शब्दार्थौ सहितौ काव्यं गद्यं पद्यं च तद्द्विधा ।
śabdārthau sahitau kāvyaṁ gadyaṁ padyaṁ ca tad dvidhā |
(Bhāmahālaṅkāra: 1.16)
“Kāvya (poetry) is united sound and meaning. It is of two types: prose and verse.”
शब्दार्थौ सहितौ काव्यं गद्यं पद्यं च तद्द्विधा ।
śabdārthau sahitau kāvyaṁ gadyaṁ padyaṁ ca tad dvidhā |
(Bhāmahālaṅkāra: 1.16)
“Kāvya (poetry) is united sound and meaning. It is of two types: prose and verse.”