Upameyopama, Upameyopamā, Upameya-upama: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upameyopamā (उपमेयोपमा).—a figure of speech in which the उपमान (upamāna) and उपमेय (upameya) are compared to each other with a view to imply that the like of them does not exist; reciprocal comparison; विपर्यास उपमेयोपमानयोः (viparyāsa upameyopamānayoḥ) K. P.1; e. g. कमलेव मतिर्मतिरिव कमला तनुरिव विभा विभेव तनुः (kamaleva matirmatiriva kamalā tanuriva vibhā vibheva tanuḥ) | &c.

Upameyopamā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upameya and upamā (उपमा).

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

Upameyopamā (उपमेयोपमा).—f.

(-mā) The resemblance of any object to that compared with it, as of the moon to a beautiful face. E. upameya and upamā likeness.

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

Upameyopamā (उपमेयोपमा).—[feminine] a reciprocal comparison ([rhetorie]).

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

1) Upameyopamā (उपमेयोपमा):—[from upa-meya > upa-mā] f. the resemblance of any object to that compared with it

2) [v.s. ...] reciprocal comparison (as of a moon to a beautiful face), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti; Kāvyaprakāśa]

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

Upameyopamā (उपमेयोपमा):—[upameyo+pamā] (mā) 1. f. Resemblance.

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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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