Citramimamsa 72

72

bhūyo'vayasāmānyayogaḥ sehopamā matā ..'
iti . tadapi guṇakriyādīnāṃ parasparasādṛśyavarṇanātmikāyām -
`samañjuraśvakṣuṇṇānāmelānāmutpatiṣṇavaḥ .
tulyagandhiṣu mattebhakaṭeṣu phalareṇavaḥ ..'
ityādyupamāyāmavyāptam .
`udgarbhahūṇataruṇīramaṇopamarda-
bhugnonnatastananiveśanibhaṃ hmāṃśoḥ .
bimbaṃ kaṭhorabisakāṇḍakaḍārameta-

there is a connection through an abundance of common parts, that is considered a simile (upamā)"—
that too under-extends to similes whose nature is the description of mutual resemblance of qualities, actions, and so on, such as:
"The fruit-dust of the cardamoms, crushed by the horses of the good road, flying up, / [settles] on the temples of rutting elephants possessing a similar scent..."
And in:
"This disc of the moon, pale as a dry lotus-stalk, / resembling the placement of the curved, prominent breast of a pregnant Hūṇa maiden pressed by her lover, / reveals the prime station of Viṣṇu with its foremost rays;"