1 Comparison, resemblance; jātāstadūrvorūpamānavāhyāḥ Ku. 1. 36.

2 The standard of comparison, that with which anything is compared (opp. upameya); one of the four requisites of an upamā; upamānamabhūdvilāsināṃ Ku. 4. 5; upamānasyāpi sakhe pratyupamānaṃ vapustasyāḥ V. 2. 3; Śi. 20. 49.

3 (In Nyāya phil.) Analogy, recognition of likeness, considered as one of the four kinds of pramāṇas or means of arriving at...