upamā | उपमा | upamA
1. upamā/ | उपमा/ | (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.
2. upa-√ mā | उप-√ मा | P. Ā. (Impv. 2. sg. -mimīhi | -मिमीहि |, -māhi | -माहि |, and -māsva | -मास्व |; Subj. 2. sg. -māsi | -मासि |) to measure out to, apportion to, assign, allot, grant, give, RV. : Ā. -mimīte | -मिमीते |, to measure one thing by another, compare, MBh.; Hariv.; Caurap. &c.
3. upa-mā/ | उप-मा/ | f. comparison, resemblance, equality, similarity
a resemblance (as a picture, portrait &c.), ŚBr.; MBh.; Kum. &c.
a particular figure in rhetoric, simile, comparison (a full simile must include four things; see pūrṛopama | पूरृओपम |, luptopamā | लुप्तोपमा |, &c.), Sāh.; Kāvyād.; Vām. &c.
a particle of comparison, Nir.
a particular metre, RPrāt.
upa-mā | उप-मा | (mfn. ifc.) equal, similar, resembling, like (e.g. amaropama | अमरोपम | mfn. resembling an immortal), MBh.; Ragh.; Daś.; Hit. &c.
2. upa-√ mā | उप-√ मा | P. Ā. (Impv. 2. sg. -mimīhi | -मिमीहि |, -māhi | -माहि |, and -māsva | -मास्व |; Subj. 2. sg. -māsi | -मासि |) to measure out to, apportion to, assign, allot, grant, give, RV. : Ā. -mimīte | -मिमीते |, to measure one thing by another, compare, MBh.; Hariv.; Caurap. &c.
3. upa-mā/ | उप-मा/ | f. comparison, resemblance, equality, similarity
a resemblance (as a picture, portrait &c.), ŚBr.; MBh.; Kum. &c.
a particular figure in rhetoric, simile, comparison (a full simile must include four things; see pūrṛopama | पूरृओपम |, luptopamā | लुप्तोपमा |, &c.), Sāh.; Kāvyād.; Vām. &c.
a particle of comparison, Nir.
a particular metre, RPrāt.
upa-mā | उप-मा | (mfn. ifc.) equal, similar, resembling, like (e.g. amaropama | अमरोपम | mfn. resembling an immortal), MBh.; Ragh.; Daś.; Hit. &c.