संस्‍कृत हिन्‍दी अंग्रेजी शब्‍दकोश : रूपक

रूपकम्

रूपक

metaphor

उदाहरणम् : अम्बर-पनघट, time is money

विवरणम् : अलंकार का वह भेद जिसमे दो ऐसी वस्तु जिनके बीच कोई समानता न हो, की समानता दिखाता है।

शब्द-भेद : विशेषण

वर्ग : अलंकार

हिन्दी — अंग्रेजी

रूपक — image (Noun)

Monier–Williams

रूपक — {rūpaka} mfn. having form, figurative, metaphorical, illustrating by figurative language##m. a partic. coin (prob. a rupee) &c##(in music) a kind of measure (cf. {-tāla})##({rūpakā}), f. a female fox or jackal xi, 9, 15 [ {urupi}]##({ikā}), f. swallow-wort, Asclepias Lactifera##n. form, figure, shape, appearance (mostly ifc., with f. {ā}, = having the form of, composed or consisting of, similar to) &c##image, likeness##feature, sign, symptom##kind, species##(in rhet.) a figure of speech, metapbor, comparison, simile (esp. one in which {iva}, {vat} &c. are omitted, e.g. {bāhu-latā}, 'a creeper- like arm', {paṇi-padma}, 'a lotus-like hand'##there are 3 or 4 varieties of Rūpaka, e.g. the {ardha-r}, 'partial metaphor', {khaṇḍa-r}, 'imperfect mṭmetaphor', and {lalāma-r}, 'flowery metaphor') &c. (cf. 458)##a drama, play, theatrical performance (esp. of the principal class, as opp. to the {upa-rūpakas} or inferior dramas##of the former there are 10 species including the Nāṭaka or higher order of play and the Prahasana or farce) &c. (cf. IW. 471)##a partic. weight (= 3 Guñjās)##= {mūrta} or {dhūrta}

इन्हें भी देखें : अप्रतिरूपकथा; अभिरूपक; अरूपक; अवयवरूपक; अवयवि रूपक; आक्षेपरूपक; आभिरूपक; उपमारूपक; रूपक्रान्ता; रूपका, लोपाशिका, लोमाशिका, शृगाली, शृगालिका, लोमशी, लोमालिका, किखिः, खिखिः; नाटय, अभिनी; चन्द्रः;