Lemma: brahman (n)
Help!Temporal probability mass distribution
- a sacred text (MW)
- a text or Mantra used as a spell (MW)
- final emancipation (MW)
- food (MW)
- holy life (esp. continence) (MW)
- outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods (MW)
- pious effusion or utterance (MW)
- prayer (MW)
- religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas etc.) (MW)
- the Absolute (MW)
- the Brahma or one selfexistent impersonal spirit (MW)
- the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman) (MW)
- the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda (MW)
- the Eternal (MW)
- the Self-existent (MW)
- the Veda (MW)
- the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge (MW)
- the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return) (MW)
- the sacred syllable Om (MW)
- the sacred word (as opp. to vāc) (MW)
- wealth (MW)
All occurrences
| Topic | n/total | Absolute | Relative | CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhidhānacintāmaṇi | 2/4471 |  | | |
| Agnipurāṇa | 11/8364 | | | 0.13152% ± 0.06539 |
| Aitareya-Āraṇyaka | 35/10289 | | | 0.34017% ± 0.09471 |
| Aitareyabrāhmaṇa | 138/55716 | | | 0.24768% ± 0.03475 |
| Aitareyopaniṣad | 2/848 | | | |
| Amarakośa | 5/11968 | | | |
| Amṛtabindūpaniṣat | 1/105 | | | |
| Atharvaprāyaścittāni | 5/7848 | | | |
| Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) | 51/32876 | | | 0.15513% ± 0.03581 |
| Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) | 207/71286 | | | 0.29038% ± 0.03325 |
| Aṣṭasāhasrikā | 2/43483 | | | |
| Aṣṭādhyāyī | 1/15455 | | | |
| Aṣṭāvakragīta | 8/4573 | | | |
| Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā | 1/107529 | | | |
| Baudhāyanadharmasūtra | 30/14751 | | | 0.20338% ± 0.0612 |
| Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra | 21/14999 | | | 0.14001% ± 0.05038 |
| Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra | 17/39201 | | | 0.04337% ± 0.01735 |
| Bhāgavatapurāṇa | 125/77807 | | | 0.16065% ± 0.02369 |
| Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra | 5/11643 | | | |
| Bhāradvājaśrautasūtra | 8/22173 | | | |
| Bhāratamañjarī | 37/85669 | | | 0.04319% ± 0.01171 |
| Brahmabindūpaniṣat | 6/322 | | | |
| Buddhacarita | 4/19081 | | | |
| Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad | 129/19008 | | | 0.67866% ± 0.09826 |
| Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha | 2/62205 | | | |
| Carakasaṃhitā | 15/94932 | | | 0.0158% ± 0.00673 |
| Chāndogyopaniṣad | 87/15885 | | | 0.54769% ± 0.09662 |
| Commentary on Amaraughaśāsana | 3/673 | | | |
| Devīkālottarāgama | 4/1263 | | | |
| Drāhyāyaṇaśrautasūtra | 1/10734 | | | |
| Garbhopaniṣat | 1/559 | | | |
| Garuḍapurāṇa | 50/75742 | | | 0.06601% ± 0.0154 |
| Gautamadharmasūtra | 5/5730 | | | |
| Gheraṇḍasaṃhitā | 10/5492 | | | 0.18208% ± 0.09492 |
| Gokarṇapurāṇasāraḥ | 4/14711 | | | |
| Gopathabrāhmaṇa | 75/30474 | | | 0.24611% ± 0.04683 |
| Haribhaktivilāsa | 11/28886 | | | 0.03808% ± 0.01894 |
| Harivaṃśa | 31/85975 | | | 0.03606% ± 0.01068 |
| Harṣacarita | 4/37509 | | | |
| Haṭhayogapradīpikā | 3/5666 | | | |
| Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra | 19/10383 | | | 0.18299% ± 0.06921 |
| Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra | 1/4546 | | | |
| Jaiminigṛhyasūtra | 8/7115 | | | |
| Jaiminīya-Upaniṣad-Brāhmaṇa | 67/22377 | | | 0.29941% ± 0.06027 |
| Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa | 89/53779 | | | 0.16549% ± 0.02892 |
| Jaiminīyaśrautasūtra | 5/4088 | | | |
| Janmamaraṇavicāra | 3/3259 | | | |
| Kathāsaritsāgara | 1/149332 | | | |
| Kauśikasūtra | 32/22835 | | | 0.14014% ± 0.04085 |
| Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra | 1/641 | | | |
| Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa | 39/15339 | | | 0.25425% ± 0.06709 |
| Kauṣītakyupaniṣad | 17/865 | | | 1.96532% ± 0.77872 |
| Kaṭhopaniṣad | 9/2129 | | | |
| Kaṭhāraṇyaka | 21/5965 | | | 0.35205% ± 0.12654 |
| Kirātārjunīya | 4/18440 | | | |
| Kokilasaṃdeśa | 1/4640 | | | |
| Kumārasaṃbhava | 5/10268 | | | |
| Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra | 2/13366 | | | |
| Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra | 8/7333 | | | |
| Kāṭhakasaṃhitā | 100/41607 | | | 0.24034% ± 0.03961 |
| Kūrmapurāṇa | 218/81935 | | | 0.26606% ± 0.02969 |
| Kṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava | 4/3304 | | | |
| Lalitavistara | 2/25314 | | | |
| Liṅgapurāṇa | 161/127612 | | | 0.12616% ± 0.0164 |
| Mahābhārata | 576/1148075 | | | 0.05017% ± 0.00345 |
| Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā | 127/72433 | | | 0.17533% ± 0.02565 |
| Manusmṛti | 46/37893 | | | 0.12139% ± 0.02951 |
| Matsyapurāṇa | 52/122867 | | | 0.04232% ± 0.00968 |
| Mugdhāvabodhinī | 15/30169 | | | 0.04972% ± 0.02118 |
| Muṇḍakopaniṣad | 25/1303 | | | 1.91865% ± 0.62705 |
| Mānavagṛhyasūtra | 10/7957 | | | 0.12568% ± 0.06553 |
| Mānavaśrautasūtra | 4/3576 | | | |
| Mātṛkābhedatantra | 18/7847 | | | 0.22939% ± 0.08911 |
| Mṛgendraṭīkā | 4/22436 | | | |
| Narmamālā | 1/5583 | | | |
| Nirukta | 1/3713 | | | |
| Nādabindūpaniṣat | 3/274 | | | |
| Nāṭyaśāstravivṛti | 1/2603 | | | |
| Paramānandīyanāmamālā | 1/211 | | | |
| Paraśurāmakalpasūtra | 2/1722 | | | |
| Parāśaradharmasaṃhitā | 1/8183 | | | |
| Parāśarasmṛtiṭīkā | 4/7602 | | | |
| Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa | 52/29352 | | | 0.17716% ± 0.0405 |
| Pañcārthabhāṣya | 19/23418 | | | 0.08113% ± 0.0307 |
| Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra | 13/8146 | | | 0.15959% ± 0.07297 |
| Pāśupatasūtra | 5/500 | | | |
| Rasahṛdayatantra | 6/8153 | | | |
| Rasaratnasamuccaya | 6/28159 | | | |
| Rasaratnākara | 2/52866 | | | |
| Rasendracintāmaṇi | 1/13324 | | | |
| Rasārṇava | 2/32054 | | | |
| Ratnaṭīkā | 3/5445 | | | |
| Rāmāyaṇa | 22/261621 | | | 0.00841% ± 0.00296 |
| Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha | 1/1060 | | | |
| Saundarānanda | 3/19014 | | | |
| Saṃvitsiddhi | 47/3405 | | | 1.38032% ± 0.32991 |
| Skandapurāṇa | 8/16481 | | | |
| Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) | 29/114128 | | | 0.02541% ± 0.00778 |
| Spandakārikānirṇaya | 4/10660 | | | |
| Suśrutasaṃhitā | 1/146817 | | | |
| Sāmavidhānabrāhmaṇa | 5/5185 | | | |
| Sātvatatantra | 13/10069 | | | 0.12911% ± 0.05905 |
| Sāṃkhyakārikābhāṣya | 2/9994 | | | |
| Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa | 25/15064 | | | 0.16596% ± 0.05472 |
| Taittirīyasaṃhitā | 99/47976 | | | 0.20635% ± 0.03418 |
| Taittirīyopaniṣad | 47/2466 | | | 1.90592% ± 0.45432 |
| Taittirīyāraṇyaka | 29/6965 | | | 0.41637% ± 0.12731 |
| Tantrasāra | 4/14220 | | | |
| Tantrākhyāyikā | 1/8311 | | | |
| Tantrāloka | 16/41322 | | | 0.03872% ± 0.01597 |
| Toḍalatantra | 4/5481 | | | |
| Vaikhānasadharmasūtra | 10/5214 | | | 0.19179% ± 0.09998 |
| Vaikhānasagṛhyasūtra | 14/8189 | | | 0.17096% ± 0.07533 |
| Vaikhānasaśrautasūtra | 14/26811 | | | 0.05222% ± 0.02302 |
| Vaitānasūtra | 10/9429 | | | 0.10606% ± 0.05531 |
| Vaiśeṣikasūtravṛtti | 1/8680 | | | |
| Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra | 9/10010 | | | |
| Viṣṇupurāṇa | 106/87630 | | | 0.12096% ± 0.01937 |
| Viṣṇusmṛti | 11/19323 | | | 0.05693% ± 0.02831 |
| Vājasaneyisaṃhitā (Mādhyandina) | 25/15733 | | | 0.1589% ± 0.0524 |
| Vārāhagṛhyasūtra | 11/4830 | | | 0.22774% ± 0.11317 |
| Vārāhaśrautasūtra | 17/25108 | | | 0.06771% ± 0.02709 |
| Vātūlanāthasūtras | 1/84 | | | |
| Vātūlanāthasūtravṛtti | 2/2062 | | | |
| Yājñavalkyasmṛti | 6/14284 | | | |
| Ānandakanda | 6/84075 | | | |
| Āpastambadharmasūtra | 14/9296 | | | 0.1506% ± 0.06636 |
| Āpastambaśrautasūtra | 35/36641 | | | 0.09552% ± 0.02663 |
| Āryāsaptaśatī | 1/11812 | | | |
| Āyurvedadīpikā | 4/38956 | | | |
| Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra | 9/7095 | | | |
| Āśvālāyanaśrautasūtra | 10/6246 | | | 0.1601% ± 0.08347 |
| Śatakatraya | 8/8703 | | | |
| Śatapathabrāhmaṇa | 188/144199 | | | 0.13038% ± 0.01568 |
| Śira'upaniṣad | 8/1585 | | | |
| Śvetāśvataropaniṣad | 21/2168 | | | 0.96863% ± 0.34707 |
| Śyainikaśāstra | 1/5276 | | | |
| Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra | 5/8254 | | | |
| Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra | 16/20880 | | | 0.07663% ± 0.0316 |
| Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka | 61/12763 | | | 0.47794% ± 0.10073 |
| Ṛgveda | 263/170960 | | | 0.15384% ± 0.01564 |
| Ṛgvedakhilāni | 21/7524 | | | 0.27911% ± 0.10035 |
| Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa | 20/7540 | | | 0.26525% ± 0.09774 |
Nominal forms
Word semantic annotations
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|---|---|
| brahman | [descr. missing; neutr.!!] | 90 |
| prayer | a fixed text used in praying | 46 |
| mantra | (Hinduism or Buddhism) a sacred word or syllable repeated in prayer or meditation | 46 |
| spell | a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" | 28 |
| Veda | the four books of the Veda (RV, YV, SV, AV) | 9 |
| Brahmin | the highest of the four main Hindu castes: the priestly caste | 4 |
| sacred text | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity | 4 |
| hymn | a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | 3 |
| final emancipation | detachment from the circle of Saṃsāra | 2 |
| Brāhmaṇa | the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda | 1 |
| study | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design" | 1 |
| brahman [word] | the word brahman | 1 |
Similar and related words
| Word | Cosine similarity |
|---|---|
| akṣara | 0.787155 |
Collocations