क्रमkrama

क्रम (krama) is a Sanskrit word meaning a step, going, proceeding, course, the way, the foot, order or succession, regular arrangement. Its 35 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them Step, Going, Course, Method, Manner, Rule, Regimen, Adverbial: Gradually, In Order.

Roots: 1. कृ (1. kṛ), क्रम् (kram)
Etymology: E. क्रम to go, घञ् aff
Definitions: 35

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Meanings by context

Step, Going, Course

12 definitions

a step

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

going, proceeding, course

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the foot

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Step, gait, course, or posture. 2. Regular order, succession, or gradation. 3. Inheritance. 4. Method, manner, or way. 5. Usage or ritual.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Going or proceeding. 2. A sacred precept or practice prescribed by the Vedas. 3. Order or method. 4. Power or strength. 5. Overcoming or surpassing. 6. A foot. 7. Uninterrupted progress.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Going, order, or uninterrupted progress. 2. A precept. 3. Power. 4. Overcoming. 5. A foot.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A step or pace. 2. A foot. 3. Progress, course, or proceeding. 4. Preparation or readiness. 5. Order, series, or regular succession. 6. Method or manner. 7. An undertaking or enterprise. 8. An act or deed. 9. A particular manner of reciting Vedic texts. 10. Power or strength. 11. Performance.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Going or proceeding. 2. A sacred Vedic precept or practice. 3. Order or method. 4. Power or strength. 5. Overcoming or surpassing. 6. A foot. 7. Uninterrupted progress.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A step. 2. A foot. 3. A posture for assailing or a bound. 4. Strength. 5. Regular order or succession. 6. Course. 7. Method. 8. Way. 9. A sacred precept. 10. Intention. 11. By degrees, in order, or afterwards. 12. In order. 13. The name of a country.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A step, course, or method. 2. Regular progress, order, or succession. 3. A cause or reason.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Step or regular order. 2. Procedure, method, or way.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. A step, going, proceeding, or course 2. Passing 3. The foot 4. A position taken by an animal before making a spring or attacking 5. Uninterrupted progress, order, series, arrangement, hereditary descent, or succession 6. Method or manner 7. An undertaking, enterprise, or intention 8. A peculiar method of reading and writing Vedic texts progressing step by step 9. Power or strength

क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 0260-a]
Krama, as, m. a step; going, proceeding; course

(e. g. kāla-kramāt, in course of time); passing; the

foot; a position taken (by an animal &c.) before

making a spring or attacking; uninterrupted or

regular progress, order, series, regular arrangement,

hereditary descent, succession (e. g. varṇa-krameṇa,

in the order of the tribes or castes; krameṇa, in

regular course, by degrees, according to order, rank,

or series); method, manner (e. g. yena krameṇa,

in which manner; tad-anusaraṇa-krameṇa, in a

manner corresponding to that); an undertaking,

enterprise, intention; a peculiar manner or method

of reading and writing Vedic texts, i. e. ‘pro-

gressing step by step,’ so called because the reading

proceeds from the first member (either word or letter)

to the second, then the second is repeated and con-

nected with the third, the third repeated and con-

nected with the fourth, and so on, (this manner of

reading or writing in relation to words is called

pada-krama; in relation to conjunct consonants

varṇa-krama); a term for the words or letters

themselves when combined or arranged in this man-

ner; power, strength. —Krama-kāla, as, m. the

time of the Krama arrangement. —Krama-ja, as, ā,

am, produced by the Krama arrangement. —Krama-

jit, t, m., N. of a prince. —Krama-jyā, f. the sine

of a planet; declination; [cf. krānti-jyā.] —Krama-

tas, ind. gradually, successively, in order. —Krama-

trairāśika, as or am, m. or n. (?), a particular

method of applying the direct rule of three (opposed

to vyasta° or viloma-trairāśika). —Krama-pada,

am, n. the conjunction of words in the Krama reading,

more usually written pada-krama. —Krama-pāṭha,

as, m. the Krama reading, i. e. a peculiar ‘step by step’

arrangement of a Vedic text made to secure it from all

possible error by, as it were, combining the Saṃhitā-

pāṭha and the Pada-pāṭha, i. e. by giving the words

both as connected and unconnected with following and

preceding words; see under krama above. —Krama-

pūraka, as, m., N. of a tree, = vaka. —Krama-

prāpta, as, ā, am, obtained by succession or here-

ditary descent. —Krama-bhaṅga, as, m. interruption
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of order, irregularity. —Krama-yoga, as, m. succes-

sion, regular order, successive or methodical practice;

(ena), ind. in regular manner. —Krama-vat, ind. in the

manner of the Krama arrangement. —Krama-varta,

as or am, m. or n. (?), N. of a district in Kaśmīra.

