Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c11.3

v1.c11.3

Bhāmaha, for instance, defines the figure *upamā* (ii 30) as *virudhenópamānena.....upameyasya yat sāmyam guṇa-leśena sópamā*; and Vāmana seems to paraphrase this definition in the concise form of a *sūtra* *upamānenópameyasya guṇa-leśataḥ sāmyam upamā* (IV.².1). ¹ Again, speaking of effective implication (*atiśayavān arthaḥ*) to be found in *upamā*, Bhāmaha lays down (ii 50)