Ravanavadha 10.25
Rāvaṇavadha 10.25
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.25
vraṇa-kandara-līna-śastra-sarpaḥ pṛthu-vakṣaḥ-sthala-karkaśoru-bhittiḥ
cyuta-śoṇita-baddha-dhātu-rāgaḥ śuśubhe vānara-bhū-dharas tadā 'sau.
With snakes that were weapons nestled in the caverns of his wounds, with a hard broad wall that was his wide chest, / with the color of minerals formed by shed blood, that monkey-mountain then shone.
10.25.p1
asyaiva bhedā apare catvāraḥ etad viśiṣṭopamā-yuktaṃ rūpakam
Four other varieties of this [figure]: this is the metaphor combined with a qualified simile.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (4)
- Jayamaṅgalā — Jayamaṅgala, Sanskrit
- Sarvapathīnā — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit
- Bhaṭṭikāvyaṭīkā — Bharatamallīka, Sanskrit
- Bhaṭṭikāvyavyākhyā — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Sanskrit Poetics — Kane 1951, English