प्रक्रमः [prakramḥ] 1 A step, stride.
A pace considered as a measure of distance.
Commencement, beginning.
(a) Stepping forward, proceeding. (b) Procedure, course; कोऽयं विधेः प्रक्रमः
[Māl.5.24.] The case in question.
Leisure, opportunity.
Regularity, order, method.
Degree, proportion, measure.
The reading of the Kramapāṭha.
Discussing any point in question. -Comp.
-तृतीयम् the third of a square pace.
-भङ्गः want of symmetry of regularity, the breaking of arrangement, regarded as a fault of composition. (It is the same as भग्नप्रक्रमता mentioned in
[K. P.7,] the break of symmetry being either in expresion or construction; नाथे निशाया नियतेर्नियोगादस्तं गते हन्त निशापि याता is an instance of the former, where गता निशापि would relieve the irregularity of expression; and विश्रब्धं क्रियतां वराहततिभिर्मुस्ताक्षतिः पल्वले 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 विश्रब्धा रचयन्तु शूकरवरा मुस्ताक्षतिं पल्वले; see K. P.7 under भग्नप्रक्रमता for further datails.
-निरुद्ध a. a. stopped in the beginning.