m. uninterrupted or regular progress, order, series, regular arrangement, succession (exempli gratia, 'for example'varṇa-krameṇa-,"in the order of the castes") etc.
m. "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 pada--[ ] , in relation to conjunct consonants varṇa--[ib.])
m. step; gait; course; posture for attack; regular order, succession, grada tion; inheritance; method, manner, way; usage, ritual; occasion, reason for (--°ree;, g.); a way of reciting the Veda: in., ab., or -tas, in order, in turn; in., ab., °ree;--, in due course, regularly, gradually; in. in the course of (--°ree;).
noun (masculine) a particular śākta tradition
a position taken (by an animal etc.) before making a spring or attacking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a step (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
course (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
custom (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
diet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
going (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hereditary descent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
manner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
method (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
occasion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
order (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
proceeding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
regular arrangement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rule sanctioned by tradition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
series (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
succession (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the foot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the way (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
uninterrupted or regular progress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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