Lemma: mekhalā (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- Hemionitis Cordifolia (MW)
- a band or fillet (MW)
- a girdle (MW)
- a particular part of the fire-receptacle (MW)
- a sword-belt (MW)
- a sword-knot or string fastened to the hilt (MW)
- anything girding or surrounding (MW)
- baldric (MW)
- belt (MW)
- investiture with the girdle and the ceremony connected with it (MW)
- name of a place (?) (MW)
- name of the river Narmadā (MW)
- name of various women (MW)
- the cords or lines drawn round an altar (on the four sides of the hole or receptacle in which the sacrificial fire is deposited) (MW)
- the girth of a horse (MW)
- the hips (as the place of the girdle) (MW)
- the slope of a mountain (MW)
- zone (as worm by men or women) (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| agniṣṭoma |
48 |
| upanayana, initiation |
40 |
| dīkṣā |
29 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
9 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
8 |
| Alchemy |
8 |
| Bhakti |
7 |
| Mahābhārata |
6 |
| saṃskāras |
6 |
| Pārvatī |
6 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
6 |
| avāntaradīkṣā |
5 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
5 |
| Nature poetry |
5 |
| mantra |
5 |
| mekhalābandhana |
5 |
| vrata |
5 |
| godāna |
4 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
4 |
| Soma sacrifice |
4 |
| varṇas, castes |
4 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
4 |
| botany, plants |
3 |
| snāna, bathing |
3 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
3 |
| vaśā |
3 |
| narrative literature |
3 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
3 |
| Lexicography |
3 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
3 |
| Love |
2 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| prāyaścitta |
2 |
| yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
2 |
| brahmacarya |
2 |
| Medicine |
2 |
| Buddha's life |
2 |
| King, rājanīti |
2 |
| salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
| avabhṛtha |
1 |
| pravargya |
1 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
1 |
| āpyāyana (soma) |
1 |
| Police |
1 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
| haviryajña |
1 |
| correct behaviour |
1 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
| āplavana |
1 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
1 |
| samāvartana |
1 |
| upasad |
1 |
| Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
1 |
| Brahmin |
1 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
1 |
| Materia medica |
1 |
| Astrology |
1 |
| Grammar |
1 |
| Yoga |
1 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
| dharma |
1 |
| saṃnyāsa |
1 |
| Law |
1 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
| marriage, wedding |
1 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
| dāna, giving |
1 |
| yuga theory |
1 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
| war |
1 |
| Poetology |
1 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| poison, antidotes |
1 |
| śrāddha |
1 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
| piṇḍa |
1 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
| good behaviour |
1 |
| aṃśāvatāra |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
| girdle | a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | 4 |
| ālavāla | a basin for water round the root of a tree | 4 |
Collocations