Karnatakabhashabhushana 7.8

English (machine translation) 7.8

[The suffix] pōl [occurs] in [the sense of] comparison.

When the meaning of comparison is intended to be expressed, the suffix pōl occurs after a word.

karivōl bhadraguṇaṁ [‘of auspicious quality like an elephant’],

girivōl susthiraṁ [‘firm like a mountain’],

harivōl dhīraṁ [‘brave like a lion’],

manuvōl nayajñaṁ [‘versed in statesmanship like Manu’].

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