Lemma: śaṅkha (mn)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a particular high number (said to = a hundred billions) (MW)
- a shell (MW)
- the conch-shell (used for making libations of water or as an ornament for the arms or for the temples of an elephant) (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| war |
121 |
| Alchemy |
74 |
| Bhakti |
63 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
51 |
| worship |
43 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
42 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
26 |
| Mahāyāna |
24 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
22 |
| Mahābhārata |
21 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
11 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
8 |
| Buddhism |
8 |
| Lexicography |
8 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
8 |
| botany, plants |
7 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
7 |
| Materia medica |
7 |
| against evil |
7 |
| against anger, wrath, fury |
7 |
| amulets |
7 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
7 |
| dīkṣā |
6 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
6 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
5 |
| pūjā |
5 |
| Buddha's life |
5 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
5 |
| narrative literature |
5 |
| army |
4 |
| Medicine |
4 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
4 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
3 |
| Yoga |
3 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
3 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
3 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
3 |
| avatāras |
3 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
3 |
| (Im-)purity |
3 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
2 |
| Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
| Poetology |
2 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
2 |
| Kaṃsa |
2 |
| ātman |
2 |
| Varāha |
2 |
| Prophesy |
2 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
2 |
| Law |
2 |
| Palmistry |
2 |
| Economy |
2 |
| grahas |
2 |
| Śrīvidyā |
2 |
| mantra |
2 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
2 |
| Customs and taxes |
2 |
| Genealogies |
2 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
2 |
| Kālanemi |
2 |
| Women |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
2 |
| Astrology |
2 |
| linguistic speculation |
1 |
| Skanda |
1 |
| Jarāsandha |
1 |
| third eye |
1 |
| aṃśāvatāra |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
1 |
| Śiśupāla |
1 |
| Pūtanā |
1 |
| meteor, ulkā |
1 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
| creates fever |
1 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
| vraṇa, sore |
1 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
| Kubera |
1 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
| worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
| military formation |
1 |
| Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
| Indra's capital |
1 |
| treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
| varṇas, castes |
1 |
| hunting |
1 |
| inundation |
1 |
| Prostitution |
1 |
| Tripura |
1 |
| Sāṃkhya |
1 |
| dharma |
1 |
| Tīrthas |
1 |
| dhanurveda |
1 |
| yuga theory |
1 |
| process, jurisdiction |
1 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
| dāna, giving |
1 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
| saṃskāras |
1 |
| marriage, wedding |
1 |
| Rituals |
1 |
| Witness |
1 |
| Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
| King, rājanīti |
1 |
| Pārvatī |
1 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
| rasāyana |
1 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
| śotha |
1 |
| pāṇḍuroga |
1 |
| urinary diseases |
1 |
| gambling |
1 |
| Cosmology |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| hathayoga |
1 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| Agriculture |
1 |
| Cosmography |
1 |
| snāna, bathing |
1 |
| Astronomy |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| conch | any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip | 145 |
| shell | the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc | 37 |
| Śaṅkha | a particular high number | 4 |
| shell | the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals | 3 |
| laghuśaṅkha | a kind of small shell/conch | 1 |
| vulva | external parts of the female genitalia | 1 |
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