प्रकरणम् [prakaraṇam] 1 Treating, explaining, discussing.
(a) A subject, topic, department, a subject (of representation); कतमत् प्रकरणमाश्रित्य
[Ś.1.] (b) A head or subject of treatment. (c) A province or department.
A section, chapter or any smaller division of a work. तस्यायं प्रकरणाधिकरणसमुद्देशः
[Kau.A.1.1.1.] An opportunity, occasion.
An affair, a matter; अस्मिन्नेव प्रकरणे धनंजयमुदारधीः (उवाच)
[Mb.12.26.1.] An introduction, prologue; वयमपि प्रकरणमारभामहे Pratijñā 1.
Relation.
Doing much or well.
A species of drama with invented or fictitious plot; as the मृच्छकटिक, मालतीमाधव, पुष्पभूषित &c. The
[S. D.] thus defines it: भवेत् प्रकरणे वृत्तं लौकिकं कविकल्पितं । शृङ्गारोऽङ्गी नायकस्तु विप्रोऽमात्योऽथवा वणिक् । सापायधर्मकामार्थपरो धीर- प्रशान्तकः ॥ 511.
Context. This is one of the six प्रमाणs helpful in properly construing a विनियोगविधि. These प्रमाणs and their relative strength is stated by जैमिनि in श्रुतिलिङ्गवाक्यप्रकरणस्थानसमाख्यानां पारदौर्बल्यमर्थविप्र- कर्षात् प्रकरणाच्च ज्योतिष्टोमेनैकवाक्यता स्यात् ŚB. on
[MS.1.] 5.37. -Comp.
-समः a kind of sophism; an assertion by two opponents of some argument which has the same force.