mfn. having form, figurative, metaphorical, illustrating by figurative language, [Sāh.]
m. a partic. coin (prob. a rupee), [Var.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
(in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.] (cf. -tāla)
[cf. Zd. urupi]
n. form, figure, shape, appearance (mostly ifc., with f(A). , = having the form of, composed or consisting of, similar to), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
image, likeness, [AitBr.]; [Kathās.]
feature, sign, symptom, [W.]
kind, species, [MaitrUp.]
(in rhet.) a figure of speech, metaphor, comparison, simile (esp. one in which iva, vat &c. are omitted, e.g. bāhu-latā, ‘a creeper-like arm’, paṇi-padma, ‘a lotus-like hand’ ; there are 3 or 4 varieties of Rūpaka, e.g. the ardha-r°, ‘partial metaphor’, khaṇḍa-r°, ‘imperfect metaphor’, and lalāma-r°, ‘flowery metaphor’), [Kāvyād.]; [Sāh.] &c. (cf. [IW. 458])
a drama, play, theatrical performance (esp. of the principal class, as opp. to the upa-rūpakas or inferior dramas; of the former there are 10 species including the Nāṭaka or higher order of play and the Prahasana or farce), [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c. ([IW. 471])
a partic. weight (= 3 Guñjās), [L.]
= mūrta or dhūrta, [L.]