Rupakam, Rūpakam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconRūpakam (ரூபகம்) noun < rūpaka.
1. (Rhetoric) Metaphor; உருவகம். [uruvagam.]
2. (Music) See ரூபகதாளம். [rupagathalam.] (பரதசாஸ்திரம் தாள. [magaparatham thala.] 20.)
3. Drama, of which there are ten species, viz., nāṭakam, pirakaraṇam, pāṇam, pirakacaṉam, ṭimam, viyāyōkam, camavākāram, vīti, aṅkam, īkāmirukam; நாட கம், பிரகரணம், பாணம், பிரகசனம், டிமம், வியா யோகம், சமவாகாரம், வீதி, அங்கம், ஈகாமிருகம் என்ற பத்துவகைப்பட்ட நாடகம். [nada kam, piragaranam, panam, piragasanam, dimam, viya yogam, samavagaram, vithi, angam, igamirugam enra pathuvagaippatta nadagam.]
4. Proof; அத் தாட்சி. [ath thadsi.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Ends with: Arupakam, Cakarupakam, Ekankarupakam, Makarupakam, Talarupakam, Urupakam.
Full-text: Timam, Pirakacanam, Rupakaram, Yamirukam, Pirakaranam, Talarupakam, Ekankarupakam, Makarupakam, Abhineya, Camavakaram, Rupaka, Abhinetavya, Viruddharupaka, Ikamirukam, Abhinaya, Panam.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.44 [Rūpaka] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.45 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.53 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
The description of rūpa, rūpaka, nāṭya, nṛtya and nṛtta < [Introduction]
Difference between the Daśarūpaka and the Nāṭyaśāstra < [Introduction]
Kulamrit Stotra < [The Divine Strotras]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
6: Definition of Rūpaka Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
5: Definition of Apahnuti Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
3: Definition of Samāsokti Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
1. Mudrārākṣasa as a Nāṭaka < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)