Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. 1 Resemblance, com- parison, similarity; pallavopamiti- sāmyasapakṣaṃ S. D.; tadānanasyopamitau daridratā N. 1. 24.
2 (In Nyāya phil.) Analogy, inference, deduction, knowledge of things de- rived from analogy, a conclusion deduced by means of an upamāna; pra- tyakṣamapyanumitistathopamitiśabdaje Bhāṣā P. 52.
3 A figure of speech = upamā q. v.
4 A likeness, picture.
