उत्प्रेक्षाutprekṣā1 Conjecture, guess.
- 1 Conjecture, guess.
- Disregarding, carelessness, indifference.
- (In Rhet.) A figure of speech, 'Poetical fancy', which consists in supposing उपमेय and उपमान as similar to each other in some respects and in indicating, expressly or by implication, a probability of their identity based on such similarity; it is the imagining of one object under the character of another; संभावनमथोत्प्रेक्षा प्रकृतस्य परेण यत् K. Parasmaipada1; Exempli gratia, for example लिम्पतीव तमोऽङ्गानि वर्षतीवाञ्जनं नभः Mk.1.34; स्थितः पृथिव्या इव मानदण्डः Ku.1.1. It is usually expressed by इव, or by words like मन्ये, शङ्के, ध्रुवम्, प्रायः, नूनम् etc. (see Kāv.2.234); Compare S. D.686-692 and R. G. under उत्प्रेक्षा also.
- A parable.
- An ironical comparison.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अवयवः A kind of simile -Compound
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-वल्लभः Name of a poet.
Source: Apte
