prakramaH 1 A step, stride. 2 A pace considered as a measure of distance. 3 Commencement, beginning. 4 ( a ) Stepping forward, proceeding. ( b ) Procedure, course; Māl. 5. 24. 5 The case in question. 6 Leisure, opportunity. 7 Regularity, order, method. 8 Degree, proportion, measure. 9 The reading of the Kramapāṭha. Comp. — BaMgaH want of symmetry or regularity, the breaking of arrangement, regarded as a fault of composition. It is the same as BagnaprakramatA mentioned in K. P. 7 , the break of symmetry being either in expression or construction; nATe niSAyA niyaterniyogAdastaM gate haMta niSApi yAtA is an instance of the former, where gatA niSApi would relieve the irregularity of expression; and viSrabDaM kriyatAM varAhatatiBirmustAkzatiH palvale is an instance of the latter, where the symmetry of the verse requires the active instead of the passive construction, and the fault may be removed by reading the line as viSrabDA racayaMtu SUkaravarA mustAkzatiM palvale ; see K. P. 7 under BagnaprakramatA for further details.