upakramaH 1 Beginning, commencement; rAmopakramamAcaKyO rakzaHpariBavaM navaM R. 12. 42 begun by Rāma; kimupakramo rAvaRaH Mv. 2. 2 Approach, advance; sAhasa° forcible advance Māl. 7 ; so yozitaH sukumAropakramAH ibid. 3 An undertaking, work, enterprize. 4 A plan, contrivance, means, expedient, stratagem, remedy; sAmAdiBirupakramEH Ms. 7. 107 , 159 ; M. 3 ; R. 18. 15 ; Y. 1. 345 ; Śi. 20. 76. 5 Attendance on a patient, treatment, practice of medicine, physicking. 6 A test of honesty, trying the fidelity of a friend &c.; see upaDA . 7 A kind of ceremony preparatory to reading the Vedas.