upamA 2 P. , 3 4 A. 1 To compare, liken; tenopamIyeta tamAlanIlaM Śi. 3. 8 ; stanO mAMsagraMTI kanakakalaSAvityupamitO Bh. 3. 20. 2 To give, grant ( Ved. ).
upamA 1 Resemblance, similarity, equality; sPuwopamaM BUtisitena SaMBunA Śi. 1. 4 , 17. 69 ; Ki. 6. 23 ; ihopamA satAM Pt. 2. 7 the same is the case with the good. 2 (In Rhet. ) Comparison of two objects different from each other, simile, comparison; sADarmyamupamA Bede K. P. 10 ; ( pb ) or sAdfSyaM suMdaraM vAkyArTopaskArakamupamAlaMkftiH R. G. ; or upamA yatra sAdfSyalakzmIrullasati dvayoH . haMsIva kfzRa te kIrtiH svargaMgAmavagAhate .. Chandr. 5. 3 ; Kāv. 2. 14 ; upamA kAlidAsasya Subhāṣ. (Daṇḍin mentions 32 varieties of upamA ; see Kāv. 2. 15-50 ; as to words expressive of upamA see 2. 57-65 ); see K. P. 10 ad loc. also. 3 The standard of comparison ( upamAna ); yaTA vAto nivAtasTo neMgate sopamA smftA Bg. 6. 19 ; see °dravya below; mostly at the end of comp. , ‘like,’ ‘resembling’; bubuDe na buDopamaH R. 1. 47 ; so svargopama, amaropama, anupama &c. 4 A likeness (as a picture, portrait &c). Comp. — dravyaM any object used for a comparison; sarvopamAdravyasamuccayena Ku. 1. 49. — rUpakaM a figure in Rhetoric being a mixture of simile and metaphor.