Upendran
IN LATEX
in order to set a paragraph number, you can set the latex document as
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{parano}
\begin{document}
\chapter{one}
\parano
my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph.
\bigskip
my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph my paragraph.
\endparano
\end{document}
in conTeXt
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