रूपक

{ rūpaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

RŪPAKA   See under Pattu (Ten)

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : दृश्यकाव्य, रूपकालंकार

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

रूपक n.  एक शिवभक्त राक्षस, जिसके पुत्र का नाम संपति था । ये दोनों अन्याय्य मार्ग से संपत्ति प्राप्त कर, वह शिव-उपासना के लिए व्यतीत करते थे । इस कारण मृत्यु की पश्वात्, शिव के मानसपुत्र वीरभद्र ने इन्हें कहा, ‘अगले जन्म में तुम चोर बनोगे, किन्तु शिवभक्ति के कारण तुम्हारा उद्धार होगा’ [पद्म. पा. ११४] ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

rūpaka n S A class of rhetorical or poetical figures. 2 m A measure of music.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

n   A class of rhetorical figures. A measure of music.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

noun  जेथे उपमान आणि उपमेय यांचा अभेद वर्णलेला असतो तो एक अर्थालंकार   Ex. एकनाथांच्या रचनेत रूपकाचा भरपूर वापर केलेला आढळतो

ONTOLOGY:

भाषा (Language) ➜ विषय ज्ञान (Logos) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

ben রূপকালঙ্কার

guj રૂપક અલંકાર

hin रूपकालंकार

kan ರೂಪಕಾಲಂಕಾರ

mal രൂപകാലങ്കാരം

ori ରୂପକାଳଙ୍କାର

pan ਰੂਪਅਲੰਕਾਰ

san रूपक अलङ्कारः

tam உருவகம்

tel రూపకాలంకారం

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रूपक  mfn.  mfn. having form, figurative, metaphorical, illustrating by figurative language, [Sāh.]
रूपक  m.  m. a partic. coin ( prob. a rupee), [Var.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
-ताल   (in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.] ( cf.)

ROOTS:

ताल

रूपक   [ cf. Zd. urupi]
रूपक  f.  n. form, figure, shape, appearance (mostly ifc., with f( आ)., = having the form of, composed or consisting of, similar to), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
image, likeness, [AitBr.]; [Kathās.]
feature, sign, symptom, [W.]
kind, species, [MaitrUp.]
इव   (in rhet.) a figure of speech, metaphor, comparison, simile ( esp. one in which , वत् &c. are omitted e.g. बाहु-लता, ‘a creeper-like arm’, पणि-पद्म, ‘a lotus-like hand’ ; there are 3 or 4 varieties of रूपक e.g. the अर्ध-र्°, ‘partial metaphor’, खण्ड-र्°, ‘imperfect m°’, and ललाम-र्°, ‘flowery m°’), [Kāvyâd.]; [Sāh.] &c. ( cf. [IW. 458])
उप-रूपकस्   a drama, play, theatrical performance ( esp. of the principal class, as opp. to the or inferior dramas; of the former there are 10 species including the नाटक or higher order of play and the प्रहसन or farce), [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] &c. ( [IW. 471])

ROOTS:

उप रूपकस्

a partic. weight (= 3 गुञ्जाs), [L.]
मूर्त   = or धूर्त, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

रूपक [rūpaka] a.  a. [रूप्-ण्वुल्] Bodily, corporeal.
Figurative (as words &c.).
-कः   A particular coin, a rupee.
कम् Form, figure, shape (at the end of comp.).
Any manifestation or representation.
A sign, feature.
A kind, species.
A statue; चित्रतत्तदनुकार्यविभ्रमाधाय्य- नेकविधिरूपरूपकम् [N.18.12;] द्वारशाखोपशोभारूपकमात्रम् [Ks.]
A drama, play, a dramatic composition; (one of the two main subdivisions of dramatic compositions; it is divided into ten classes; there are eighteen minor divisions of it called उपरूपक); दृश्यं तत्राभिनेयं तद्रूपारोपात्तु रूपकम् [S. D.272-3;] also नाटकमथ प्रकरणं भाणव्यायोगसमव- कारडिमाः । ईहामृगाङ्कवीथ्यः प्रहसनमिति रूपकाणि दश [S. D.;] उच्चैरुच्च- रितपदां पपाठ नान्दीं प्रारम्भे द्रुतमययानरूपकस्य [Śiva.B.24.68.]
(In Rhet.) A figure of speech corresponding to the English metaphor, in which the upameya is represented as being identical with the upamāna; तद्रूपकमभेदो य उपमानोपमेययोः K. P.1 (see ad loc. for details).
A kind of weight (= the gunjas). -Comp.
-तालः   a particular time in music.
-नृत्यम्   a kind of dance.-रूपकम् a particular kind of रूपक.
-शब्दः   a figurative or metaphorical expression.

Shabda-Sagara

रूपक  n.  ( -कं)
1. A drama, a dramatic poem.
2. Shape, form, figure. 3. A figure of rhetoric in general.
4. A particular class of rhetorical or poetical figures, including various modes of poetical description, or the illustration and exhibition of visible things and persons.
5. Identification of the objects of a comparison; their being not only like, but the very same.
6. Symptom of disease.
 m.  ( -कः) A coin.
 f.  ( -पिका) Swallow wort.
E. रूप form, figure, aff. कन् .

ROOTS:

रूप कन् .