The Sanskrit term Praśaṃsopamā can be transliterated into English as Prasamsopama or Prashamsopama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Praśaṃsopamā (प्रशंसोपमा).—one of the several kinds of उपमा (upamā) mentioned by Daṇḍin; ब्राह्मणोऽप्युद्भवः पद्मश्चन्द्रः शंभुशिरोधृतः । तौ तुल्यौ त्वन्मुखेनेति सा प्रशंसोपमोच्यते (brāhmaṇo'pyudbhavaḥ padmaścandraḥ śaṃbhuśirodhṛtaḥ | tau tulyau tvanmukheneti sā praśaṃsopamocyate) || Kāv.2.31.

Praśaṃsopamā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms praśaṃsā and upamā (उपमा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Praśaṃsopamā (प्रशंसोपमा).—f.

(-mā) A kind of Upama according to Dandin, who thus defines and illustrates it:— brahyaṇotpyudbhavaḥ padmaścandraḥ śambhuśirodhṛtaḥ . tau tulau tanmukheneti sā praśaṃsopamocyate ..

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Praśaṃsopamā (प्रशंसोपमा).—[feminine] a kind of comparison ([rhetorie]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Praśaṃsopamā (प्रशंसोपमा):—[=pra-śaṃsopamā] [from pra-śaṃsā > pra-śaṃs] f. (in [rhetoric]) laudatory comparison, comparing to anything superior, [Kāvyādarśa]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Pra, Prashamsa, Upama.

Full-text: Nindopama.

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