Upameya, Upamēya, Upameyā: 14 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUpameya (उपमेय):—(von mā mit upa) adj. vergleichbar, mit dem instr.: nabhasopameyam [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 36. 6, 4.] die Ergänzung geht im comp. voran: dhruvopameya mit dem Polarstern [18, 33.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 2.] [Caurapañcāśikā 29.] subst. n. der verglichene Gegenstand im Gegens. zu upamāna womit verglichen wird [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 55,] [Scholiast 6, 1, 204,] [Scholiast] [Sāhityadarpana 648.]
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Upameya (उपमेय):—vergleichbar am Ende eines comp. [Meghadūta 53.] was verglichen wird [Oxforder Handschriften 207,a, Nalopākhyāna 4.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpameya (उपमेय):—Adj. zu vergleichen mit (Instr. oder im Comp. vorangehend) , was verglichen wird ; n. der verglichene Gegenstand. Nom.abstr. tva n. Comm. zu [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti 4,3,15.]
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Upameyam, Upameyopama.
Ends with: Anupameya.
Full-text (+18): Upameyopama, Purnopama, Vyatireka, Upmey, Anupameya, Upamana, Rupaka, Uvameyam, Prakaranika, Luptopama, Prastuta, Varniyam, Uvameyapporul, Uvamea, Pratipa, Ananvaya, Viparyasopama, Upman, Prakrita, Upameyopame.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.59 [Apahnuti] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.2 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.14 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
3.4. Use of Upamā-alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
3.15. Use of Vyatireka-alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
3.5. Use of Rūpaka-alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.14.424 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Verse 3.14.408 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Verse 3.14.591 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
1.1. Upamā (simile) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
1.2. Rūpaka (metaphor) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
1.3. Utprekṣā (poetical fancy) < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
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 5j - Alaṃkāra (10): Dṛṣṭānta or exemplification < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 5u - Alaṃkāra (21): Vyatireka or contrast or dissimilitude < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
5: Definition of Apahnuti Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
25: Definition of Tulyayogitā Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
1: Definition of Upamā Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]