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Lemma: nimitta (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
(in phil.) instrumental or efficient cause (MW)
a butt (MW)
cause (MW)
ground (MW)
mark (MW)
motive (MW)
omen (MW)
reason (MW)
sign (MW)
target (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Mahāyāna
89
jātaka, avadāna
45
Pashupata Shaivism
39
Buddhism
37
Mīmāṃsā
30
Nyāya
28
narrative literature
25
war
23
Buddha's life
18
ātman
15
Kashmirian Shivaism
14
Yoga
14
Medicine
13
Kāmaśāstra
10
Kṛṣṇa
7
Grammar
7
Logic
7
Mahābhārata
7
marriage, wedding
6
Liberation, mokṣa, release
6
urinary diseases
6
dharma
6
omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen
6
Alchemy
6
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
5
Sāṃkhya
5
King, rājanīti
5
Law
5
penance, prāyaścitta
5
prāyaścitta
5
(Im-)purity
5
vānaprastha
5
Genealogies
4
Giving, dāna
4
Kaṃsa
4
study, śiṣya, adhyāya
4
upāyakauśalya
4
Brideship and marriage
3
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā
3
Nosology
3
Bhakti
3
Cosmogony
3
Birth, childhood, and youth
3
Bharata
3
Religion and Philosophy
3
fable
3
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna
3
varṇas, castes
3
saṃnyāsa
3
kuṣṭha
2
Travel
2
worship of relics, stūpas
2
cow
2
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman
2
Sacrifice, yajña
2
calmness of mind
2
good behaviour
2
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
2
pūjā
2
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga
2
Methodology
2
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
2
murder
2
pralaya, destruction of the world
2
Shivaism, Śiva
2
mankind
2
āśrama
2
Criminal law
2
Witness
2
Family
2
Women
2
avatāras
2
meteor, ulkā
2
Varāha
2
Prostitution
2
Cosmology
2
suicide
2
criminal investigation
2
Vaiśeṣika
2
images of gods move, laugh
1
human meat, cannibalism
1
Vasiṣṭha
1
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
1
Kṛṣṇa kills Keśin
1
svarga, heaven
1
Vedic tradition
1
aṃśāvatāra
1
Śeṣa
1
punishment for crime
1
explanation of the Soma sacrifice, somapravacana
1
brahman
1
Balarāma
1
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka
1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa
1
brahman priest, brahmatva
1
Aśvins
1
religious speculation, mystic
1
Urvaśī and Purūravas
1
Dynasties
1
snātaka
1
paribhāṣā, general rules
1
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing
1
general or default rules for the sacrifice
1
pākayajña
1
parivrājaka
1
Astronomy
1
Pṛthu and the Earth
1
Andhaka
1
process, jurisdiction
1
Love
1
Creation of the world
1
Rāmāyaṇa
1
inundation
1
Kalki(n)
1
yuga theory
1
dāna, giving
1
Language
1
Cosmogony (gen.)
1
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya
1
saṃskāras
1
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
1
Tīrthas
1
Politics
1
Asceticism, tapas
1
Dharmaśāstra
1
Debt
1
Poetology
1
children
1
Reduplication
1
Viśvāmitra
1
fighting
1
Meditation
1
Peace and war
1
truth, satya, ṛta
1
army
1
Accents
1
Minister
1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya
1
Paraśurāma
1
gulma
1
pathogenesis, origin of a disease
1
fever, jvara, takman
1
pātaka
1
Brahmin
1
Cosmography
1
Underworld, hell, naraka
1
Dvāravatī, Dvārakā
1
Concept Notes Count
cause events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash" 84
omen a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" 33
reason an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly" 4
motivation the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action; the reason for the action; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" 1
target a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" 1
condition an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else 1
sign a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring" 1
Collocations