kramaH [ kram-BAvakaraRAdO GaY ] 1 A step, pace; trivikramaH; sAgaraH plavageMdreRa krameREkena laMGitaH Mb. ; Śi. 12. 18. 2 A foot. 3 Going, proceeding, course; kAlakrameRa; kramAt or krameRa in course of, gradually; kAlakrameRa gradually, in course of time; BAgyakramaH course or turn of fate; R. 3. 7 , 30 , 32. 4 Performance, commencement; itTamatra vitatakrame kratO Śi. 14. 53. 5 ( a ) Regular course, order, series, succession; nimittanEmittakayorayaM kramaH Ś. 7. 30 ; Ms. 7. 24 , 9. 85 , 2. 173 , 3. 69. ( b ) Traditional order, U. 6. ( c ) Order of propriety; Ku. 5. 32. 6 Method, manner; netratrameRoparuroDa sUryaM R. 7. 39. 7 Grasp, hold; kramagatA paSoH kanyakA Māl. 3. 18. 8 A position of attack (assumed by an animal before making a spring); na mayA kramaH sajjIkfta AsIt Pt. 4. 9 Preparation, readiness; Bk. 2. 9. 10 An undertaking, enterprize. 11 ( pb ) An act or deed, manner of proceeding; kopyeza kAMtaH kramaH Amaru. 43 , 33. 12 Particular manner of reciting Vedic texts, leaving at each time one word and taking up another. 13 Power, strength. 14 N. of Viṣṇu. Comp. — anusAraH, anvayaH regular order, due arrangement. — Agata, -AyAta a. descended or inherited lineally, hereditary; Pt. 1. 73 , 84 , 3. 167. — udvegaH an ox. — jyA the sine of a planet, declination. — pAWaH the Krama reading. — BaMgaH irregularity. — yogaH succession, order.