upa-māna n. comparison, resemblance, analogy MBh. Suśr. Kathās. &c

• simile

• the object with which anything is compared Pāṇ. Sāh. Kum. &c

• a particle of comparison Nir

• (in log.) recognition of likeness, comparison (the third of the four Pramāṇas or means of correct knowledge)

• (mfn. ifc.) similar, like Kathās