Lemma: saṃdhyā (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- Twilight (esp. evening twilight) (MW)
- holding together (MW)
- junction (MW)
- juncture (MW)
- juncture of day and night (MW)
- juncture of the three divisions of the day (MW)
- morning or evening twilight (MW)
- the religious acts performed by Brāhmans and twice-born men at the above three divisions of the day (MW)
- union (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
28 |
| saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
21 |
| Astronomy |
20 |
| good behaviour |
17 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
17 |
| yuga theory |
16 |
| Mahābhārata |
15 |
| war |
15 |
| Bhakti |
15 |
| varṇas, castes |
14 |
| Alchemy |
12 |
| saṃskāras |
12 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
11 |
| Tīrthas |
11 |
| snāna, bathing |
11 |
| narrative literature |
11 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
11 |
| Time |
11 |
| King, rājanīti |
11 |
| marriage, wedding |
10 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
10 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
9 |
| worship |
9 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
8 |
| dīkṣā |
8 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
8 |
| (Im-)purity |
8 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
8 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
7 |
| dāna, giving |
6 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
6 |
| eating, food, anna |
6 |
| long live, āyus |
6 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
5 |
| fable |
5 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
5 |
| Kaṃsa |
5 |
| Cosmology |
5 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
5 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
5 |
| bhasmasnāna, ashes |
4 |
| Creation of the world |
4 |
| mantra |
4 |
| prāṇāyāma |
4 |
| Pārvatī |
4 |
| dharma |
4 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
4 |
| avatāras |
4 |
| salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
4 |
| prāyaścitta |
4 |
| Sleeping |
4 |
| Travel |
3 |
| Nature poetry |
3 |
| vrata |
3 |
| brahmacarya |
3 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
3 |
| Women |
3 |
| linguistic speculation |
3 |
| āśrama |
3 |
| Buddha's life |
3 |
| agnihotra |
3 |
| Politics |
3 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
3 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
3 |
| japa |
2 |
| prāṇa etc. |
2 |
| bad behaviour |
2 |
| Himālaya |
2 |
| Geography |
2 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
2 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
2 |
| Cosmography |
2 |
| saṃnyāsa |
2 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| Brideship and marriage |
2 |
| Astrology |
2 |
| Lexicography |
2 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
2 |
| meteorology, weather |
1 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
1 |
| Balarāma |
1 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
| Buddhism |
1 |
| Ordeal |
1 |
| Brahmā |
1 |
| vyavahāra |
1 |
| Tilottamā |
1 |
| dvīpa |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| Sāṃkhya |
1 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| upanayana, initiation |
1 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
| meteor, ulkā |
1 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
| snātaka |
1 |
| Medicine |
1 |
| Mīmāṃsā |
1 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
| Pracetas |
1 |
| army |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
| Agriculture |
1 |
| botany, plants |
1 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
| Giving, dāna |
1 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
| subhāṣita |
1 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
| travelling, making a journey |
1 |
| Poetology |
1 |
| Language |
1 |
| Brahmin |
1 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| Genealogies |
1 |
| Technique of Yoga |
1 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
| tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
| India |
1 |
| Stories |
1 |
| gold |
1 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
| Kālanemi |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| twilight | the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" | 30 |
| saṃdhyā | religious acts performed by Brāhmans and twice-born men at the three Saṃdhyās of the day | 19 |
| twilight | the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth | 1 |
| Saṃdhyā | name of a cave at Prayāg | 1 |
| Saṃdhyā | name of a river | 1 |
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