རིམ་པ་

རིམ་པ། (Wyl. rim pa ) Pron.: rimpa

• Skt. क्रमः, krama, Pron.: krama. From Sanskrit: a step | going, proceeding, course | the way | a position taken (by an animal) before making a spring or attacking | the foot | uninterrupted or regular progress, order, series, regular arrangement, succession | 'in the order of the castes' | hereditary descent | method, manner | in which manner | so as to go on following him | diet | custom, rule sanctioned by tradition | occasion, cause | with | or | '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 | in relation to conjunct consonants | the words or letters themselves when combined or arranged in the said manner | (in •dram.) attainment of the object desired (or | to others | in | a kind of simile (in which the comparisons exhibited correspond to each other in regular succession) | power, strength [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW