Lemma: daiva (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a deity (MW)
- a religious offering or rite (MW)
- chance (MW)
- destiny (MW)
- divine power or will (MW)
- fate (MW)
- ordeal (Olivelle (1999))
| Topic |
Frequency |
| narrative literature |
45 |
| war |
42 |
| daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
31 |
| karman doctrine |
25 |
| dharma |
25 |
| King, rājanīti |
19 |
| Law |
17 |
| Politics |
16 |
| Mahābhārata |
14 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
14 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
11 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
10 |
| marriage, wedding |
9 |
| Kaṃsa |
8 |
| Military science |
8 |
| śrāddha |
6 |
| Brideship and marriage |
6 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
5 |
| eating, food, anna |
5 |
| saṃskāras |
5 |
| varṇas, castes |
5 |
| ātman |
5 |
| fable |
5 |
| Debts and interest |
5 |
| Witness |
5 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
4 |
| Nosology |
4 |
| Women |
4 |
| Ordeal |
4 |
| Buddha's life |
4 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
| subhāṣita |
4 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
3 |
| dīkṣā |
3 |
| poverty, renunciation |
3 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
| Himālaya |
3 |
| Mahāyāna |
3 |
| female ascetics |
3 |
| differences between women and men |
3 |
| piṇḍa |
3 |
| botany, plants |
3 |
| avatāras |
3 |
| Materia medica |
3 |
| Criminal law |
3 |
| Sāṃkhya |
3 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
3 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
3 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
3 |
| Lexicography |
3 |
| Alchemy |
3 |
| Medicine |
3 |
| upanayana, initiation |
2 |
| māsiśrāddha |
2 |
| sahasranāman |
2 |
| Giving, dāna |
2 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
| Bhakti |
2 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| good behaviour |
2 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
| Peace and war |
2 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
| Business law |
2 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
2 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
| yuga theory |
2 |
| Kalki(n) |
2 |
| āpaddharma |
2 |
| Brahmā |
2 |
| long live, āyus |
2 |
| Pārvatī |
1 |
| birth, pregnancy |
1 |
| cow |
1 |
| Nahuṣa |
1 |
| Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
1 |
| Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
| Balarāma |
1 |
| creates fever |
1 |
| Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| mahāvrata |
1 |
| Meditation |
1 |
| Administration |
1 |
| manas |
1 |
| Debt |
1 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
| Yoga |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| Tīrthas |
1 |
| Family |
1 |
| (Im-)purity |
1 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
| Andhaka |
1 |
| pregnancy |
1 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
| triguṇa |
1 |
| Purāṇa |
1 |
| process, jurisdiction |
1 |
| Deposit |
1 |
| calmness of mind |
1 |
| Customs and taxes |
1 |
| Poetology |
1 |
| snāna, bathing |
1 |
| Moral literature |
1 |
| kṣatradharma |
1 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
| Brahmin |
1 |
| Kṣatriya |
1 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
1 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
| army |
1 |
| trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| aṃśāvatāra |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
| Destiny | the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny" | 36 |
| yajña | any of the classical Indian sacrificial ceremonies | 3 |
| deity | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | 2 |
| nature | a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" | 1 |
| destiny | an event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future | 1 |
| fingertip | the end (tip) of a finger | 1 |
Collocations