anvarthopamā

anvarthopamā Tatpur. f. (-mā) (In Rhetoric.) A simile con-

veyed by a word which is anugatārtha (q. v.) or anvartha q. v.;

e. g. in the words vānarārkaḥ…udayagirimivādriṃ saṃpra-

mucyābhyagātkham . (comm. vānarārkaḥ vānaro'rka iva vāna-

rārkaḥ . udayagirimivādriṃ parvataṃ mahendraṃ saṃpramucya khamākāśa-

mabhyagāt) the simile udayagiriḥ is anvarthaḥ. Comp. rūpaka

and lalāma. E. anvartha and upamā.