Lemma: preta (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a ghost (MW)
- an evil being (MW)
- the spirit of a dead person (esp. before obsequial rites are performed) (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| jātaka, avadāna |
32 |
| Mahāyāna |
28 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
24 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
20 |
| (Im-)purity |
19 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
15 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
11 |
| war |
10 |
| Time |
8 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
8 |
| dharma |
7 |
| Yogācāra |
7 |
| prāyaścitta |
7 |
| Tīrthas |
6 |
| Alchemy |
6 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
6 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
5 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
5 |
| vānaprastha |
5 |
| fable |
5 |
| Kaṃsa |
5 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
5 |
| śrāddha |
4 |
| good behaviour |
4 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
4 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
4 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
4 |
| piṇḍa |
4 |
| meteor, ulkā |
4 |
| Pārvatī |
3 |
| pātaka |
3 |
| marriage, wedding |
3 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
| Buddhism |
3 |
| Women |
3 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
3 |
| karman doctrine |
3 |
| worship |
2 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
2 |
| Lexicography |
2 |
| narrative literature |
2 |
| Buddha's life |
2 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
| Law |
2 |
| bad behaviour |
2 |
| Giving, dāna |
2 |
| Himālaya |
2 |
| theft, stealing |
2 |
| botany, plants |
1 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
| digestion |
1 |
| Tāraka |
1 |
| saṃsāra |
1 |
| Pūtanā |
1 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
| punishment for crime |
1 |
| rape, sexual harassment |
1 |
| images of gods move, laugh |
1 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
| Indra |
1 |
| Paraśurāma |
1 |
| dāna, giving |
1 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
| Yoga |
1 |
| mantra |
1 |
| Cosmogony |
1 |
| varṇas, castes |
1 |
| Criminal law |
1 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
| brahmacarya |
1 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
| Mahābhārata |
1 |
| udara |
1 |
| Creation of the world |
1 |
| Genealogies |
1 |
| Bhakti |
1 |
| triguṇa |
1 |
| Tripura |
1 |
| eating, food, anna |
1 |
| Moral literature |
1 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
| Architecture |
1 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
| plīhan |
1 |
| udaka ritual |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| Preta | the visible disembodied soul of a dead person (Indian term) | 20 |
| dead | people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead" | 7 |
| cadaver | the dead body of a human being | 1 |
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