Upamarupaka, Upamārūpaka, Upama-rupaka: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpamārūpaka (उपमारूपक).—a figure in Rhetoric being a mixture of simile and metaphor.
Derivable forms: upamārūpakam (उपमारूपकम्).
Upamārūpaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upamā and rūpaka (रूपक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpamārūpaka (उपमारूपक):—[=upa-mā-rūpaka] n. (in [rhetoric]) a particular figure combining comparison and metaphor, [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti]
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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: Rupaka, Upama.
Full-text: Rajanipurandhri, Alamkara.
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Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
2: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Bharata (2nd century B.C.) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
3: The classification of poetic figures < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Annadatri-carita (study) (by Sarannya V.)
6. Poetic Beauty (b): Alankaras (Aesthetics) < [Chapter 3 - An Introduction to Annadatri-carita]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
3.4a. Arthālaṃkāras (Alaṃkāras that depend upon the meanings of words) < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
2. Classification and number of Alaṃkāras < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 4 - Originality in Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) < [Chapter 3 - Contribution of Rājaśekhara to Sanskrit Poetics]
Part 2 - Nātyaśāstra of Bharata-Muni < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
Part 8 - Dhvanyāloka of Ānandavardhana < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
2. Śṛṅgāraśataka in Kuntaka’s treatment < [Chapter 6 - Kuntaka’s assessment of Verses Cited in Śatakas and Anthologies]
3. Harivijaya in Kuntaka’s treatment < [Chapter 3 - Kuntaka’s estimation of Mahākāvyas of other Poets]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)