upamā उपमा – Ved. in the closest proximity or neighbourhood.

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upamā́1 ·adv. quite, near.

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upamā́2 ·f. resemblance, similarity; comparison, image (rh.); o. adj. resembling, equal to, like (--°).

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1. upamā, ind., Ved. in the closest proximity or neighbourhood.

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3. upa-mā, f. resemblance, equality, similarity; a resemblance, as a picture, portrait, image, &c.; a simile; comparison, a particle of comparison; (as, ā, am, at the end of a Bahu-vrīhi compound) like, similar to, resembling (e. g. amaropama, resembling an im- mortal).

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upamā 2 . upa-mā, cl. 2. P., 3 or 4. A. -māti, -mimīte, -māyate, -mātum, to measure one thing by another, compare; Ved. to give, grant.

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1. upamā́ (von upama) adv. in nächster Nähe: svā̱du̱kṣadmā̱ yo vàsa̱tau syòna̱kṛjjī̀vayā̱jaṃ yajàte̱ sopa̱mā di̱vaḥ ṚV. 1,31,15. ta̱kvo ne̱tā tadidvapùrupa̱mā yo amùcyata ṚV. 8,58,13.

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2. upamā́ (von mā mit upa) f. Verhältniss der Aehnlichkeit oder Gleichheit, Gleichniss AK. 2,10,36. H. 1463. tadapyupamāsti ŚAT. BR. 12,5,1,5. ŚAT. BR. 14,6,9,32. yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā . yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ BHAG. 6,19. yasyā nāstyupamā bhuvi MBH. 1,6401 (vgl. P. 2,3,72). imāmatropamāṃ cāpi nibodha P. 2,3,12643. R. 2,105,8. yathā tava tathānyeṣāṃ dārā rakṣyā niśācara . ātmānamupamāṃ kṛtvā sveṣu dāreṣu ramyatām R. 5,23,5. upamā nṛpatestasya gajendrasthasya gacchataḥ . bhavedyadi raviryāyādgagaṇe sodayācalaḥ .. KATHĀS. 18,3. upamādravya ein Ding, mit dem eine Vergleichung angestellt wird, KUMĀRAS. 1,50. alabdhopama keinen Vergleich zulassend MBH. 3,16517. upamārthe NIR. 1,4. upamārthena yuddhavarṇā bhavanti NIR. 2,16. NIR. 3,16. NIR. 4,11. NIR. 5,22. upamārthīya NIR. 1,4.—1,19. NIR. 1,3,5. AK. 3,4,32,11. (COL. 3,4,28,11). in rhetorischer Beziehung SĀH. D. 647. fgg. Vergleichungswort NIR. 3,15. luptopamānyārthopamānītyācakṣate (nämlich padāni) 18. — Sehr häufig am Ende eines adj. comp. nach dem Begriffe, mit welchem Etwas verglichen wird, AK. 2,10,38. H. 1462. amaropama einem Unsterblichen ähnlich N. 5,44. N. 9,34. N. 23,23. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 2,15. INDR. 1,3. HIḌ. 2,27. ARJ. 3,41. DRAUP. 6,28. R. 1,5,20. R. 1,6,3. R. 1,9,47. DAŚ. 1,2. HIT. I, 90. RAGH. 1,47. f. ā N. 12,42. R. 3,30,46.⫽print_change — Vgl. anupama und upamāna.

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2. upamā Vergleichung BHĀṢĀP. 79. naitāṃste tulayāmi bho raghupate kasyopamā dīyate diese kann ich, o Rāma, dir nicht gleichstellen; mit wem könnte man dich vergleichen? VṚDDHA-CĀṆ. 12,16. — In der Rhetorik Gleichniss, Vergleichung KĀVYĀD. 2,14. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 207,a,36. Verz. d. Oxf. H. N. 207,a,38. Verz. d. Oxf. H. N. 207,a,4. Verz. d. Oxf. H. N. 208,b,15. Verz. d. Oxf. H. N. 210,a, N. 1. — Bez. eines best. Metrums ṚV. PRĀT. 17,11. — Vgl. tathopama, nirupama.

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1. upamā́ Adv. in nächster Nähe.

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2. upamā́ f. — 1〉 Verhältniss der Aehnlichkeit oder Gleichheit, Vergleichung, Gleichniss (auch rhet.). [Page1-242-b] 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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upamā 2 P., 3 4 A. 1 To compare, liken; tenopamīyeta tamālanīlaṃ Śi. 3. 8; stanau māṃsagraṃthī kanakakalaśāvityupamitau Bh. 3. 20. 2 To give, grant (Ved.).

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upamā 1 Resemblance, similarity, equality; sphuṭopamaṃ bhūtisitena śaṃbhunā Śi. 1. 4, Śi. 17. 69; Ki. 6. 23; ihopamā satāṃ Pt. 2. 7 the same is the case with the good. 2 (In Rhet.) Comparison of two objects different from each other, simile, comparison; sādharmyamupamā bhede K. P. 10; ([Page 0326-c]) or sādṛśyaṃ suṃdaraṃ vākyārthopaskārakamupamālaṃkṛtiḥ R. G.; or upamā yatra sādṛśyalakṣmīrullasati dvayoḥ . haṃsīva kṛṣṇa te kīrtiḥ svargaṃgāmavagāhate .. Chandr. 5. 3; Kāv. 2. 14; upamā kālidāsasya Subhāṣ. (Daṇḍin mentions 32 varieties of upamā; see Kāv. 2. 15-50; as to words expressive of upamā see Kāv. 2. 57-65); see K. P. 10 ad loc. also. 3 The standard of comparison ( upamāna); yathā vāto nivātastho neṃgate sopamā smṛtā Bg. 6. 19; see ˚dravya below; mostly at the end of comp., ‘like,’ ‘resembling’; bubudhe na budhopamaḥ R. 1. 47; so svargopama, amaropama, anupama &c. 4 A likeness (as a picture, portrait &c). Comp. — dravyaṃ any object used for a comparison; sarvopamādravyasamuccayena Ku. 1. 49. — rūpakaṃ a figure in Rhetoric being a mixture of simile and metaphor.

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upamā́ f. Ahnlichkeit, Vergleich, Gleichnis (rh.), oft adj. (—˚) ähnlich, gleich.