1. Any outward appearance, form, figure, or shape.
2. Any visible object.
3. An image, representation, or likeness.
4. An inflected grammatical form of a noun or verb.
5. Beauty, elegance, or grace.
6. Natural state, condition, character, or essence.
7. Kind, sort, or species.
8. Mode or manner.
9. A single specimen, type, or pattern.
10. The number one or an integer.
11. A known quantity in algebra.
12. A particular coin or rupee.
13. A drama, play, or dramatic composition.
14. Cattle, a herd of cattle, or a beast.
15. A sound or word.
16. A verse or shloka.
17. Acquiring familiarity with a book by frequent recitation.
रूप (rūpa) [Printed book page 0851-c] Rūpa, am, n. (according to Uṇādi-s. III. 28. fr.
rt. 1.
ru, but probably fr. a base
rūp for
rop, Caus.
of rt. 1.
ruh; at the end of an adj. comp. the fem.
ends in
ā), any outward appearance or phenomenon,
form, figure, shape, (
rūpaṃ kṛ, to assume a form);
any object of vision or visible object (as colour &c.);
reflected form, image, representation, similitude, re-
semblance, semblance; the form of a noun or verb
&c. (in grammar), an inflected form by declension
or conjugation; a beautiful appearance, handsome form,
mien, or figure, shapeliness, beauty, elegance, grace;
natural state or condition, natural disposition, nature,
essence, property, character, characteristic, peculiarity,
feature, sign, symptom; kind, sort, species; mode,
manner; a single specimen, type, copy, pattern,
original, exemplar; discrete quantity, the number
one, the arithmetical unit; integer number, (in this
sense said to be plur.); known or absolute number,
a known quantity (expressed in algebra by the first
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rū); a particular coin, (probably) a rupee [cf.
rūpaka, rūpya]; a drama, play, dramatic compo-
sition; (according to native lexicographers
rūpa has
also the following meanings), cattle, a herd of cattle;
= mṛga, a beast;
= śabda, sound, word; a Śloka,
verse;
= granthāvṛtti, acquiring familiarity with
any book by frequent recitation or learning by heart;
(
as), m. a proper N.; (
as or
am), m. n. (?) , N. of
a place; (
ā), f., N. of a river.
Rūpa is frequently
used in compounds in the sense ‘formed of,’ ‘com-
posed of,’ ‘consisting of,’ ‘having the figure or
appearance of,’ ‘in the form of,’ ‘having the same
form or colour as,’ ‘like to’ (especially at the end of
adj. comps., e. g.
manojña-rūpā strī, a beautifully-
formed woman;
an-ācāra-rūpa, of an unusual ap-
pearance;
aśoka-rūpa, having the colour of the
Aśoka, Aśoka-coloured; sometimes used almost re-
dundantly, cf.
ghora-r°).
—Rūpa-kartṛ, tā, m.
‘maker of forms or figures,’ N. of Viśva-kṛt.
—Rū- pa-kāra, as, m. a maker of images, sculptor.
—Rū- pa-kṛt, t, t, t, making forms or figures; (
t), m.
epithet of Tvaṣṭṛ (Ved.); a sculptor.
—Rūpa-go- svāmin, ī, m., N. of an author.
—Rūpa-graha, as, ā, am, apprehending forms, perceiving colours; (
as),
m. the eye.
—Rūpa-cintā-maṇi, is, m., N. of a
work.
—Rūpa-jīva for
rūpājīva, q. v.
—Rūpa- jña, as, ā, am, knowing forms, perceiving or recog-
nising shapes, distinguishing or discriminating visible
objects (as colours &c.).
—Rūpa-tattva, am, n.
‘reality of form,’ inherent property, natural dispo-
sition, nature, essence.
—Rūpa-tama, as, ā, am, Ved. having most form or colour.
—Rūpa-tas, ind.
according to form, by shape, in form.
—Rūpa-tā, f. or
rūpa-tva, am, n. the state of being formed
or composed of (often at the end of comps., e. g.
duḥkha-rūpa-tā, the consisting of pain).
—Rūpa- dhara, as, ā, am, having the form or shape of,
being of the colour of (at the end of a comp., e. g.
go-rūpa-dhara, cow-shaped; cf.
kāma-r°); (
as),
m., N. of a king.
—Rūpa-dhātu, us, m. the element
of form, original seat or region of form (with Bud-
dhists; the other two elements being
kāma-dh°, q. v., and
arūpa-dh°, ‘the element of formlessness’).
—Rūpadhāri-tva, am, n. the power of assuming
any form or shape.
—Rūpa-dhārin, ī, iṇī, i, bear-
ing a form, assuming a shape; endowed with a good
figure, possessed of beauty.
