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Lemma: śastra (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
a razor (MW)
an instrument for cutting or wounding (MW)
any instrument or tool (MW)
any weapon (even applied to an arrow) (MW)
dagger (MW)
iron (MW)
knife (MW)
steel (MW)
sword (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war 250
Mahābhārata 47
King, rājanīti 28
Mahāyāna 19
jātaka, avadāna 17
dhanurveda 16
Alchemy 14
Dharmaśāstra 13
Medicine 13
dharma 11
Birth, childhood, and youth 10
army 10
narrative literature 10
varṇas, castes 10
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 9
Law 9
Kṛṣṇa 9
Kṣatriya 8
(Im-)purity 8
botany, plants 8
Kaṃsa 7
Politics 7
āpaddharma 6
agniṣṭoma 6
punishment for crime 5
eating, food, anna 5
gṛhastha, householder 5
omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen 5
Criminal law 5
Paraśurāma 5
Witness 5
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 5
Materia medica 5
theft, stealing 5
Buddhism 5
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 4
Indra 4
Lexicography 4
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa 4
Tripura 4
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 4
avatāras 4
dāna, giving 4
Liberation, mokṣa, release 4
Women 4
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 4
prāyaścitta 4
penance, prāyaścitta 4
fable 3
Debt 3
saṃsāra 3
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 3
Kālanemi 3
bad behaviour 3
Trade 3
Ordeal 3
Tāraka 3
marriage, wedding 3
Yoga 3
Kāmaśāstra 3
Zoology 3
Genealogies 3
Behaviour, strīdharma 3
Peace and war 3
criminal investigation 3
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 3
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 3
Skanda 3
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
ghost, monster, demon 2
cow 2
vyavahāra 2
Shivaism, Śiva 2
sacrificial post, yūpa 2
Vedic hymns, śastras 2
kills Mahiṣa 2
Police 2
murder 2
suicide 2
vaśā 2
mahāvrata 2
usury, lending money 2
Jarāsandha 2
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 2
Dvāravatī, Dvārakā 2
Bhakti 2
Crime 2
saṃskāras 2
Sacrifice, yajña 2
Brahmin 2
vānaprastha 2
Rāmāyaṇa 2
Underworld, hell, naraka 2
Debts and interest 2
Buddha's life 2
karman doctrine 2
military formation 1
priest, ṛtvij 1
healing rituals, against diseases 1
torture 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 1
against dangers, difficult situations 1
Andhaka 1
yuga theory 1
Public disasters, catastrophies 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
Kalki(n) 1
Harivaṃśa 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
creates fever 1
piṇḍa 1
rājasūya 1
felling the tree for the yūpa 1
aṃśāvatāra 1
Pūru 1
Manu Vaivasvata 1
divorce 1
salutation, greeting, abhivādana 1
āptoryāman 1
nirūḍhapaśubandha 1
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study 1
dūrohaṇa 1
Time 1
vājapeya 1
avadāna 1
madhuparka 1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman 1
cūḍākaraṇa 1
court live 1
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 1
Senses and world 1
Soma sacrifice 1
śrāddha 1
rasāyana 1
pūjā 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
dīkṣā 1
daṇḍa, punishment 1
Kashmirian Shivaism 1
Economy 1
Minister 1
Administration 1
pātaka 1
śotha 1
pāṇḍuroga 1
vidradhi 1
gulma 1
Prophesy 1
fever, jvara, takman 1
Palmistry 1
Meditation 1
Cosmography 1
Urvaśī and Purūravas 1
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 1
subhāṣita 1
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka 1
Balarāma 1
Prostitution 1
Business law 1
Professions 1
Poetology 1
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 1
Nala and Damayantī 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
unsteadiness of life 1
Karṇa (from MBh) 1
sāman 1
travelling, making a journey 1
Nature poetry 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
fighting 1
Travel 1
Tīrthas 1
Concept Notes Count weapon weaponry used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" 135 surgical knife a very sharp knife used in surgery 71 knife a cutting instrument with a sharp-edged pointed metal blade with a handle 10 operation a therapeutic procedure with instruments to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" 6 iron a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood 5 tīkṣṇaloha [min] tīkṣṇaloha; a kind of iron, steel 2 cutting implement a tool used for cutting or slicing 1
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