"upamā" meaning in Pali

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Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit उपमा (upamā). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|उपमा|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit उपमा (upamā), {{inh+|pi|sa|उपमा}} Inherited from Sanskrit उपमा (upamā) Head templates: {{pi-noun|f}} upamā f Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=f}} Forms: feminine [table-tags], upamā [nominative, singular], upamāyo [nominative, plural], upamā [nominative, plural], upamaṃ [accusative, singular], upamāyo [accusative, plural], upamā [accusative, plural], upamāya [instrumental, singular], upamāhi [instrumental, plural], upamābhi [instrumental, plural], upamāya [dative, singular], upamānaṃ [dative, plural], upamāya [ablative, singular], upamāhi [ablative, plural], upamābhi [ablative, plural], upamāya [genitive, singular], upamānaṃ [genitive, plural], upamāya [locative, singular], upamāyaṃ [locative, singular], upamāsu [locative, plural], upame [singular, vocative], upamāyo [plural, vocative], upamā [plural, vocative]
  1. simile; parable; comparison Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-upamā-pi-noun-FmoUmM29 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "lang_code": "my",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "u.pa.ma",
      "word": "ဥပမာ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Lao",
          "lang_code": "lo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ʼup pa mān",
          "word": "ອຸບປະມານ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lao",
          "lang_code": "lo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ʼup pa mai",
          "word": "ອຸບປະໄມ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ʼup pa mā",
      "word": "ອຸບປະມາ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "lang_code": "km",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ʼŏbâmeyyô",
          "word": "ឧបមៃយ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ʼŏbâméyy",
      "word": "ឧបមេយ្យ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Iban",
          "lang_code": "iba",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "sempama"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "umpama"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "umpama"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mon",
      "lang_code": "mnw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ဥပမာ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ùp-bpà-maa",
      "word": "อุปมา"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ùp-bpà-mai",
      "word": "อุปไมย"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
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        "2": "sa",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit उपमा (upamā)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
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      },
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      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Sanskrit उपमा (upamā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feminine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamābhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamābhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāyaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "upamā f",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "simile; parable; comparison"
      ],
      "id": "en-upamā-pi-noun-FmoUmM29",
      "links": [
        [
          "simile",
          "simile"
        ],
        [
          "parable",
          "parable"
        ],
        [
          "comparison",
          "comparison"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "upamā"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "lang_code": "my",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "u.pa.ma",
      "word": "ဥပမာ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Lao",
          "lang_code": "lo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ʼup pa mān",
          "word": "ອຸບປະມານ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lao",
          "lang_code": "lo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ʼup pa mai",
          "word": "ອຸບປະໄມ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ʼup pa mā",
      "word": "ອຸບປະມາ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "lang_code": "km",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ʼŏbâmeyyô",
          "word": "ឧបមៃយ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ʼŏbâméyy",
      "word": "ឧបមេយ្យ"
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            "borrowed"
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        },
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          "lang_code": "id",
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            "borrowed"
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        }
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "umpama"
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      "lang_code": "mnw",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ဥပမာ"
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      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ùp-bpà-maa",
      "word": "อุปมา"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "upamāya",
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        "singular"
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        "ablative",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "upamāya",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "upamāya",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "upamāyaṃ",
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      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upamāsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "upame",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "upamāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Pali lemmas",
        "Pali nouns",
        "Pali nouns in Latin script",
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        "Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit"
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      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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