# क्रम (krama)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/krama

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 — E. krama to go, ghañ aff
- **SLP1:** `krama`  **IAST:** krama  **Devanagari:** क्रम
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/krama/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Step, Going, Course (12 definitions)
- a step  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 319,3] क्रम (krama) अस् (as), m. a step, Atharva-veda (Title) x, 5, 25 ff.; Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) iii; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=57750 ]
- going, proceeding, course  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > going, proceeding, course ( cf. काल - क् (kāla-k) ° (°) ), Mṛcchakaṭikā (Title); Pañcatantra (Title); Mālatīmādhava (Title); Hitopadeśa (Title) [ ID=57751 ]
- the foot  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the foot, Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 14316 [ ID=57754 ]
- 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*
  > क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 076-2 ] क्रम (krama) krám-a, m. step; gait; course; posture for attack; regular order, succession, gradation; inheritance; method, manner, way; usage, ritual; occasion, reason for ( —°, g. ); a way of reciting the Veda: in., ab., or -tas, in order, in turn; in., ab., °—, in due course, regularly, gradually; in. in the course of ( —° ). [ ID=6433 ]
- 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*
  > क्रम (krama) m. ( - मः (-maḥ) ) 1 Going, proceeding. 2 A sacred precept or practice prescribed by the Vedas. 3 Order, method. 4 Power, strength. 5 Overcoming, surpassing, subduing, &c. 6 A foot. 7 Uninterrupted progress. E. क्रम (krama) to go, घञ् (ghañ) aff. [ ID=11954 ]
- 1. Going, order, or uninterrupted progress. 2. A precept. 3. Power. 4. Overcoming. 5. A foot.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 220-a ] क्रम (krama) ( मः ) ((maḥ)) 1. m. Going; precept; order; power; overcoming; a foot; uninterrupted progress. [ ID=11406 ]
- 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*
  > क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 214-01 ] क्रम (krama) (I) m. 1. A step, a pace, e.g. सागरः प्लवगेंद्रेण क्रम (krama) ेण (krameṇa) ैकेन लंघितः (sāgaraḥ plavageṃdreṇa krameṇaikena laṃghitaḥ) Bh.; 2. a foot; 3. going, proceeding, course, ( क्रम (krama) ात् (kramāt) or क्रम (krama) ेण (krameṇa) ‘in course of time,’ ‘gradually,’ R. iii.30), भाग्यक्रम (krama) ेण (krameṇa) हि धनानि भवंति यांति (bhāgyakrameṇa hi dhanāni bhavaṃti yāṃti) Mrich. i., R. iii.7, 32; 4. preparation, readiness, क्रम (krama) ं बबंध क्रम (krama) ितुं सकोपः (kramaṃ babaṃdha kramituṃ sakopaḥ) Bt. ii.9 (the word, however, is rendered by सामर्थ्य (sāmarthya) here by the glossarists); 5. regular progress, order, series, succession, M. vii.24, ix.85, ii.173, iii.69; 6. method, manner, नेत्रक्रम (krama) ेण (krameṇa) ोपरुरोध सूर्यन् (netrakrameṇoparurodha sūryan) R. vii.39; 7. an undertaking, an enterprise; 8. act, deed, लज्जासीन्मम तेन साप्यपहृता तत्कालयोग्यैः क्रम (krama) ैः (lajjāsīnmama tena sāpyapahṛtā tatkālayogyaiḥ kramaiḥ) Am.S. 33, कोप्येष कांतः क्रम (krama) ः (kopyeṣa kāṃtaḥ kramaḥ) 43; 9. a particular manner of reciting Vedic texts; 10. power, strength; 11. performance, इत्थमत्र विततक्रम (krama) े क्रतौ (itthamatra vitatakrame kratau) Sis. xiv.53. [ ID=10632 ]
- 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*
  > क्रम (krama) m. ( - मः (-maḥ) ) 1. Going, proceeding. 2. A sacred precept or practice prescribed by the Vedas. 3. Order, method. 4. Power, strength, 5. Overcoming, surpassing, subduing, &c. 6. A foot. 7. Uninterrupted progress. E. क्रम (krama) ् (kram) to go, घञ् (ghañ) aff. [ ID=11948 ]
- 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*
  > क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 0227-b ] क्रम (krama) kram + a, m. 1. A step, MBh. 3, 11178. 2. A foot, MBh. 3, 14316. 3. A posture for assailing, Pañc. 197, 24; a bound, 229, 20. 4. Strength, see comp. 5. Regular order, Man. 8, 24; succession, Pañc. i. d. 83. 6. Course, Pañc. iii. d. 240 7. Method, Hit. 68, 21. 8. Way, Rām. 2, 26, 20. 9. A sacred precept, Mārk. P. 23, 112. 10. Inten- tion, Kathās. 18, 380; Hit. 39, 5. 11. instr. krameṇa, a. By degrees, Pañc. 209, 24; b. In order, Man. 2, 173; c. Afterwards, Pañc. 221, 9. 12. abl. kramāt, In order, Man. 10, 28. 13. Page0228-a+ 40 The name of a country = Kramavattu, Rājat. 5, 87. — Comp. A-, m. an unsuit- able method, Bhartṛ. 1, 28. Kāla-, m. destiny, Pañc. iii. d. 240. Madhu-, m. 1. tippling. 2. the honeycomb. Yathā-krama + m, adv. in due order, Man. 3, 2. Śaikṣya-guṇa-krama, adj. possessing practice, talent, and strength, MBh. 1, 7023. Samākṣarapadakrama, i. e. sama-akṣara-pada-krama, adj. containing a succession of (metrical) feet of the same number of syllables, Rām. 1, 3, 58 Gorr. [ ID=3921 ]
- 1. A step, course, or method. 2. Regular progress, order, or succession. 3. A cause or reason.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 136 ] क्रम (krama) m. step, course, method, way; regular progress, order, succession; cause or reason of ( gen. or —°); also = क्रम (krama) पाठ (kramapāṭha). — क्रम (krama) (°—) & क्रसतस् (krasatas) in due order, successively, gradually. क्रम (krama) ेण (krameṇa) & क्रम (krama) ात् (kramāt) the same + according to (—°). [ ID=8617 ]
- 1. Step or regular order. 2. Procedure, method, or way.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 145-b ] kráma, m. —1. step; regular progress or order; -eṇa, -āt, gradātim, cf. yathākramam; —2. procedure; method; way, 36 21. [ √kram. ] [ ID=1236 ]
- 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  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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 Page0260-b+ 81 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 ]

