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Temporal probability mass distribution
being at the head (MW)
earlier (MW)
excellent (MW)
first (MW)
immediately preceding (e.g. ekādaśādya) (MW)
older (MW)
primitive (MW)
unparalleled (MW)
unprecedented (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Alchemy
144
Kashmirian Shivaism
95
Medicine
70
Pashupata Shaivism
63
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
57
Bhakti
37
worship
36
botany, plants
35
Genealogies
27
Zoology
25
Lexicography
24
dīkṣā
23
Mahābhārata
21
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
21
Shivaism, Śiva
20
Dharmaśāstra
20
mantra
17
Kṛṣṇa
17
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
16
Astronomy
16
Law
15
varṇas, castes
15
avatāras
14
Liberation, mokṣa, release
12
Rāmāyaṇa
12
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
12
Tīrthas
12
fever, jvara, takman
12
Witness
11
hathayoga
11
narrative literature
11
pathogenesis, origin of a disease
11
Cosmogony (gen.)
11
Buddhism
11
Sāṃkhya
11
dharma
10
Yoga
10
marriage, wedding
10
jātaka, avadāna
10
Brideship and marriage
10
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
9
Manu, manvantara
9
Creation of the world
9
Birth, childhood, and youth
9
Churning of the Milk Ocean
9
Cosmogony
9
Mahāyāna
9
creates fever
8
Materia medica
8
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
8
linguistic speculation
8
good behaviour
8
agniṣṭoma
8
pūjā
7
Women
7
King, rājanīti
7
Astrology
7
Debts and interest
7
yuga theory
7
India
7
Geography
6
Prophesy
6
vrata
6
Ordeal
6
(Im-)purity
6
Family
6
Time
6
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites
5
śrāddha
5
Family law
5
Kaṃsa
5
Asceticism, tapas
5
Rituals
5
penance, prāyaścitta
5
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya
5
Criminal law
5
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī
5
Kalki(n)
5
ātman
5
Dynasties
5
saṃskāras
5
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
5
Harivaṃśa
5
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman
4
unsteadiness of life
4
Durgā
4
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
4
tulāpuruṣa
4
Nāga
4
Himālaya
4
Balarāma
4
sahasranāman
4
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras
4
Palmistry
4
Cosmology
4
Varāha
4
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha
4
pralaya, destruction of the world
4
Gaṇeśa
4
correct behaviour
3
Rāma(candra)
3
Architecture
3
Prajāpati's children
3
robbery
3
Politics
3
nāḍīvijñāna
3
inundation
3
dhanurveda
3
aśvamedha, hayamedha
3
gṛhastha, householder
3
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun
3
war
3
process, jurisdiction
3
rebirth, transmigration
3
Debt
3
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga
3
(Non-)vegetarism, meat
3
Śiśupāla
3
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs
3
prāyaścitta
3
Pārvatī
3
prāṇa etc.
3
karman doctrine
3
vātarakta
3
hunting
3
Buddha's life
3
āśrama
3
Skanda
2
cow
2
for a good birth
2
nirūḍhapaśubandha
2
Pṛthu and the Earth
2
Śrīvidyā
2
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start
2
pravargya
2
Religion and Philosophy
2
vyavahāra
2
śruti, Veda
2
Śvetadvīpa
2
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu
2
Kāmaśāstra
2
healing rituals, against diseases
2
gavām ayana, gavāmayana
2
Dāruvana
2
cough, kāsa
2
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña
2
madātyaya
2
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
2
study, śiṣya, adhyāya
2
weapons, arms
2
gulma
2
Technique of Yoga
2
vidradhi
2
Nosology
2
dāna, giving
2
Behaviour, strīdharma
2
Giving, dāna
2
sattra
1
ahīna
1
rājasūya
1
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha
1
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya
1
kuṣṭha
1
kills Mahiṣa
1
against dangers, difficult situations
1
upanayana, initiation
1
Nyāya
1
vraṇa, sore
1
for success, authority
1
for the birth of sons
1
prevention
1
Shivaite Tantrism
1
Senses and world
1
for love, love charms
1
cāturmāsya
1
avadāna
1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman
1
ekāha
1
Viṣṇu's sleep
1
Mīmāṃsā
1
somaprāyaścitta
1
Vena
1
anirukta
1
stotriyavikāra
1
nāndīmukha
1
salutation, greeting, abhivādana
1
kṛcchra
1
Matsyāvatāra
1
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual
1
svādhyāya
1
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study
1
sapiṇḍīkaraṇa
1
anointing the animal, añjana
1
arghya
1
Andhaka
1
year
1
pregnancy
1
agnicayana
1
Purāṇa
1
pākayajña
1
against enemies, armies, weapons
1
Language
1
Brahmā
1
urinary diseases
1
omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen
1
Bhṛgu
1
Dhruva aka. Polar Star
1
subhāṣita
1
raktapitta
1
Gaṅgā, Ganges
1
Kurukṣetra
1
atisāra, flux, diarrhea
1
grahaṇīdoṣa
1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
1
Pracetas
1
bad behaviour
1
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā
1
plīhan
1
udara
1
pāṇḍuroga
1
rasāyana
1
Military science
1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge
1
śotha
1
piṇḍa
1
gambling
1
birth, pregnancy
1
eating, food, anna
1
Soma sacrifice
1
Indra
1
nirmālya
1
Poetology
1
Urvaśī and Purūravas
1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa
1
Soma
1
snāna, bathing
1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya
1
brahmacarya
1
sāman
1
Agriculture
1
systematics
1
Vedic schools, śākhās
1
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā
1
Bharata
1
Sacrifice, yajña
1
poison, antidotes
1
Māṇḍavya
1
Tantrism
1
Pulomā/an
1
Pralamba
1
Concept Notes Count
etc. etc. 125
first preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" 41
beginning(a) serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" 8
aboriginal having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" 6
first ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" 2
antecedent preceding in time or order 2
excellent of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind" 1
Collocations