krama-patha

…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 forw…

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…

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.

It is part of the ancient toolkit. Overlap as a checksum: krama-patha Two forms are good.

The same ordinary word names a completely different thing in the Vedic world: krama-patha , the step-recitation, one of the modified recitation patterns by which the Samhitas were preserved.