upa-lakṣaṇa n. the act of observing Śak. 142, 4

• designation KātyŚr. Comm. on Pāṇ

• the act of implying something that has not been expressed, implying any analogous object where only one is specified

• using a term metaphorically or elliptically or in a generic sense

• synecdoche (of a part for the whole, of an individual for the species, or of a quality for that in which it resides) VPrāt. Comm. on Pāṇ. Sāh. Nyāyak. &c

• a mark Vikr. Kathās