krama-patha
क्रमपाठ kramapāṭhaThe 'step' recitation, in which Vedic words are chanted in overlapping pairs (ab, bc, cd), one of the permuted recitations that guarded the text's order.
Where this term appears
- What are the Vedas? Scriptures
…ned the text word by word ( pada-patha ), then in overlapping pairs ( krama-patha ), and then in a series of increasingly elaborate "woven" forms — the most complex, ghana-patha , braiding each run of words for…
- How the Vedas Were Preserved History
In the krama-patha , the "step" recitation, the words are chanted in overlapping pairs: first word with second, then second with third, then third with fourth, and so on down the line, each word appearing twice…
- Keeping the Sound Treatise
In the krama-patha , the step recitation, words are recited in overlapping pairs: first and second, then second and third, then third and fourth, each word spoken twice, bound to its neighbour on either side.
- The Machine Made of Memory Treatise
It is part of the ancient toolkit. Overlap as a checksum: krama-patha Two forms are good.