Lemma: brahmacārin (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a young Brāhman before marriage (in the first period of his life) (MW)
- a young Brāhman who is a student of the Veda (under a preceptor) or who practises chastity (MW)
- name of Skanda (MW)
- name of a Gandharva (MW)
- name of Śiva (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| upanayana, initiation |
47 |
| brahmacarya |
43 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
20 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
19 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
18 |
| marriage, wedding |
16 |
| prāyaścitta |
16 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
14 |
| (Im-)purity |
14 |
| āśrama |
13 |
| dharma |
13 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
13 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
12 |
| varṇas, castes |
11 |
| good behaviour |
11 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
10 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
10 |
| vānaprastha |
9 |
| Brideship and marriage |
9 |
| śrāddha |
7 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
7 |
| saṃnyāsa |
7 |
| saṃskāras |
7 |
| mahāvrata |
7 |
| Tīrthas |
6 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
6 |
| Mahābhārata |
6 |
| mekhalābandhana |
6 |
| pravargya |
6 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
5 |
| Brahmin |
5 |
| kṛcchra |
5 |
| King, rājanīti |
5 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
4 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
4 |
| war |
4 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
4 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
4 |
| Women |
4 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
4 |
| vrata |
4 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
4 |
| prāṇa etc. |
4 |
| puṃsavana |
4 |
| pātaka |
3 |
| travelling, making a journey |
3 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
3 |
| godāna |
3 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
3 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
3 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
3 |
| snāna, bathing |
3 |
| for success, authority |
3 |
| Criminal law |
3 |
| Lexicography |
3 |
| vāṇa |
3 |
| Bhakti |
3 |
| dāna, giving |
3 |
| botany, plants |
2 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
| āplavana |
2 |
| yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
2 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
2 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
2 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
| Sāṃkhya |
2 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
2 |
| sāman |
2 |
| Alchemy |
2 |
| śruti, Veda |
2 |
| agnihotra |
2 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
2 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
| Law |
2 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
| Giving, dāna |
2 |
| samāvartana |
2 |
| Technique of Yoga |
2 |
| Genealogies |
2 |
| Kṣatriya |
2 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
2 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
2 |
| eating, food, anna |
2 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
| dīkṣā |
2 |
| vājapeya |
1 |
| avadāna |
1 |
| sāvitrī |
1 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
1 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
| agniṣṭoma |
1 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
1 |
| for intelligence, wisdom |
1 |
| stepping on the stone |
1 |
| avāntaradīkṣā |
1 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| ṣaṣṭhī |
1 |
| udgātṛ |
1 |
| sīmantonnayana |
1 |
| gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
| vaiśvadeva |
1 |
| svādhyāya |
1 |
| udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
| cāndrāyaṇa |
1 |
| caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
| salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
| prāṇāyāma |
1 |
| Astronomy |
1 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
| Time |
1 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
| sexuality |
1 |
| Professions |
1 |
| Prostitution |
1 |
| Tripura |
1 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
| Dāruvana |
1 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
| Ordeal |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| Witness |
1 |
| Debts and interest |
1 |
| narrative literature |
1 |
| hathayoga |
1 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
| Grammar |
1 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
1 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
| kālacakra |
1 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
| Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
1 |
| Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
1 |
| third eye |
1 |
| long live, āyus |
1 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
| Noun derivation |
1 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
1 |
| bad behaviour |
1 |
| worship |
1 |
| Tāraka |
1 |
| japa |
1 |
| Meditation |
1 |
| ātman |
1 |
| rasāyana |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
| Paraśurāma |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
| Brahmacārin | a young Brāhman before marriage | 17 |
| Shiva | the Destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon | 2 |
| brahmacārin [word] | the word brahmacārin | 1 |
| Skanda | god of war | 1 |
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