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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपमानम्upamānam1 Comparison, resemblance; जातास्तदूर्वो- रुपमानबाह्याः Ku.1.36.
1. 1 Comparison, resemblance; जातास्तदूर्वो- रुपमानबाह्याः Ku.1.36.
2. The standard of comparison, that with which anything is compared; one of the four requisites of an उपमा; उपमानममूद्विलासिनां Ku.4.5; उपमानस्यापि सखे प्रत्युपमानं वपुस्तस्याः V.2.3; Śi.2.49.
3. (In Nyāya Phil.) Analogy, recognition of likeness, considered as one of the four kinds of pramāṇas or means of arriving at correct knowledge. It is defined as प्रसिद्धसाधर्म्यात् साध्यसाधनम्; or उपमितिकरण- मुपमानं तच्च सादृश्यज्ञानात्मकम् Tarka. K. तन्न विश्वसनीयं वो राक्षसानां रणाजिरे । एतेनैवोपमानेन नित्यं जिह्मा हि राक्षसाः ॥ Rām.6. 5.54.
4. A particle of comparison.
Derived forms and compounds
- -उपमेयभावः relation between the subject of comparison and the standard of comparison.
- -चिन्तामणिः Masculine Name of a philosophical work.
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