upamAnaM 1 Comparison, resemblance; jAtAstadUrvorUpamAnavAhyAH Ku. 1. 36. 2 The standard of comparison, that with which anything is compared ( opp. upameya ); one of the four requisites of an upamA ; upamAnamaBUdvilAsinAM Ku. 4. 5 ; upamAnasyApi saKe pratyupamAnaM vapustasyAH V. 2. 3 ; Śi. 20. 49. 3 (In Nyāya phil. ) Analogy, recognition of likeness, considered as one of the four kinds of pramāṇas or means of arriving at correct knowledge. It is defined as prasidDasADarmyAt sADyasADanaM ; or upamitikaraRamupamAnaM tacca sAdfSyajYAnAtmakaM Tarka K. 4 A particle of comparison. Comp. — upameyaBAvaH relation between the subject of comparison and the standard of comparison.