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Apte Dictionary

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

उपमेयupameyapot. p.Fit to be likened or compared, comparable with; (with instr. or in comp.); भूयिष्ठ- मासीदुपमेयकान्तिः गुहेन…
Fit to be likened or compared, comparable with; (with Instrumental or in comp.); भूयिष्ठ- मासीदुपमेयकान्तिः गुहेन R.6.4;18.34,37; अन्तःपुरं चैककुलो- पमेयम् Ku.7.2; Ch. Parasmaipada29 Vartious reading
Derived forms and compounds
- -यम् The subject of comparison, that which is compared उपमानोपमेयत्वं यदेकस्यैव वस्तुनः Chandr.5.7,9.
- -उपमा a figure of speech in which the उपमान and उपमेय are compared to each other with a view to imply that the like of them does not exist; reciprocal comparison; विपर्यास उपमेयोपमानयोः K. Parasmaipada1; Exempli gratia, for example कमलेव मतिर्मतिरिव कमला तनुरिव विभा विभेव तनुः । etc.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपमेयupameyamfn. to be compared, comparable with (with instr. or ifc.) Megh. Kum. &c.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be compared, comparable with (with instrumental case or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') Megh. Kum. etc.
2. neuter gender that which is compared, the subject of comparison (opposed to उप-मान, the object with which anything is compared) Sa1h. commentator or commentary on Pa1n2.
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उपमेयोपमाupameyopamāf. the resemblance of any object to that compared with it
1. feminine the resemblance of any object to that compared with it
2. feminine reciprocal comparison (as of a moon to a beautiful face) Va1m. Kpr.
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