rUpaka a. [ rUp-Rvul ] 1 Bodily, corporeal. 2 Figurative (as words &c.). — kaH A particular coin, a rupee . — kaM 1 Form, figure, shape (at the end of comp. ). 2 Any manifestation or representation. 3 A sign, feature. 4 A kind, species 5 A drama, play, a dramatic composition; (one of the two main subdivisions of dramatic compositions; it is divided into ten classes; there are eighteen minor divisions of it called uparUpaka ); dfSyaM tatrABineyaM tadrUpAropAttu rUpakaM S. D. 272-3 . 6 (In Rhet. ) A figure of speech ( pb ) corresponding to the English metaphor , in which the upameya is represented as being identical with the upamāna ; tadrUpakamaBedo ya upamAnopameyayoH K. P. 10 (see ad loc. for details). 7 A kind of weight (= three gunjās ). Comp. — tAlaH a particular time in music. — SabdaH a figurative or metaphorical expression.