Alternative spellings of this word include Kalkarm.

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Google Books: The Krama Tantricism of Kashmir

Kālakrama (कालक्रम).—The Krama has been further defined, under the spell of the Kashmir Śaivism in general, in terms of time (kāla) and has been doubly designated as Kālakrama as well as kāla. Kālakrama is a tautological expression because in its verbal analysis it is rendered as thr succession of time. The krama as time is responsible for the manifestation of total objectivity and absence thereof. It rather partakes of such a manifestation or non-manifestation as the case may be.

In the context of absolute reality the word kāla would not mean simple sequential time, but creative time, the potential for the emergent reality of emanation. Hence the interpretation of the term Krama signifying temporal (as well as spatial) succession has received our attention in the context of Kālī, the supreme metaphysical, ontological and mystic principle.

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

Kālakrama (कालक्रम) refers to “temporal sequences” (representing ways for consciousness to manifest its unitary nature as if it were differentiated).—Utpaladeva seems to have argued in the missing passage of the Vivṛti that the Sautrāntika cannot rightfully look for an external cause explaining the arising of manifestations as well as their lack of arising, because reality (understood as a unique and all-encompassing consciousness) is always manifest and always evident for any conscious entity, in the form of the immediate self-awareness inherent in any subjectivity. In fact temporal and spatial sequences (kāladeśakrama) are nothing but ways for consciousness to manifest its unitary nature as if it were differentiated, and this differentiated manifestation is the result of the fundamental dynamism of consciousness, conceived as a constantly exerted power of manifesting itself in all possible forms.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Ṣaḍadhvan (षडध्वन्) refers to the “temporal process of manifestation” according to the Tantrāloka verse 1.186-188 and commentary with reference to the Mālinīvijayottaratantra verse 2.17-19.—Abhinava divides the process (krama) of manifestation into temporal (kālakrama) and spatial (deśakrama). The former includes the arising of the letters, mantras and their parts taught in chapters six and seven of the Tantrāloka. The latter includes the Paths of the Worlds, Principles, and Forces taught in chapters eight, nine and eleven, respectively. Thus, as he deals with the Path of the Letters elsewhere, it was not Abhinava’s intention to equate the fifty forms of reflective awareness with the Path of the Letters, but even so he may well have found some support for his own insight in this approach.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kālakrama (कालक्रम).—lapse of time, course of time; कालक्रमेण (kālakrameṇa) in course or process of time; Kumārasambhava 1.19.

Derivable forms: kālakramaḥ (कालक्रमः).

Kālakrama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and krama (क्रम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālakrama (कालक्रम).—m. destiny, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 240.

Kālakrama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and krama (क्रम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālakrama (कालक्रम):—[=kāla-krama] [from kāla] m. lapse of time, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalakrama in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kālakrama (कालक्रम) [Also spelled kalkarm]:—(nm) chronology; passage of time; ~[vijñāna] chronology.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kālakrama (ಕಾಲಕ್ರಮ):—

1) [noun] the passing of time.

2) [noun] the order of time in which different events happen or occur.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Krama, Kala.

Starts with: Kalakramana, Kalakramane, Kalakramat.

Ends with: Caturnavatikalakrama.

Full-text: Kalakramat, Kalakramena, Kalkarm, Deshakrama.

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