Meaning of रूपक in English

of Allegory
A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.
Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.
A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.
The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.
Alt. of Metaphorical
One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.
of Allegorize
The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.
One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.
One who metamorphoses.
One who makes metaphors.
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric acid.
Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

English usage of रूपक