Lemma: śruta (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- anything heard (MW)
- instruction (MW)
- knowledge as heard by holy men and transmitted from generation to generation (MW)
- learning or teaching (MW)
- memory (MW)
- oral tradition or revelation (MW)
- remembrance (MW)
- sacred knowledge (MW)
- that which has been heard (esp. from the beginning) (MW)
- the Veda (MW)
- the act of hearing (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| King, rājanīti |
15 |
| varṇas, castes |
13 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
12 |
| Buddha's life |
11 |
| Giving, dāna |
11 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
10 |
| war |
9 |
| dharma |
8 |
| Genealogies |
7 |
| Buddhism |
6 |
| Kṣatriya |
6 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
6 |
| Minister |
6 |
| good behaviour |
6 |
| feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
5 |
| Brahmin |
5 |
| Medicine |
5 |
| upanayana, initiation |
5 |
| Creation of the world |
4 |
| Brideship and marriage |
4 |
| (Im-)purity |
4 |
| rasāyana |
4 |
| Mahāyāna |
4 |
| Poetology |
4 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
4 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
4 |
| Alchemy |
4 |
| marriage, wedding |
4 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
3 |
| śrāddha |
3 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
3 |
| poverty, renunciation |
3 |
| Astronomy |
3 |
| aṣṭakā |
3 |
| Politics |
3 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
| Yoga |
2 |
| Law |
2 |
| saṃsāra |
2 |
| vrata |
2 |
| saṃskāras |
2 |
| Administration |
2 |
| gold |
2 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
2 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
2 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
| narrative literature |
2 |
| Cities |
2 |
| Manu, manvantara |
2 |
| karman doctrine |
2 |
| Criminal law |
2 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
| dāna, giving |
2 |
| Vācaspati |
2 |
| prāyaścitta |
2 |
| Psychology |
2 |
| yuga theory |
2 |
| senses, indriya |
2 |
| Rituals |
2 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
| Witness |
2 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
| bad behaviour |
1 |
| cow |
1 |
| kṣetrajña |
1 |
| usury, lending money |
1 |
| kṛcchra |
1 |
| nakṣatras |
1 |
| ekāha |
1 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
1 |
| worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
1 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
| calmness of mind |
1 |
| Varuṇa |
1 |
| vyavahāra |
1 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
| Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
| treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
| servants |
1 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
| unsteadiness of life |
1 |
| arghya |
1 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| Family |
1 |
| avatāras |
1 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
| Women |
1 |
| Time |
1 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
| Ordeal |
1 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
| Debts and interest |
1 |
| āśrama |
1 |
| saṃnyāsa |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
| pregnancy |
1 |
| Debt |
1 |
| trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
| Peace and war |
1 |
| āśā, hope |
1 |
| fable |
1 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
| theft, stealing |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
| piṇḍa |
1 |
| Indra |
1 |
| pātaka |
1 |
| Moral literature |
1 |
| eating, food, anna |
1 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
| Family law |
1 |
| Language |
1 |
| Trade |
1 |
| Etymology |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| knowledge | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | 10 |
| education | activities that impart knowledge; "he received no formal education" | 1 |
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