathā and iva express similarity between distinct things: / "dark like a blade of dūrvā grass" (dūrvākāṇḍamiva śyāmaṃ), "slender as a śyāmā vine" (tanvī śyāmālatā yathā).
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (2)
- Bhāmahavivaraṇa — Udbhaṭa, Sanskrit
- Kāvyālaṅkārasāralaghuvṛtti — Indurāja, Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- History of Classical Sanskrit Literature — Krishnamachariar 1937, English
- Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics — De 1923, English
- History of Sanskrit Poetics — Kane 1951, English