Lemma: śāstra (n)
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- (esp.) any religious or scientific treatise (MW)
- a body of teaching (in general) (MW)
- advice (MW)
- an order (MW)
- any bock or treatise (MW)
- any instrument of teaching (MW)
- any manual or compendium of rules (MW)
- any sacred book or composition of divine authority (MW)
- command (MW)
- direction (MW)
- good counsel (MW)
- instruction (MW)
- precept (MW)
- rule (MW)
- science (MW)
- scripture (MW)
- teaching (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
92 |
| dharma |
64 |
| King, rājanīti |
58 |
| Alchemy |
57 |
| Law |
46 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
42 |
| Bhakti |
41 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
38 |
| narrative literature |
34 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
30 |
| war |
28 |
| Poetology |
22 |
| Mīmāṃsā |
20 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
17 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
15 |
| Buddha's life |
15 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
15 |
| (Im-)purity |
15 |
| Politics |
15 |
| Yoga |
14 |
| fable |
14 |
| karman doctrine |
14 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
13 |
| Medicine |
12 |
| Witness |
12 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
11 |
| prāyaścitta |
11 |
| āpaddharma |
11 |
| hunting |
10 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
10 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
9 |
| Language |
9 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
9 |
| good behaviour |
9 |
| Women |
9 |
| varṇas, castes |
9 |
| Peace and war |
9 |
| Giving, dāna |
9 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
8 |
| Zoology |
8 |
| worship |
8 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
8 |
| vānaprastha |
8 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
7 |
| Debt |
7 |
| Astronomy |
7 |
| bad behaviour |
7 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
7 |
| Buddhism |
7 |
| yuga theory |
6 |
| subhāṣita |
6 |
| Genealogies |
6 |
| Cosmology |
6 |
| Mahābhārata |
6 |
| Sāṃkhya |
6 |
| dīkṣā |
6 |
| Brahmin |
6 |
| dāna, giving |
6 |
| saṃsāra |
6 |
| Time |
6 |
| Lexicography |
6 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
5 |
| long live, āyus |
5 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
5 |
| āśrama |
5 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
5 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
5 |
| ātman |
5 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
5 |
| marriage, wedding |
5 |
| mantra |
4 |
| hathayoga |
4 |
| Mahāyāna |
4 |
| dhanurveda |
4 |
| Cosmogony |
4 |
| theft, stealing |
4 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
4 |
| Criminal law |
4 |
| Brideship and marriage |
4 |
| eating, food, anna |
4 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
| Minister |
3 |
| Economy |
3 |
| Kṣatriya |
3 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
3 |
| trivarga, caturvarga |
3 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
3 |
| Debts and interest |
3 |
| Customs and taxes |
3 |
| saṃnyāsa |
3 |
| Family |
3 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
3 |
| Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
3 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
3 |
| Ordeal |
3 |
| process, jurisdiction |
3 |
| Anti-social behaviour |
2 |
| Bharata |
2 |
| Dāruvana |
2 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
2 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| saṃskāras |
2 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
| life, jīva |
2 |
| linguistic speculation |
2 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
| marman |
2 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
2 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
2 |
| all-unity |
2 |
| Skanda |
2 |
| vrata |
2 |
| triguṇa |
2 |
| Administration |
2 |
| meaninglessness |
2 |
| Travel |
2 |
| Tīrthas |
2 |
| Professions |
2 |
| Moral literature |
2 |
| Vedic tradition |
2 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
2 |
| pūjā |
2 |
| Śrīvidyā |
1 |
| Bhṛgu |
1 |
| Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
| Grammar |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
1 |
| authority of the Veda |
1 |
| cow |
1 |
| Kalpasūtras |
1 |
| diachronic developments |
1 |
| children |
1 |
| parivrājaka |
1 |
| unsteadiness of life |
1 |
| Pulomā/an |
1 |
| Police |
1 |
| Māndhātṛ |
1 |
| nāḍīvijñāna |
1 |
| brahmahatyā |
1 |
| systematics |
1 |
| military formation |
1 |
| śruti, Veda |
1 |
| punishment for crime |
1 |
| Balarāma |
1 |
| water, rain |
1 |
| son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
| svādhyāya |
1 |
| vyavahāra |
1 |
| saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
| general or default rules for the sacrifice |
1 |
| selling children, adoption |
1 |
| Pārvatī |
1 |
| daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
1 |
| Prostitution |
1 |
| Love |
1 |
| Architecture |
1 |
| Crime |
1 |
| Vaiśeṣika |
1 |
| śrāddha |
1 |
| Court |
1 |
| Indra |
1 |
| Palmistry |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| Family law |
1 |
| snāna, bathing |
1 |
| botany, plants |
1 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
| Agriculture |
1 |
| kṣatradharma |
1 |
| Cosmography |
1 |
| Prophesy |
1 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
| Devala and Asita |
1 |
| Psychology |
1 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
| prāṇa etc. |
1 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
| senses, indriya |
1 |
| Meditation |
1 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
| rasāyana |
1 |
| Senses and world |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| Nyāya |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| State finances |
1 |
| avatāras |
1 |
| Creation of the world |
1 |
| Technique of Yoga |
1 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| Śāstra | any religious or scientific treatise | 147 |
| treatise | a formal exposition | 31 |
| science | any domain of knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles; "mathematics is important for science" | 5 |
| command | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | 1 |
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