रूपक [ rūpaka ] [ rūpaka ] m. f. n. having form , figurative , metaphorical , illustrating by figurative language Lit. Sāh.

  [ rūpaka ] m. a partic. coin (prob. a rupee) Lit. Var. Lit. Pañcat.

  (in music) a kind of measure Lit. Saṃgīt. ( cf. [ -tāla ] )

  [ rūpakā ] f. a female fox or jackal Lit. AV. xi , 9 , 15 ( ( cf. Zd. (urupi) ) )

  [ rūpikā ] f. swallow-wort , Asclepias Lactifera

  [ rūpaka ] n. form , figure , shape , appearance (mostly ifc. , with f ( [ ā ] ) . , = having the form of , composed or consisting of , similar to) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  n. image , likeness Lit. AitBr. Lit. Kathās.

  feature , sign , symptom Lit. W.

  kind , species Lit. MaitrUp.

  ( in rhet.) a figure of speech , metaphor , comparison , simile (esp. one in which [ iva ] , [ vat ] 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 metaphor " , and [ lalāma-r ] , " flowery metaphor " ) Lit. Kāvyâd. Lit. Sāh. ( cf. Lit. IW. 458) ( 886,2 )

  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) Lit. Daśar. Lit. Sāh. ( Lit. IW. 471)

  a partic. weight (= 3 Guñjās) Lit. L.

  = [ mūrta ] or [ dhūrta ] Lit. L.