ananvayaH [ na . ta .] 1 Want of connection. 2 ( Rhet. ) A figure of speech in which a thing is compared to itself, the object being to show that it is matchless and can have no other upamAna; upamAnopameyatvaM yadekasyEva vastunaH . iMduriMduriva SrImAnityAdO tadananvayaH .. gaganaM gaganAkAraM sAgaraH sAgaropamaH . rAmarAvaRayoryudDaM rAmarAvaRayoriva .. .