Lemma: śakuni (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- (in astronomy) name of the first fixed karaṇa (MW)
- a bird (esp. a large bird = gridhra or cilla) (MW)
- name of a Naga (MW)
- name of a son of Vikukṣi and grandson of Ikṣvāku (MW)
- name of an Asura; son of Hiraṇyākṣa and father of Vṛka (MW)
- name of an evil demon (son of Duḥsaha) (MW)
- name of the brother of queen Gandhārī (and therefore the brother-in-law of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the Mātula or maternal uncle of the Kuru princes) (MW)
- name of the great-grandfather of Aśoka (MW)
- name of the Āśvins (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| war |
83 |
| gambling |
38 |
| Mahābhārata |
15 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
12 |
| Genealogies |
10 |
| eating, food, anna |
8 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
7 |
| dharma |
6 |
| prāyaścitta |
6 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
6 |
| svadharma |
5 |
| Buddha's life |
5 |
| (Im-)purity |
4 |
| Soma sacrifice |
4 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
3 |
| army |
3 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
3 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
| fable |
3 |
| Skanda |
3 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
| Women |
3 |
| Medicine |
2 |
| Bhakti |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| Accents |
2 |
| against evil |
2 |
| Reduplication |
2 |
| against bad dreams |
2 |
| Lexicography |
2 |
| Giving, dāna |
2 |
| birds as omen |
2 |
| karman doctrine |
2 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
2 |
| Pūtanā |
2 |
| gold |
1 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
| India |
1 |
| Maruts |
1 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
| Māndhātṛ |
1 |
| āśvina |
1 |
| Manu Vaivasvata |
1 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
| svādhyāya |
1 |
| immortality, amṛta |
1 |
| hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
1 |
| Prajāpati and his daughter |
1 |
| brahman |
1 |
| for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
| amulets |
1 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
| dama |
1 |
| Gandharva |
1 |
| Apsaras |
1 |
| good behaviour |
1 |
| Astronomy |
1 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
| Buddhism |
1 |
| saṃnyāsa |
1 |
| Sāṃkhya |
1 |
| King, rājanīti |
1 |
| Politics |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| narrative literature |
1 |
| dāna, giving |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
1 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
| Grammar |
1 |
| Astrology |
1 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
| Peace and war |
1 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
| vrata |
1 |
| Geography |
1 |
| People |
1 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
| botany, plants |
1 |
| śrāddha |
1 |
| Travel |
1 |
| Brideship and marriage |
1 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
| travelling, making a journey |
1 |
| Poetology |
1 |
| Language |
1 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
| Nosology |
1 |
| Etymology |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | 18 |
| Śakuni | name of the brother of queen Gandhārī; son of the Gandhara king Subala and brother-in-law of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Srensen, 184) | 17 |
| large bird | a large bird | 9 |
| Śakuni | name of an Asura; son of Hiraṇyākṣa and father of Vṛka | 1 |
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