utprekzA 1 Conjecture, guess. 2 Disregarding, carelessness, indifference. 3 (In Rhet. ) A figure of speech, ‘Poetical fancy,’ which consists in supposing upameya and upamAna as similar to each other in some respects and in indicating, expressly or by implication, a probability of their identity based on such similarity; it is the imagining of one object under the character of another; saMBAvanamaTotprekzA prakftasya pareRa yat K. P. 10 ; e. g. liMpatIva tamoMgAni vazaMtIvAMjanaM naBaH Mk. 1. 34 ; sTitaH pfTivyA iva mAnadaMqaH Ku. 1. 1. It is usually expressed by iva , or by words like manye, SaMke, DruvaM, prAyaH, nUnaM &c. (see Kāv. 2. 234 ); cf. S. D. 686-692 and R. G. under utprekzA also. 4 A parable. 5 An ironical comparison.