===> [ prakaraNa ]3[ pra-karaNa ] n. production, creation Hariv. (1) treatment, discussion, explanation (2) treatise, monograph, book, chapter (esp. introduction or prologue) GṛŚrS. MBh. Sarvad (3) a subject, topic, question, matter, occasion, opportunity MBh. Kāv. &c. (4) ([ asminn eva ŚraNe ], ` on this occasion ' or ` in this connection ' MBh. (5) [ na ca ŚraNaM vetsi ], ` nor do you know what is the matter ' Kathās.) (6) a kind of drama with a fictitious plot (such as Mṛcch. Mālatīm. &c.) Sāh. (IW. 47 r) (7) treating with respect W. (8) doing much or well ib. (9) N. of wk. (cf. [ nyAyapr° ]) (10) [ -tas ] ind. occasionally Suśr. (11) [ -tva ] n. Vedântas (12) [ -paJcikA ] f. [ -pAda ] m. [ -vAd^artha ] m. N. of wks. (13) [ -zas ] ind. according to species or kind (opp. to [ pRthak-tvena ]) Nir (14) [ -sama ] m. a kind of sophism, an assertion by two opponents of some argument which has the same force of argument pro and con Nyāyas. Car. (15) [ °NI ] (or [ °NikA ]), f. a drama of the same character as the Prakaraṇa but of less extent Sāh