# अनुक्रमणी (anukramaṇī)

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अनुक्रमणी (anukramaṇī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a table of contents or index to a collection of Vedic hymns. Its 3 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them General Table of Contents / Index, Specific Chapter/Section in Mahābhārata.

- **SLP1:** `anukramaRI`  **IAST:** anukramaṇī  **Devanagari:** अनुक्रमणी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anukrama%E1%B9%87%C4%AB
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/anukramani/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### General Table of Contents / Index (2 definitions)
- A table of contents or index to a collection of Vedic hymns.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 31,3] अनु - क्रमणिका (anu-kramaṇikā) or अनु - क्रमणी (anu-kramaṇī), f. a table or chapter of contents, index to a collection of Vedic hymns (giving the first word of each hymn, the number of verses, name and family of poets, names of deities and metres). [ ID=6161 ]
- A table of contents  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुक्रमणी (anukramaṇī) [Printed book page 022-18 ] अनुक्रमणी (anukramaṇī)( णिका ) (anukramaṇī(ṇikā)) f. A table of contents. [ ID=1299 ]

### Specific Chapter/Section in Mahābhārata (1 definition)
- table of contents  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अनुक्रमणी (anukramaṇī) [Printed book page 060-2 ] Anukramaṇī (“table of contents”), the first chapter (Anukramaṇikā-parvan) of Mahābhārata, perhaps also the second (Parvasaṅgrahaparvan): I, 1, 256.—Compare Anu- kramaṇikādhyāya; Parvānukramaṇī. [ ID=685 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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