[rūp-ka bhāve ac vā] 1 Form, figure, appearance; virūpaṃ rūpavaṃtaṃ vā pumānityeva bhuṃjate Pt. 1. 143; so surūpa, kurūpa.

2 Form or the quality of colour (one of the 24 guṇas of the Vaiśeṣikas); cakṣurtātragrāhyajātimān guṇo rūpaṃ Tarka K; (it is of six kinds: śukla, kṛṣṇa, pīta, rakta, harita, ka- pila, or of seven, if citra be added).

3 Any visible object or thing.

4 A handsome form or figure, beautiful...