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Upama
adjective “coming quite or nearly up to” i.e. like, similar, equal DN.i.239 (andha-veṇ˚); MN.i.432 (taruṇ˚ a young looking fellow); AN.iv.11 udak˚ puggala a man like water); Pv.i.1#1 (khett˚ like a well cultivated field; = sadisa Pv-a.7 ); Pv-a.2 , Pv-a.8 etc ■ Note. ūpama metri causa see ū˚ and cp.
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1. Uةَمَ
adjective “coming quite or nearly up to” i.e. like, similar, equal DN.i.239 (andha-veṇ˚); MN.i.432 (taruṇ˚ a young looking fellow); AN.iv.11 udak˚ puggala a man like water); Pv.i.1#1 (khett˚ like a well cultivated field; = sadisa Pv-a.7); Pv-a.2, Pv-a.8 etc
■ Note. ūpama metri causa see ū˚ and cp. opamma & upamā.
compar
■ superl. formation fr. upa, cp. Lat. summus fr. *(s)ub-mo
2. Upamā
feminine likeness, simile, parable, example (cp. formula introducing u. SN.ii.114; MN.i.148); Snp.705 (cp. Dhp.129, Dhp.130), Snp.1137 (= upanidhā sadisaṃ paṭibhāgo Cnd.158); Iti.114; Vism.341 Vism.478, Vism.512, Vism.582 sq., Vism.591 sq.; Pv-a.29, Pv-a.112 (dhen˚); Snp-a.329, Snp-a.384; Sdhp.29, Sdhp.44, Sdhp.259.
f. of upama in abstract meaning
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