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उपमा n. 1. (for 2. See below, and for 3. See col. 3) ind. (Ved. instr. of the above) in the closest proximity or neighbourhood, [RV. i, 31, 15; viii, 69, 13.] उप-√ मा 2.P. Ā. (Impv. 2. sg. -मिमीहि, -माहि, and -मास्व; Subj. 2. sg. -मासि) to measure out to, apportion to, assign, allot, grant, give, [RV.] : Ā. -मिमीते, to measure one thing by another, compare, [MBh.] ; [Hariv.] ; [Caurap. &c.] उप-मा f. 3.f. comparison, resemblance, equality, similarity a resemblance (as a picture, portrait &c.), [ŚBr.] ; [MBh.] ; [Kum.] &c. पूर्णोपम a particular figure in rhetoric, simile, comparison (a full simile must include four things; See , लुप्तो-पमा, &c.), [Sāh.] ; [Kāvyâd.] ; [Vām.] &c. a particle of comparison, [Nir.] a particular metre, [RPrāt.] उप-मा mfn. (mfn.ifc. ) equal, similar, resembling, like (e.g. अमरो-पमmfn. resembling an immortal), [MBh.] ; [Ragh.] ; [Daś.] ; [Hit. &c.]
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