—Rūpa-dhṛk or
rūpa- dhṛt, t, t, t (see
dhṛk, p. 459), having the form
or shape of, resembling (at the end of a comp.,
e. g.
kapi-rūpa-dhṛt, monkey-shaped; cf.
vivi- dha-r°).
—Rūpa-dheya, am, n., Ved. form, external
appearance; [cf.
nāma-dheya.]
—Rūpa-nayana, as, m., N. of a commentator.
—Rūpa-nārāyaṇa, as, m., N. of an author.
—Rūpa-nāśana, as, m.
‘form-destroying,’ an owl.
—Rūpa-pa, ās, m. pl.,
N. of a people.
—Rūpa-pati, is, m., Ved. ‘lord of
forms,’ epithet of Tvaṣṭṛ.
—Rūpa-pura, am, n.,
N. of a town.
—Rūpa-bhāgānubandha (°ga-an°), as, m. the addition of a fraction to a unit.
—Rūpa- bhāgāpavāha (°ga-ap°), as, m. the deduction of a
fraction from a unit.
—Rūpa-bhṛt, t, t, t, having
form or beauty.
—Rūpa-bheda, as, m. diversity of
form, variety of manifestations; (
am), n., N. of a Tantra
work.
—Rūpa-mañjarī, f., N. of a woman; of a
work on medicine.
—Rūpa-mātra, am, n. only
beauty.
—Rūpa-mālā, f., N. of a grammatical work;
(
ī), ? f., N. of a metre, four times — -.
—Rūpa-yauvana-vat, ān, atī, at, possessing beauty
and youth.
—Rūpa-ratnākara (°na-āk°), as, m.,
N. of a work.
—Rūpa-latā, f., N. of a princess.
—Rūpa-lāvaṇya, am, n. beauty of form, elegance,
loveliness.
—Rūpa-vat, ān, atī, at, having form or
colour, possessing shape or figure, possessed of body,
formed, embodied, bodily, corporeal; having a beauti-
ful form or figure, handsomely formed, handsome,
beautiful, lovely, graceful; having the form or ap-
pearance of (at the end of comps.); (
atī), f. a
handsome or beautiful woman; N. of various women;
of a river.
—Rūpa-vāhika, ās, m. pl., N. of a people,
(also read
rūpa-vāsika.)
—Rūpa-viparyaya, as, m. a morbid change of bodily form.
—Rūpa-vibhā- Page0852-b+ 81 ga, as, m. the portioning of an integer number.
—Rūpa-śas, ind., Ved. in various forms, according
to different formations.
—Rūpa-śālin, ī, inī, i, pos-
sessing form or figure, possessed of beauty, hand-
some, beautiful.
—Rūpa-śikhā, f., N. of a daughter
of the Rākṣasa Agni-śikha.
—Rūpa-samṛddha, as, ā, am, Ved. perfect in form; perfectly beautiful.
—Rūpa-samṛddhi, is, f. perfection of form, a
suitable form.
—Rūpa-sampatti, is, or
rūpa-sam- pad, t, f. perfection or excellence of form, beauty,
handsomeness, elegance.
—Rūpa-siddhi, is, m. a
proper N.
—Rūpa-sena, as, m., N. of a Vidyā-
dhara; of a king.
—Rūpa-stha, as, ā, am, ‘being
in form,’ having form or figure.
—Rūpa-hāni, is, f. loss of form, (in the Nyāya one of the seven pre-
ventives of classification.)
—Rūpājīva (°pa-āj°), as, ā, am, making a living by beauty of form, living
by prostitution; (
ā), f. a harlot, prostitute.
—Rū- pādhibodha (°pa-adh°), as, m. the perception of
form or of any visible object (by the senses).
—Rūpā- vacara (°pa-av°), ās, m. pl., N. of a class of gods
(with Buddhists); [cf.
kāmāvacara.]
—Rūpāvalī (°pa-āv°), f. a string of inflections, series of varia-
tions of form through declension and conjugation,
&c.
—Rūpāśraya (°pa-āś°), as, m. a reposi-
tory or receptacle of beauty, an exceedingly hand-
some person.
—Rūpāstra (°pa-as°), as, m. ‘having
beauty for a weapon,’ Kāma-deva, the god of love.
—Rūpendriya (°pa-in°), am, n. the organ of form,
the organ which perceives form and colour, the eye.
—Rūpeśvara (°pa-īś°), as, m., N. of a particular
god; (
ī), f., N. of a goddess.
—Rūpopajīvana (°pa- up°), am, n. the gaining a livelihood by a handsome
figure.
—Rūpopajīvin (°pa-up°), ī, inī, i, gaining
a livelihood by means of a handsome form.
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