The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Upama (adj.) [compar. -- superl. formation fr. upa, cp. Lat. summus fr. *(s)ub -- mo] "coming quite or
nearly up to", i. e. like, similar, equal D i.239 (andha -- ve*˚); M i.432 (taru*˚ a young looking fellow); A
iv.11 udak˚ puggala a man like water); Pv i.11 (khett˚ like a well cultivated field; = sadisa PvA 7); PvA 2, 8
etc. -- Note. (pama metri causa see (˚ and cp. opamma & upam!.
Upam!
Upam! (f.) [f. of upama in abstract meaning] likeness, simile, parable, example (cp. formula introducing u.
S ii. 114; M i.148); Sn 705 (cp. Dh 129, 130), 1137 (= upanidh! sadisa' pa&ibh!go Nd2 158); It 114; Vism
341, 478, 512, 582 sq., 591 sq.; PvA 29, 112 (dhen˚); SnA 329, 384; Sdhp 29, 44, 259. -- vacana expression
of comparison (usually applied to part. eva') SnA 13, 472; KhA 185, 195, 208, 212; PvA 25.
Upam!na
Upam!na (nt.) [fr. upa + m!] comparison, the 2nd part of the comparison J v.341; VvA 13.
Upam!nita
Upam!nita [pp. of caus. upa + m!] measured out, likened, like, comparable Th 2, 382 (= sadisa ThA 255).
Upameti
Upameti [upa + m!] to measure one thing by another, to compare J vi.252; Vism 314 (˚metv!, read
˚netv!?).
Upameyya
Upameyya (adj.) [grd. of upa + m!] to be compared, that which is to be likened or compared, the 1st part of
a comparison VvA 13.
Upaya
Upaya [fr. upa + i, cp. up!ya] approach, undertaking, taking up; clinging to, attachment, only as adj. ( -- ˚)
in an˚ (anûpaya metri caus!) not going near, aloof, unattached S i.141, 181; ii.284; Sn 786, 787, 897 (cp.
SnA 558); and in r(pûpaya (vv. ll. r(pupaya & r(pup!ya) "clinging to form" (etc.) S iii.53 = Nd1 25 = Nd2
570 (+ rup!!ramma*a).
Upay!cati
Upay!cati [upa + y!cati] to beg, entreat, pray to J vi. 150 (divya').
Upay!citaka
Upay!citaka (nt.) [of adj. upa + y!cita + ka; pp. of y!cati] begging, asking, praying, propitiation J vi.150 (=
devat!na' !y!cana).
Upay!ti
Upay!ti [upa + y!ti of y!] to go to, to approach S i.76; ii.118 (also Caus. ˚y!peti); Dpvs vi.69; Sdhp 579.
Upay!na