—Krama-śas, ind. gradually, by degrees; regularly,

seriatim. —Krama-śāstra, am, n. rules relating to

the Krama arrangement. —Krama-saṃhitā, f. a

collection of Vedic texts arranged according to the

Krama method. —Kramasaṃhitodāharaṇa (°tā-

ud°), am, n. an example from a Krama-saṃhitā.

—Krama-saṅgraha, title of a treatise; [cf. kṛta-

dāsa.] —Krama-sandarbha-prabhāsa, title of a

chapter (khaṇḍa) in a particular work. —Kramāgata

(°ma-āg°), as, ā, am, descended or inherited lineally,

what comes from one's ancestors in regular succession,

arrived in due course or succession. —Kramāgata-

tva, am, n. hereditary succession or possession.

—Kramāditya (°ma-ād°), as, m. an epithet of

king Skanda-gupta. —Kramādhyayana (°ma-adh°),

am, n. the Krama reading or arrangement; see kra-

ma-pāṭha above. —Kramādhyāyin (°ma-adh°), ī,

m. one who reads the Krama arrangement of a Vedic

text. —Kramānuyāyin (°ma-an°), ī, inī, i, follow-

ing the methodical order. —Kramānusāra or kra-

mānvaya (°ma-an°), as, m. regular order, due

arrangement. —Kramāyāta (°ma-āy°), as, ā, am,

descended or inherited lineally, coming from one's

ancestors in regular succession; one who has acceded

to the throne by succession; proceeding in regular

order. —Kramāvasāna (°ma-av°), am, n. the end

of a word in the Krama arrangement of a Vedic text.

—Kramokta (°ma-uk°), as, ā, am, enjoined for

the Krama arrangement. —Kramodvega (°ma-ud°),

as, m. an ox. [ID=16150]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Method, Manner, Rule, Regimen

5 definitions

the way

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

method or manner

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

diet

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

custom, rule sanctioned by tradition

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

following that rule

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Adverbial: Gradually, In Order

3 definitions

gradually

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

gradually, by degrees

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

according to order, rank, or series

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vedic Recitation Method

3 definitions

progressing step by step

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the words or letters themselves when combined or arranged in the said manner

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a certain method of reciting the Vedas

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Order, Sequence, Succession

2 definitions

1. Order or succession. 2. Regular arrangement.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

hereditary descent

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Name / Specific Entity

2 definitions

1. Shiva. 2. Vishnu.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

one of the ten branches of the Sukarmana group of devas

— The Purana Index

Rhetoric and Dramaturgy

2 definitions

attainment of the desired object

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of simile

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Verb Root: To Go, Step

2 definitions

To go, walk, or step

क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 256]
क्रम (krama) r. 1st cl. (उ (u)) क्रम (krama)ु (kramu) (क्रामति क्राम्यति (krāmati krāmyati) or क्रम (krama)्यति (kramyati)) To go, to walk, to step: (in the following senses it is optionally deponent:) (क्रम (krama)ते क्रम (krama)्यते (kramate kramyate))

1 To proceed uninterruptedly.

2 To grow or increase.

3 To preserve. It is also active or deponent according to various prefixes and in various senses, as,

with अति (ati) (अति (ati)क्रामति (atikrāmati))

1 To go over or beyond, to leap over.

2 To transgress, to pass beyond the bounds of virtue.

With अनु (anu) (अनु (anu)क्रम (krama)ते (anukramate)) To proceed regularly or in order.

With अभि (abhi) (अभि (abhi)क्रामति (abhikrāmati))

1 To overcome, to surpass.

2 To assail.

With अप (apa) (अप (apa)क्रम (krama)ते (apakramate)) To go away, to depart.

