likeness, simile, parable, example (cp. formula introducing u. SN.ii.114; MN.i.148); Snp.705 (cp. Dhp.129, Dhp.130), Snp.1137 (= upanidhā sadisaṃ paṭibhāgo Cnd.158); Iti.114; Vism.341 Vism.478, Vism.512, Vism.582 sq., Vism.591 sq.; Pv-a.29, Pv-a.112 (dhen˚); Snp-a.329, Snp-a.384; Sdhp.29, Sdhp.44, Sdhp.259.

• -vacana expression of comparison (usually applied to part. evaṃ) Snp-a.13, Snp-a.472; Kp-a.185, Kp-a.195, Kp-a.208, Kp-a.212; Pv-a.25.

f. of upama in abstract meaning