Lemma: maśaka (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a leather water-bag (MW)
- a mosquito (MW)
- a particular skin disease (causing dark bean-like pustules or eruptions) (MW)
- a stinging insect (Whitney and Lanman 1905)
- any fly that bites or stings (MW)
- gnat (MW)
- name of a preceptor with the patr. Gārgya (MW)
- name of the district in Śākadvīpa inhabited by Kṣatriyas (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| serpent worship, snake worship |
3 |
| śravaṇākarman |
3 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
3 |
| Mahāyāna |
2 |
| against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
| against poison, venom |
2 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
2 |
| India |
2 |
| ātman |
2 |
| Medicine |
2 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
2 |
| Time |
2 |
| Alchemy |
2 |
| varṇas, castes |
2 |
| Geography |
2 |
| Women |
1 |
| conflicting worldviews |
1 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
| ahīna |
1 |
| odana |
1 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| narrative literature |
1 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
| sāman |
1 |
| Cosmogony |
1 |
| saṃsāra |
1 |
| ahaṃkāra |
1 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
| kṣetrajña |
1 |
| prāyaścitta |
1 |
| dharma |
1 |
| manas |
1 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
| theft, stealing |
1 |
| diseases |
1 |
| Senses and world |
1 |
| war |
1 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
1 |
| (Im-)purity |
1 |
| bad behaviour |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| fly | two-winged insects characterized by active flight | 5 |
| mosquito | two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals | 5 |
| Maśaka | a particular skin disease | 2 |
| gnat | any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies | 1 |
| Maśaka | name of the district in Śākadvīpa inhabited by Kṣatriyas | 1 |
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