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Lemma: dīkṣā (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
any serious preparation (as for battle) (MW)
complete resignation or restriction to (MW)
dedication (MW)
exclusive occupation with (MW)
initiation (personified as the wife of Soma) (MW)
preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony (MW)
self-devotion to a person or god (MW)
undertaking religious observances for a particular purpose and the observances themselves (MW)
Topic
Frequency
agniṣṭoma 152
dīkṣā 152
Kashmirian Shivaism 97
Bhakti 41
Soma sacrifice 32
Alchemy 27
aśvamedha, hayamedha 25
rājasūya 16
gavām ayana, gavāmayana 15
agnicayana 15
avāntaradīkṣā 14
Sacrifice, yajña 13
ahīna 13
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha 11
Pashupata Shaivism 11
Kṣatriya 10
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 10
Asceticism, tapas 9
apsudīkṣā 8
Shivaism, Śiva 8
vājapeya 8
rebirth, transmigration 7
ṣaḍaha 7
mantra 7
marriage, wedding 6
pravargya 6
seasons 6
ekāha 6
sattra 6
Pārvatī 5
Vedic metres in sacrifice 4
karman doctrine 4
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 3
Sagara, Sāgara 3
Śrīvidyā 3
cow 3
Kṛṣṇa 3
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 3
vrata 3
has the hide of man 3
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 3
ṣoḍaśin 3
bricks 3
Genealogies 3
dāna, giving 3
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha 3
against rivals 2
agnihotra 2
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 2
bṛhaspatisava 2
āpyāyana (soma) 2
linguistic speculation 2
priest, ṛtvij 2
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana 2
alcohol 2
botany, plants 2
Mahābhārata 2
war 2
Buddha's life 2
varṇas, castes 2
vānaprastha 2
Liberation, mokṣa, release 2
King, rājanīti 2
narrative literature 2
avatāras 2
worship 2
Dharmaśāstra 2
Shivaite Tantrism 2
yajus verses 1
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice 1
prāṇa etc. 1
jyotiṣṭoma 1
mahāvrata 1
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana 1
for political power 1
saṃnyāsa 1
altar, vedi 1
agnīdh(ra) 1
kūśmāṇḍahoma 1
mekhalābandhana 1
Lexicography 1
Pralamba 1
somaparicaraṇa 1
Medicine 1
gosava 1
sūtasava 1
sthapatisava 1
Vena 1
general or default rules for the sacrifice 1
odanasava 1
cāndrāyaṇa 1
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar 1
agnyupasthāna 1
kṛcchra 1
aptoryāman 1
upanayana, initiation 1
riddle hymns 1
āśrama 1
Zoology 1
Brahmin 1
against sorcery 1
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 1
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 1
Māndhātṛ 1
Balarāma 1
Sunda and Upasunda 1
amulets 1
sāman 1
penance, prāyaścitta 1
Pṛthu and the Earth 1
Giving, dāna 1
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
Moral literature 1
puruṣa, primeval man 1
vrātya 1
ācamana 1
fable 1
sava 1
brahmagavī 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
prāyaścitta 1
Brideship and marriage 1
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
snāna, bathing 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
eating, food, anna 1
sexuality 1
Nature poetry 1
Vedic metres, prosody 1
Birth, childhood, and youth 1
Concept Notes Count Dīkṣā preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony; esp. consecration of the Yajamāna 24 commitment the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" 1
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