(p. 176) ṛtu season, a tide or time; menstruation, the menses. ̃কাল n. the period or time of a season, a tide; the period of menstruation, the menstrual period. ̃নাথ, ̃পতি n. the king of seasons; the spring. ̃পরিবর্তন n. change of season. ̃পর্যায় n. succession or revolution of the seasons. ̃মতী a. (of a woman) menstruating, in the menses. ̃মতী হওয়া v. to menstruate, to be in the menses; to menstruate for the first time. ̃রক্ষা n. act of copulating with a woman on the fourth day of her menstrual period ̃রক্ষা করা v. to copulate with a woman on the fourth day of her menstrual period. ̃রাজ same as ঋতুনাথ । ̃স্নাতা a. fem. bathed on the fourth day of one's menstrual period. ̃স্নান n. act of bathing on the fourth day of one's menstrual period. 15)

(p. 262) krama one of a series, a grade, order, sequence; procedure, a method, a form; a rule, a law, a directive; a syllabus (পাঠক্রম); succession (পর্যায়ক্রমে); a step or pace; course (কালক্রমে); a dilution (esp. of a Homoeopathic medicine). ক্রমণ n. act of pacing; act of walking, ambulation; act of going. ̃নিম্ন a. sloping downwards; declining or decreasing gradually; gradually lower or inferior. ̃নিম্নতা n. downward slope, declivity; gradual decline or decrease or descent; gradual lowness or inferiority. ̃পরিবর্তন n. gradual change. ̃পর্যায় n. grade or gradation. ̃বর্ধন n. gradual increase or development. ̃বর্ধমান a. increasing or developing gradually. ̃বর্ধিত a. increased or developed gradually. ̃বিকাশ n. gradual development, evolution. ̃বৃদ্ধি same as ক্রমবর্ধন । ̃ভঙ্গ n. break of continuity or serial order; disorder, confusion, jumble. ̃মাণ a. pacing or ambulating in a leisurely manner. ̃শ adv. gradually; seriatim. ̃সূক্ষ্ণ a. getting gradually thinner or subtler; tapering. ̃হ্রাসমান a. gradually decreasing or declining or waning; on the wave. ক্রমে ক্রমে same as ক্রমশ । 9)

(p. 628) paryāẏa a turn; serial order; succession; state, condition, shape, form, series (নবপর্যায়); a generation (আদিপুরুষ থেকে সাতাশের পর্যায়); a synonym (usu. পর্যায়শব্দ); (chiefly in sc.) a period (usu. পর্যায়কাল). ̃ক্রমে adv. by turns; serially; successively; alternately. ̃চ্যুতি, ̃ভঙ্গ n. a break in the series, a break in periodicity; inversion. ̃শব্দ n. synonymous words; related or cognate words. ̃সম a. rhyming alternately. ̃সারণি n. (chem.) a periodic table. 23)