With आङ् (āṅ), (आक्रम (krama)ते (ākramate)) To rise as the sun, &c. or (आक्रामति (ākrāmati)) To rise, to mount, to overcome.

With उ (u)त् (ut), (उ (u)त् (ut)क्रामति (utkrāmati)) To transgress.

With उ (u)प (upa), (उ (u)प (upa)क्रामति (upakrāmati)) To depart. (उ (u)प (upa)क्रम (krama)ते (upakramate)) To begin.

With निर् (nir), (निष्क्रामति (niṣkrāmati)) To go forth.

With पर (para) and आङ् (āṅ) (पर (para)ाक्रम (krama)ति (parākramati)) To display valour, to surpass or overcome.

With प्र (pra), (प्र (pra)क्रामति (prakrāmati)) To depart, to go or approach, (प्र (pra)क्रम (krama)ते (prakramate)) To begin.

With पर (para)ि (pari), (पर (para)ि (pari)क्रामति (parikrāmati)) To wander about, to ramble.

With वि (vi), (वि (vi)क्रामति (vikrāmati))

1 To overcome.

2 To mount or ascend. (वि (vi)क्रम (krama)ते (vikramate)) To pace, to proceed by steps, to move with the feet.

With वि (vi) and आङ् (āṅ) (व्याक्रम (krama)ते (vyākramate)) To transgress.

With सम् (sam), (संक्रामति (saṃkrāmati)) to remove.

[ID=11953]

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To go, walk, or step.

क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 210-b]
क्रम (krama)

r. 1st cl. (उ) क्रम (krama)ु (क्रामति, क्राम्यति ((u) kramu (krāmati, krāmyati) or क्रम (krama)्यति (kramyati)) To go, to walk, to step: (in the following senses it is optionally deponent:) (क्रम (krama)ते, क्रम (krama)्यते (kramate, kramyate))

1. To proceed uninterruptedly.

2. To grow or increase.

3. To preserve. It is also active or deponent according to various prefixes and in various senses, as,

with अति (अतिक्रामति) (krāmati)) (ati (atikrāmati))

1. To go over or beyond, to leap over.

2. To transgress, to pass beyond the bounds of virtue. With अनु (अनुक्रम (krama)ते) (kramate)) (anu (anukramate)) To proceed regularly or in order.

With अभि (abhi) (अभि (abhi)क्रामति) (krāmati)) ((abhikrāmati))

1. To overcome, to surpass.

1. To assail.

With अप (अप- (apa (apa-) क्रम (krama)ते) (kramate)) To go away, to depart.

With आङ्, (आक्रम (krama)ते) (kramate)) (āṅ, (ākramate)) To rise as the sun. &c. or (आक्रामति (ākrāmati)) To rise, to mount, to overcome.

With उत्, (ut,) (उत्क्रामति) (krāmati)) ((utkrāmati)) To transgress.

With उप, (उपक्रामति) (krāmati)) (upa, (upakrāmati)) To depart. (उपक्रम (krama)ते (upakramate)) to begin.

With निर् (निष्क्रामति) (krāmati)) (nir (niṣkrāmati)) To go forth.

With पर (para) and आङ् (पर (para)ा- (āṅ (parā-) क्रम (krama)ति) (kramati)) To display valour, to surpass or overcome.

With प्र, (प्रक्रामति) (krāmati)) (pra, (prakrāmati)) To depart, to go or approach, (प्रक्रम (krama)ते (prakramate)) To begin.

With पर (para)ि, (पर (para)ि- (pari, (pari-) क्रामति) (krāmati)) To wander about, to ramble.

With वि (vi) (वि (vi)क्रामति) (krāmati)) (vi (vikrāmati))

1. To overcome.

2. To mount or ascend. (वि (vi)क्रम (krama)ते (vikramate)) Th pace, to proceed by steps, to move with the feet.

With वि (vi) and आङ् (व्याक्रम (krama)ते) (kramate)) (āṅ (vyākramate)) To transgress. With सम्, (संक्रामति) (krāmati)) (sam, (saṃkrāmati)) to remove.

[ID=11947]

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cause, Occasion

1 definition

occasion, cause

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mud

1 definition

Mud

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Posture for Attack/Preparation

1 definition

a position taken by an animal before making a spring or attacking

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Power, Strength

1 definition

power, strength

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.