Sanskrit is like Amrita : upamaa alankaara
 
Sanskrit is Amrita: roopaka alankaara
 
There is upamaana auchitya.
 
There is no upamaana auchitya between the quote from Prof. Deshpande and these examples.

--
Nagaraj Paturi
 
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
 
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
 
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
 
(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )