Upama, Upamā: 26 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpama (उपम):—
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Upamā (उपमा):—1. (von upama) adv. in nächster Nähe: svā.u.ṣadmā.yo vasa.au syona.ṛjjīvayā.aṃ yajate.sopa.ā di.aḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 31, 15.] ta.vo ne.ā tadidvapurupa.ā yo amucyata [8, 58, 13.]
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Upamā (उपमा):—2. (von mā mit upa) f. Verhältniss der Aehnlichkeit oder Gleichheit, Gleichniss [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 36.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1463.] tadapyupamāsti [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 5, 1, 5. 14, 6, 9, 32.] yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā . yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ [Bhagavadgītā 6, 19.] yasyā nāstyupamā bhuvi [Mahābhārata 1, 6401] [?(vgl. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 3, 72).] imāmatropamāṃ cāpi nibodha [3, 12643.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 105, 8.] yathā tava tathānyeṣāṃ dārā rakṣyā niśācara . ātmānamupamāṃ kṛtvā sveṣu dāreṣu ramyatām [5, 23, 5.] upamā nṛpatestasya gajendrasthasya gacchataḥ . bhavedyadi raviryāyādgagaṇe sodayācalaḥ .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 3.] upamādravya ein Ding, mit dem eine Vergleichung angestellt wird, [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 50.] alabdhopama keinen Vergleich zulassend [Mahābhārata 3, 16517.] upamārthe [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 4.] upamārthena yuddhavarṇā bhavanti [2, 16. 3, 16. 4, 11. 5, 22.] upamārthīya [?1, 4. - 1, 19. 3, 5. Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 32, (COL. 28,) 11.] in rhetorischer Beziehung [Sāhityadarpana 647. fgg.] Vergleichungswort [Yāska’s Nirukta 3, 15.] luptopamānyārthopamānītyācakṣate (nämlich padāni) 18. — Sehr häufig am Ende eines adj. comp. nach dem Begriffe, mit welchem Etwas verglichen wird, [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 38.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1462.] amaropama einem Unsterblichen ähnlich [Nalopākhyāna 5, 44. 9, 34. 23, 23.] [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 2, 15.] [Indralokāgamana 1, 3.] [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 27.] [Arjunasamāgama 3, 41.] [Duaupadīpramātha 6, 28.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 5, 20. 6, 3. 9, 47.] [Daśaratha’s Tod 1, 2.] [Hitopadeśa I, 90.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 47.] f. ā [Nalopākhyāna 12, 42.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 30, 46.] — Vgl. anupama und upamāna .
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Upamā (उपमा):—2. Vergleichung [Bhāṣāpariccheda 79.] naitāṃste tulayāmi bho raghupate kasyopamā dīyate diese kann ich, o Rāma, dir nicht gleichstellen; mit wem könnte man dich vergleichen? [VṚDDHA-Cāṇakya 12, 16.] — In der Rhetorik Gleichniss, Vergleichung [kāvyādarśa.2,14. fgg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 207,a,36. 38. Nalopākhyāna 4. 208,b,15. 210,a, Nalopākhyāna 1.] — Bez. eines best. Metrums [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 17, 11.] — Vgl. tathopama, nirupama .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpama (उपम):—Adj. (f. ā) —
1) der oberste , höchste. —
2) der höchste , herrlichste , trefflichste. —
3) der nächste , erste.
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Upamā (उपमा):—1. Adv. in nächster Nähe.
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Upamā (उपमा):—2. f. —
1) Verhältniss der Aehnlichkeit oder Gleichheit , Vergleichung , Gleichniss (auch rhet.). Am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā) so v.a. ähnlich , gleichend. alabdhopama keinen Vergleich zulassend. —
2) Vergleichungswort. —
3) ein best. Metrum.
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Starts with (+62): Upamad, Upamada, Upamadgu, Upamadhyama, Upamadikshe, Upamadravya, Upamagu, Upamahadvipa, Upamai, Upamajj, Upamajjana, Upamakshepa, Upamal, Upamalamkara, Upamalini, Upamalinitiram, Upamalita, Upamam, Upamamtri, Upamana.
Ends with (+89): Agnishikhopama, Akritopama, Alabdhopama, Amaropama, Amritopama, Amshika-rupama, Anaupama, Antakopama, Antargatopama, Anupama, Anupopama, Arjunopama, Arthopama, Asadrishopama, Atmopama, Bahupama, Bandhujivakopama, Candupama, Catupama, Dahanopama.
Full-text (+158): Upamam, Nirupama, Upamana, Anupama, Upamiti, Upamarupaka, Rajanipuramdhri, Arjunopama, Lodhratilaka, Upameti, Aupamya, Utprekshavayava, Pratishedhopama, Atmopama, Samopama, Asadrishopama, Prashamsopama, Drishopama, Anupopama, Upameyopama.
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Search found 53 books and stories containing Upama, Upamā, Upa-ma, Upa-mā; (plurals include: Upamas, Upamās, mas, mās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.66 [Nidarśanā] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.19 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 9.51 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 5g - Alaṃkāra (7): Upamā or simile < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 5 - Alaṃkāra or the figures of speech < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 5x - Alaṃkāra (24): Sandeha or doubt < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
The Prognostic Potentia1 of Kalidasa’s Similes < [April – June, 1988]
Speak no Evil < [January – March, 1983]
The Philosophy of Riti < [April 1969]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
1: The early traces of Sanskrit Rhetoric < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
1: Definition of Upamā 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]
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) (by Lathika M. P.)
Poetic Experience: Alaṅkāra, Rasa and Vṛtta < [Chapter 2 - Content Analysis of Bhagavatpādābhyudaya]