# प्रतिक्रमण (pratikramaṇa)

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प्रतिक्रमण (pratikramaṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning stepping to and fro, going to confession, stepping towards, confessing. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Physical Movement (Stepping), Religious Confession / Atonement.

- **SLP1:** `pratikramaRa`  **IAST:** pratikramaṇa  **Devanagari:** प्रतिक्रमण
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratikramana
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pratikramana/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Physical Movement (Stepping) (2 definitions)
- stepping to and fro  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 664,3] प्रति - (prati-) ° क्रमण (°kramaṇa) n. stepping to and fro, ŚBr. [ ID=132176 ]
- stepping towards  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रतिक्रमण (pratikramaṇa) [Printed book page 334 ] प्रतिक्रमण (pratikramaṇa) n. stepping towards. [ ID=20281 ]

### Religious Confession / Atonement (2 definitions)
- going to confession  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > going to confession, Kalpas. [ ID=132177 ]
- 1. Stepping towards. 2. Confessing.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > प्रतिक्रमण (pratikramaṇa) [Printed book page 0612-b ] Prati-kramaṇa, am, n. (Ved.) stepping towards; (with Buddhists) confessing, making confession. [ ID=30730 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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