### Method, Manner, Rule, Regimen (5 definitions)
- the way  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the way, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) ii, 25, 2 [ ID=57752 ]
- method or manner  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > method, manner ( e.g. येन क्रमेण (yena krameṇa), in which manner, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) ii, 26, 20; तद् - अनुसरण - क्रमेण (tad-anusaraṇa-krameṇa), so as to go on following him, Hitopadeśa (Title) ) [ ID=57757 ]
- diet  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > diet, Carakasaṃhitā (Title) vi, 13 [ ID=57758 ]
- custom, rule sanctioned by tradition  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > custom, rule sanctioned by tradition, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) xxiii, 112 [ ID=57759 ]
- following that rule  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( क्रमं (kramaṃ) √ 1. कृ (kṛ), ‘to follow that rule’), Nyāyamālā-vistara (Title) [ ID=57760 ]

### Adverbial: Gradually, In Order (3 definitions)
- gradually  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2C) [Printed book page 319,3] क्रमेण (krameṇa) ind. instr. in regular course, gradually, by degrees, Rāmāyaṇa (Title); Pañcatantra (Title); Raghuvaṃśa (Title) &c. [ ID=57767 ]
- gradually, by degrees  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > क्रमात् (kramāt) ind. abl. in regular course, gradually, by degrees, Rāmāyaṇa (Title); Pañcatantra (Title); Raghuvaṃśa (Title) &c. [ ID=57767.1 ]
- according to order, rank, or series  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > according to order or rank or series, Manu-smṛti (Title); Raghuvaṃśa (Title) &c. [ ID=57768 ]

### Vedic Recitation Method (3 definitions)
- progressing step by step  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ‘progressing step by step’, a peculiar manner or method of reading and writing Vedic texts (so called because the reading proceeds from the 1st member, either word or letter, to the 2nd, then the 2nd is repeated and connected with the 3rd, the 3rd repeated and connected with the 4th, and so on; this manner of reading in relation to words is called पद - (pada-) [ Taittirīya-prātiśākhya (Title) ii, 12 ], in relation to conjunct consonants वर्ण - (varṇa-) [ ib. ]), Prātiśākhya (Literary category) [ ID=57762 ]
- the words or letters themselves when combined or arranged in the said manner  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the words or letters themselves when combined or arranged in the said manner, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=57763 ]
- a certain method of reciting the Vedas  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 410-2 ] krama (a certain method of reciting the Vedas): XII, 13261 ( °ākṣaravit ), 13262 ( °pāragaḥ ), 13263; XIII, 4107 ( pada-k°vibhūṣitaḥ, sc. ṛgvedaḥ ). [ ID=5830 ]

### Order, Sequence, Succession (2 definitions)
- 1. Order or succession. 2. Regular arrangement.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > uninterrupted or regular progress, order, series, regular arrangement, succession ( e.g. वर्ण - क्रमेण (varṇa-krameṇa), ‘in the order of the castes’, Manu-smṛti (Title) viii, 24 and ix, 85 ), Atharva-veda (Title) viii, 9, 10; Ṛg-veda-prātiśākhya (Title) xv, 5; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=57755 ]
- hereditary descent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > hereditary descent, Yājñavalkya (Author) ii, 119 [ ID=57756 ]

### Proper Name / Specific Entity (2 definitions)
- 1. Shiva. 2. Vishnu.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Krama 1 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). Do. 2 = Viṣṇu (1000 names). [ ID=5831 ]
- one of the ten branches of the Sukarmana group of devas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > क्रम (krama) [Printed book page 1-479 ] Krama — one of the ten branches of the Sukarmaṇa group of devas. Br. IV. 1. 88; Vā. 100. 93. [ ID=3772 ]

### Rhetoric and Dramaturgy (2 definitions)
- attainment of the desired object  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in dram. ) attainment of the object desired (or accord. to others ‘noticing of any one's affection’), Daśarūpa (Title) i, 36 f.; Sāhitya-darpaṇa (Title); Pratāparudrīya (Title) [ ID=57764 ]
- a kind of simile  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in rhet. ) a kind of simile (in which the comparisons exhibited correspond to each other in regular succession), Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti (Title) iv, 3, 17 [ ID=57765 ]

### Verb Root: To Go, Step (2 definitions)
- To go, walk, or step  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- To go, walk, or step.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]

### Cause, Occasion (1 definition)
- occasion, cause  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > occasion, cause (with gen. or ifc. ), Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) xviii, 380; Hitopadeśa (Title) [ ID=57761 ]

### Mud (1 definition)
- Mud  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रम (krama) (II) n. Mud. [ ID=10633 ]

### Posture for Attack/Preparation (1 definition)
- a position taken by an animal before making a spring or attacking  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a position taken (by an animal &c.) before making a spring or attacking, Pañcatantra (Title); Bhaṭṭi-kāvya (Title) ii, 9 [ ID=57753 ]

### Power, Strength (1 definition)
- power, strength  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > power, strength, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57766 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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