mIlita p. p. [ mIl-kta ] 1 Shut, closed. 2 Twinkled. 3 Half-opened, unblown. 4 Vanished, disappeared. 5 Assembled, gathered (for milita ). — taM (In Rhet. ) A figure of speech in which the difference or distinction between two objects is shown to be completely obscured on account of their similarity, whether natural or artificial, in ( pb ) some respects; it is thus defined by Mammaṭa: - samena lakzmaRA vastu vastunA yannigfhyate . nijenAgaMtunA vApi tanmIlitamiti smftaM .. K. P. 10.