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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vilakkuvamai (விலக்குவமை) noun < idem. +. (Rhetoric) A kind of simile in which, with the object of praising the upamēyam, certain characteristics absent in upamēyam are pointed out as being present in the upamāṉam; உப மேயத்திற்கு உயர்வு தோன்ற உபமானத்திலே ஒப்புமைக்கு விலக்காயுள்ள சில தன்மைகள் புலப் படக் கூறும் அணிவகை. [upa meyathirku uyarvu thonra upamanathile oppumaikku vilakkayulla sila thanmaigal pulap padag kurum anivagai.] (தண்டியலங்காரம் [thandiyalangaram] 31, உரை. [urai.])

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