rUpaM [ rUp-ka BAve ac vA ] 1 Form, figure, appearance; virUpaM rUpavaMtaM vA pumAnityeva BuMjate Pt. 1. 143 ; so surUpa , kurUpa . 2 Form or the quality of colour (one of the 24 guṇas of the Vaiśeṣikas); cakzurtAtragrAhyajAtimAn guRo rUpaM Tarka K; (it is of six kinds: - Sukla, kfzRa, pIta, rakta, harita , kapila , or of seven, if citra be added). 3 Any visible object or thing. 4 A handsome form or figure, beautiful form, beauty, elegance, grace; mAnupIzu kaTaM vA syAdasya rUpasya saMBavaH Ś. 1. 26 ; vidyA nAma narasya rUpamaDikaM Bh. 2. 20 ; rUpaM jarA haMti &c. 5 Natural state or condition, nature, property, characteristic, essence. 6 Mode, manner. 7 A sign, feature. 8 Kind, sort, species 9 An image, a reflected image. 10 Similitude, resemblance. 11 Specimen, type, pattern. 12 An inflected form, the form of a noun or a verb derived from inflection (declension or conjugation). 13 The number one, an arithmetical unit. 14 An integer. 15 A drama, play, ( pb ) see rUpaka . 16 Acquiring familiarity with any book by learning it by heart or by frequent recitation. 17 Cattle. 18 A sound, a word. 19 A known quantity. 20 A beast. 21 A verse. 22 A name. 23 The white colour. ( rUpa is frequently used at the end of comp. in the sense of ‘formed or composed of,’ ‘consisting of,’ ‘in the form of,’ ‘namely;’ ‘having the appearance or colour of,’ taporUpaM DanaM; DarmarUpaH saKA &c.). Comp. — aDiboDaH the perception of form or colour of any object by the senses. — aBigrAhita a. caught in the act, caught red-handed. — asraH Cupid. — AjIvA a harlot, prostitute, courtezan. — ASrayaH an exceedingly beautiful person. — iMdriyaM the organ which perceives form and colour, the eye. — uccayaH a collection of lovely forms; Ś. 2. 9. — kAraH, -kft m. a sculptor. — grahaH the eye. — jYa a. perceiving forms, distinguishing visible objects. — tattvaM inherent property, essence. — Dara a. of the form of, disguised as; jugopa gorUpaDarAmivormIm R. 2. 3. — DArin a. 1 having a form or shape. 2 possessed of beauty, lovely. ( — m. ) an actor. — nASanaH an owl. — BAgAnubaMDaH the addition of a fraction to a unit. — lAvaRyaM exquisiteness of form, elegance. — viparyayaH disfigurement, morbid change of bodily form. — SAlin a. beautiful. — saMpad, -saMpattiH f. perfection or excellence of form, richness of beauty, superb beauty; udapAdi cAsyA rUpasaMpadA AvirBUtavismayasya tasya manasi K.