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Lemma: pradhāna (n)
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(in gram.) the principal member of a compound (MW)
a chief thing or person (MW)
a noble (MW)
an elephant-driver (MW)
intellect (MW)
primary matter or nature (MW)
supreme soul (MW)
the first companion of a king (MW)
the principal or first (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Kashmirian Shivaism 24
Cosmogony 23
Yoga 19
Medicine 17
Pashupata Shaivism 16
Liberation, mokṣa, release 11
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 11
King, rājanīti 10
narrative literature 9
Creation of the world 9
Genealogies 9
war 9
Sāṃkhya 9
Kāmaśāstra 7
Shivaism, Śiva 7
vrata 7
paribhāṣā, general rules 7
dīkṣā 7
botany, plants 6
penance, prāyaścitta 6
pralaya, destruction of the world 6
prāyaścitta 6
Sacrifice, yajña 5
sahasranāman 5
godāna 5
Buddha's life 5
Astronomy 5
karman doctrine 5
Bhakti 4
Mīmāṃsā 4
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 4
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 4
kṣetrajña 4
ahaṃkāra 4
Buddhism 4
jātaka, avadāna 4
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 4
linguistic speculation 3
tulāpuruṣa 3
avatāras 3
Lexicography 3
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 3
good behaviour 3
mantra 3
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 3
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 3
Behaviour, strīdharma 3
Minister 3
Mahāyāna 3
varṇas, castes 3
Politics 3
Cosmology 2
Cosmography 2
svadharma 2
Dharmaśāstra 2
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 2
trivarga, caturvarga 2
Geography 2
omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen 2
Varāha 2
Economy 2
ātman 2
Birth, childhood, and youth 2
Tīrthas 2
Cosmogony (gen.) 2
meteor, ulkā 2
Alchemy 2
Brideship and marriage 2
Nosology 2
yuga theory 2
images of gods move, laugh 2
upanayana, initiation 2
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 2
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 2
general or default rules for the sacrifice 2
Brahmā 2
pravara, choosing the priest 1
saṃsāra 1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 1
hunting 1
Marutta 1
Meditation 1
Zoology 1
India 1
Dynasties 1
Vāmadeva 1
cūḍākaraṇa 1
sacrificial fire 1
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga 1
Māṇḍavya 1
alms, bhikṣā 1
sattra 1
Kirātārjunīya 1
creates fever 1
Maruts 1
religious speculation, mystic 1
paramārtha 1
brahman 1
śruti, Veda 1
Nara-Nārāyaṇa 1
Māndhātṛ 1
cough, kāsa 1
Peace and war 1
Andhaka 1
Prostitution 1
Shivaite Tantrism 1
triguṇa 1
rebirth, transmigration 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
Mahābhārata 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
inundation 1
Kalki(n) 1
gṛhastha, householder 1
Vaiśeṣika 1
Nyāya 1
dāna, giving 1
brahmacarya 1
Women 1
(Im-)purity 1
Rituals 1
Inheritance, heritage, heirs 1
Witness 1
Law 1
Love 1
process, jurisdiction 1
āśā, hope 1
Palmistry 1
fable 1
army 1
Cities 1
Accents 1
śotha 1
pāṇḍuroga 1
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 1
fever, jvara, takman 1
Astrology 1
Prophesy 1
weapons, arms 1
Giving, dāna 1
Grammar 1
Logic 1
śrāddha 1
worship 1
Kṣatriya 1
Religion and Philosophy 1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 1
Underworld, hell, naraka 1
Mount Govardhana 1
Concept Notes Count first the first or highest in an ordering or series: "He wanted to be the first" 14 Prakṛti (in the Sāṃkhya phil.) the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world 13 nature the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn" 3 predominance the state of being predominant over others 2 lord a titled peer of the realm 2 generator someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints" 1 disposition your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" 1 pradhāna (grammar) the principal member of a compound 1 dominance the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" 1
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