Rupaka, Rūpaka: 26 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchRūpaka (रूपक):—(von rūpa und rūpay)
1) adj. a) in (angenommener) Gestalt erscheinend: śvanvatīrapsa.aso.rūpakā u.a [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11, 9, 15.] — b) bildlich bezeichnend [Sāhityadarpana 308, 3. 5.] —
2) m. eine best. Münze, wohl eine Rupie [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 81, 12. fgg.] [Pañcatantra 127, 8. 252, 13.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 48,] [Scholiast] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 52. 60. 66.] suvarṇa [45.] svarṇa [Kathāsaritsāgara 78, 13.] das Geschlecht nur aus einer Stelle in [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.] zu ersehen. Nach [YUKTIKALPATARU im Śabdakalpadruma] ist rūpaka n. als Gewicht = 3 guñjā . —
3) f. rūpikā Schwalbenwurz, Asclepias lactifera Lin. [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 159, 15. 2, 64, 3. 102, 17.] rūpikāyāḥ payaḥ [282, 10.] —
4) n. a) am Ende eines adj. comp. = rūpa
1) a): giriṃ (so die ed. Bomb.) pratyūharūpakam bildend [Mahābhārata 3, 9981.] samādhistu tadevārthamātrābhāsanarūpakam bestehend in [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 85]; vgl. [Oxforder Handschriften 186,b,38.] dantāntācitarūpakā (sic) = dāntāntācitā [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 13, 11.] maṇividrumavaiḍūryajālāntarita [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 23, 103.] — b) Figur, Bildniss: teṣāṃ puruṣarūpakamiva kṛtvā eine menschenähnliche Figur [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 2.] citre kimālikhāmīha rūpakam [Kathāsaritsāgara 55, 43.] īdṛgālikhya citre me dehi rūpakam [67.] — c) Erscheinungsform, Art: dve vāva khalvete brahmajyotiṣo rūpake [MAITRYUP. 6, 36.] — d) Metapher, Tropus [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha.3,90.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 148.] [kāvyādarśa.2,66. fgg.] [Sāhityadarpana 669. 676. fgg. 105,13. 299,18. 308,2. 7.] [KUVALAY. 14. fg.] [PRATĀPAR. 78,b.] [Oxforder Handschriften 87,a,13. 208,b,15. 211,b,9.] śliṣṭa [Mallinātha] zu [Śiśupālavadha 9, 36.] — e) Schaustück [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [DAŚAR.1,7.] [Sāhityadarpana 273.] [Oxforder Handschriften 142,a, No. 290.] — f) = mūrtta (mūrtti?) [Medinīkoṣa] = dhūrta [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — Vgl. tapta, daśa, puruṣa, prati, bahu (f. rūpikā [Mahābhārata 1, 6077]), mahā, vi, su .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungRūpaka (रूपक):—Adj. —
1) bildlich bezeichnend. —
2) m. — a) eine best. Münze , wohl eine Rupie [215,29.31.] [Āryabhaṭa 2,30.] — b) ein best. Tact [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 235.] tāla (so zu lesen [GĪT.S.23.] —
3) f. rūpakā Füchsin oder Schakalweibchen [Atharvaveda 11,9,15.] Vgl. im Zend urupi. —
4) f. rūpikā Schwalbenwurz , Asclepias lactifera. —
5) n. — a) = ^1. rūpa 1)a) [Agnipurāṇa 30,6.] Gewöhnlich am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā) — b) Figur , Bildniss. — c) Erscheinungsform , Art. — d) Metapher , Tropus. — e) Schaustück. — f) *ein best. Gewicht , = 3 guñjā. — g) = mūrta oder dhūrta.
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Starts with (+4): Rupakakhyashadanga, Rupakalamkara, Rupakam, Rupakanritya, Rupakanta, Rupakaparibhasha, Rupakara, Rupakaraka, Rupakaram, Rupakarin, Rupakarshanika, Rupakarshini, Rupakartar, Rupakartri, Rupakarupaka, Rupakashabda, Rupakatala, Rupakatalam, Rupakatishayokti, Rupakavakya.
Ends with (+62): Abhedarupaka, Abhirupaka, Adhikatadrupyarupaka, Aksheparupaka, Anurupaka, Arupaka, Assarupaka, Avayavarupaka, Avayavavirupaka, Avayavirupaka, Aviddharupaka, Bahirupaka, Bahurupaka, Brahmanarupaka, Chandarupaka, Chhandarupaka, Dasharupaka, Dharmapratirupaka, Dvirupaka, Ekangarupaka.
Full-text (+133): Maharupaka, Rupakatala, Uparupaka, Taptarupaka, Rupakarupaka, Kalanja, Rupakanritya, Rupakashabda, Lalamakarupaka, Garbharupaka, Savisheshana, Arupaka, Nisharuka, Shlishtarupaka, Bahurupaka, Upamarupaka, Aksheparupaka, Dasharupaka, Nataka, Rupakalamkara.
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Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
6: Definition of Rūpaka Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
22: Definition of Viśeṣokti Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
The description of rūpa, rūpaka, nāṭya, nṛtya and nṛtta < [Introduction]
The concise nature of the Daśarūpaka < [Introduction]
Difference between the Daśarūpaka and the Nāṭyaśāstra < [Introduction]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.44 [Rūpaka] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.55 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.53 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
1.2. Rūpaka (metaphor) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
1. Alaṃkāra or the figures of speech (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
3.5. Use of Rūpaka-alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
1. Mudrārākṣasa as a Nāṭaka < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
2. Classification and number of Alaṃkāras < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Relevance of Gati in Rūpakas < [Chapter 3 - Application of gati in Dṛśya-kāvyas]
Observations in Post-Bharata works < [Chapter 5 - Conclusion]