…sham performance or show. Thus ruppa may correspond to *rūpya & with rūpaka mean “having the form (i.e. the appearance) of form, i.e….

…appearance, cp. name for gold jātarūpa

Rūpiya²

see ruppa.

…and -vāsin poorly dressed Ja.iv.380.

put down (rightly) by Geiger, P.Gr. § 53 as different fr. Sk. rukma (shining); Morris, J.P.T.S.…

…image); Dhp-a.ii.69 (assa˚ toy horse); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.26 (rāja˚); Mhvs.27, Mhvs.30 (devatā˚ shape of devas); Vv-a.213 -dūrūpaka of…