As a deity name
Name 139 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 79 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
क्रम · noun · masculine
पैर रखने की क्रिया । डग भरने की क्रिया · वस्तुओं या कार्यों के परस्पर आगे पीछे आदि होने का नियम । पुर्वापर संबंधी व्यवस्था । शैली । प्रणाली । तरतीब । सिससिला ।—जैसे—(क) इन पौधों को किस क्रम में लगाओगे ? (ख) इन शब्दों का क्रम ठीक नहीं है · किसी कार्य के एक अंग को पुरा करने के उपरांत दुसरे अंग को पुरा करने का नियम । कार्य को उचित रुप से धीरे धीरे करवे का प्रणाली — Śabdasāgara
क्रम · kram · s.m.
A step; a degree; a foot; going, proceeding — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 827
क्रम · masculine
order, sequence, arrangement; system, organization
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi क्रम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit क्रम (krama).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
krama as, m. a step, AV. x, 5, 25 ff.; TS. iii; MBh. &c.
going, proceeding, course (cf. kāla-k˚), Mṛcch.; Pañcat.; Mālatīm.; Hit.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
going, proceeding, course (cf. kāla-k˚)
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krama as, m. a step, AV. x, 5, 25 ff.; TS. iii; MBh. &c.
going, proceeding, course (cf. kāla-k˚), Mṛcch.; Pañcat.; Mālatīm.; Hit.
the way, R. ii, 25, 2
a position taken (by an animal &c.) before making a spring or attacking, Pañcat.; Bhaṭṭ. ii, 9
the foot, MBh. iii, 14316
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