Vikaravuvamai, Vikāravuvamai, Vikara-uvamai: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vikāravuvamai (விகாரவுவமை) [vikāra-uvamai] noun < விகாரம்¹ [vigaram¹] +. (Rhetoric) A kind of simile in which the object of comparison is represented as a variation of that to which it is compared; உவமானத்தின் வேறுபாடே உபமேயமென்று சொல் லும் உவமையணிவகை. [uvamanathin verupade upameyamenru sol lum uvamaiyanivagai.] (தண்டியலங்காரம் [thandiyalangaram] 30, 17.)

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