prakarana
प्रकरण prakaraṇaA chapter, section or self-contained treatise; the Ashtavakra Gita is arranged in twenty such prakaranas, each on one facet of the single teaching.
Where this term appears
- The Ashtavakra Gita Philosophy
…ninety-eight verses arranged in twenty brief chapters, each chapter a prakarana on a single facet of the one teaching.
- The Mandukya Upanishad: twelve verses, four states, one sound Treatise
(Karika 4.47) — Gauḍapāda, Māṇḍūkya Kārikā 4.47 · Alātaśānti-prakaraṇa The appearances neither come out of the firebrand nor go into it, because they are not substances at all (Karika 4.49–50).