[na. ta.] 1 Want of connection.

2 (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which a thing is compar- ed to itself, the object being to show that it is matchless and can have no other upamāna; upamānopameyatvaṃ yadekasyaiva vastunaḥ. iṃduriṃduriva śrīmānityādau tadananvayaḥ.. gaganaṃ gaganākāraṃ sāgaraḥ sāgaro- pamaḥ. rāmarāvaṇayoryuddhaṃ rāmarāvaṇayoriva...