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upamāउपमाupamā́ (for 2. See below, and for 3. See col. 3) ind. (Ved. instr. of the above) in the closest proximity or neighbourhood, [RV. i, 31, 15]; [viii, 69, 13.]
upa-√ mā P. Ā. (Impv. 2. sg. -mimīhi, -māhi, and -māsva; Subj. 2. sg. -māsi) to measure out to, apportion to, assign, allot, grant, give, [RV.] : Ā. -mimīte, to measure one thing by another, compare, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Caurap.] &c.
upa-mā́ f. comparison, resemblance, equality, similarity
a resemblance (as a picture, portrait &c.), [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Kum.] &c.
a particular figure in rhetoric, simile, comparison (a full simile must include four things; see pūrṇopama, luptopamā, &c.), [Sāh.]; [Kāvyād.]; [Vām.] &c.
a particle of comparison, [Nir.]
a particular metre, [RPrāt.]
upa-mā (mfn. ifc.) equal, similar, resembling, like (e.g. amaropama mfn. resembling an immortal), [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Daś.]; [Hit.] &c.
upamāmउपमाम्upamā́m ind. in the highest degree, [RV. v, 34, 9]; [AV. viii, 3, 65]; [SV.]
upamātउपमात्upa-mā́t f. a prop, support = upamít below [[Sāy.]], [RV. vi, 67, 6.]
upamādaउपमादupa-mā́da m. enjoyment, amusement, [RV. iii, 5, 5.]
upa-māda See upa-√ mad.
upamānaउपमानupa-māna n. comparison, resemblance, analogy, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Kathās.] &c.
simile
the object with which anything is compared, [Pāṇ.]; [Sāh.]; [Kum.] &c.
a particle of comparison, [Nir.]
(in log.) recognition of likeness, comparison (the third of the four Pramāṇas or means of correct knowledge)
upa-māna mfn. (ifc.) similar, like, [Kathās.]
upamātṛउपमातृupa-mātṛ mfn. (for 2. See s.v.) one who compares, [Naiṣ.]
an image-maker, portrait-painter, [L.]
upa-mātṛ f. ‘second mother’, foster-mother, nurse, [L.]
a near female relative, [L.]
upamātiउपमातिúpa-māti f. (for 2. See s.v.), is comparison, similarity [[Sāy.]], [RV.]
úpa-māti m. (is) ‘assigning or granting’ (wealth), N. of Agni [[Sāy.]], [RV. viii, 60, 11]
([BRD.] derives both 1. and 2. upa-māti fr. upa-√ man, ‘to address’.)
upa-māti f. (√ 1. mī, [Sāy.]), destroying, killing.
upamāsyaउपमास्यúpamāsya mfn. (fr. upa-māsam), occurring every month, monthly, [AV. viii, 10, 19.]
upamālinīउपमालिनीupa-mālinī f. a particular metre.
upamānatāउपमानताupa-māna—tā f.
upamāraṇaउपमारणupa-māraṇa See upa-√ mṛ.
upa-māraṇa n. the act of throwing into water, submerging, [KātyŚr. xx, 8, 22.]
upamānatvaउपमानत्वupa-māna—tva n. similarity, [Kathās.]
the state of being an object of comparison, [Sāh.]; [Vām.]
upamānavatउपमानवत्upa-māna—vat mfn. similar, like, [Śatr.]
upamādravyaउपमाद्रव्यupa-mā—dravya n. any object used for comparison, [Kum.]
upamārūpakaउपमारूपकupa-mā—rūpaka n. (in rhet.) a particular figure combining comparison and metaphor, [Vām.]
upamātivaniउपमातिवनिupa-māti—váni mfn. engaged in killing enemies, destroyer of enemies [[Sāy.]], [RV. v, 41, 16]
(fr. upa-√ man, one who receives addresses in a friendly way, [BRD.])
upamālinītīramउपमालिनीतीरम्upa-mālinī-tīram ind. near the banks of the Mālinī, [Śak. 16, 7.]
upamāvyatirekaउपमाव्यतिरेकupa-mā—vyatireka m. (in rhet.) a particular figure combining comparison and contrast, [Kāvyād.]
upamānacintāmaṇiउपमानचिन्तामणिupa-māna—cintā-maṇi m. N. of a philosophical work.
upamānopameyabhāvaउपमानोपमेयभावupamānopameya-bhāva m. the connection between the thing to be compared and the object with which it is compared.