Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
2 P., 3. 4. A. 1 To com- pare, liken; tenopamīyeta tamālanīlaṃ Śi. 3. 8; stanau māṃsagraṃthī kanakakalaśāvityu- pamitau Bh. 3. 20.
2 To give, grant (Ved.).
upamā
Dictionary meanings for upamā from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 Resemblance, similarity, equality; sphuṭopamaṃ bhūtisitena śaṃbhunā Śi. 1. 4, 17. 69; Ki. 6. 23; iho- pamā satāṃ Pt. 2. 7 the same is the case with the good.
2 (In Rhet.) Comparison of two objects differ- ent from each other, simile, com- parison; sādharmyamupamā bhede K. P. 10; [Page0326-c+ 57] or sādṛśyaṃ suṃdaraṃ vākyārthopaskārakamupamālaṃ- kṛtiḥ R. G.; or upamā yatra sādṛśyalakṣmīru- llasati dvayoḥ. haṃsīva...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. A1. (Impv. 2. sg. -mimīhi, -māhi, and -māsva; Subj. 2. sg. -māsi) to measure out to, apportion to, assign, allot, grant, give RV.: A1. -mimīte, to measure one thing by another, compare MBh.; Hariv.; Caurap. &c Page203,3 024347 35299 f. comparison, resemblance, equality, similarity 203,3 35300 f. a resemblance (as a picture, portrait &c) S3Br.; MBh.; Kum. &c 203,3 35301 f. a particular figure in rhetoric, simile,...
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