Lemma: surā (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a drinking vessel (MW)
- a snake (MW)
- spirituous liquor (MW)
- spirituous liquor (personified as a daughter of Varuṇa produced at the churning of the ocean) (MW)
- water (MW)
- wine (in ancient times "a kind of beer") (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| sautrāmaṇī |
46 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
39 |
| vājapeya |
35 |
| prāyaścitta |
20 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
15 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
14 |
| rājasūya |
13 |
| Medicine |
12 |
| alcohol |
12 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
12 |
| Criminal law |
12 |
| producing surā |
11 |
| (Im-)purity |
10 |
| marriage, wedding |
9 |
| Alchemy |
8 |
| Brideship and marriage |
6 |
| botany, plants |
6 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
6 |
| King, rājanīti |
5 |
| vānaprastha |
5 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
5 |
| Bhakti |
4 |
| varṇas, castes |
4 |
| mahābhiṣeka |
4 |
| punarabhiṣeka |
4 |
| Lexicography |
3 |
| Grammar |
3 |
| murder |
3 |
| Giving, dāna |
3 |
| Soma sacrifice |
3 |
| pātaka |
3 |
| cāturmāsya |
3 |
| Law |
3 |
| against possession |
2 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| robbery |
2 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
2 |
| bali |
2 |
| anvaṣṭakya |
2 |
| Aśvins |
2 |
| agniṣṭoma |
2 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
2 |
| creates fever |
2 |
| punishment for crime |
2 |
| odanasava |
2 |
| kaukilī |
2 |
| Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
2 |
| kṛcchra |
2 |
| ekāha |
2 |
| spy, secret service, intelligence |
2 |
| theft, stealing |
2 |
| worship |
2 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
2 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
2 |
| dharma |
2 |
| Witness |
2 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
| war |
2 |
| eating, food, anna |
2 |
| Mahābhārata |
2 |
| pūjā |
2 |
| Paraśurāma |
1 |
| Geography |
1 |
| sava |
1 |
| abhiṣeka |
1 |
| Rituals |
1 |
| Ordeal |
1 |
| Administration |
1 |
| Debts and interest |
1 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
| madhuparka |
1 |
| aṣṭakā |
1 |
| Tīrthas |
1 |
| śūlagava |
1 |
| agnicayana |
1 |
| twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
1 |
| for political power |
1 |
| vrata |
1 |
| ārbhava pavamāna |
1 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
| hathayoga |
1 |
| karman doctrine |
1 |
| salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
| loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
1 |
| aghamarṣaṇa |
1 |
| prāṇāyāma |
1 |
| mantra |
1 |
| Crime |
1 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
1 |
| saṃskāras |
1 |
| bricks |
1 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
| āpaddharma |
1 |
| japa |
1 |
| Tāraka |
1 |
| prāṇa etc. |
1 |
| raktapitta |
1 |
| snāna, bathing |
1 |
| Professions |
1 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
| Tilottamā |
1 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
| Indra |
1 |
| dakṣiṇā |
1 |
| Varuṇa |
1 |
| Andhaka |
1 |
| Debt |
1 |
| for love, love charms |
1 |
| prevention |
1 |
| for success, authority |
1 |
| for fame, glory |
1 |
| amulets |
1 |
| Tripura |
1 |
| Cosmography |
1 |
| Genealogies |
1 |
| Durgā |
1 |
| Police |
1 |
| avatāras |
1 |
| criminal investigation |
1 |
| torture |
1 |
| avabhṛtha |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
| alcohol | a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" | 44 |
| surā | [medic.] a sort of formulation based on alcohol | 7 |
| surā | a kind of prameha | 2 |
| tavern | a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks | 1 |
| Devi | mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects | 1 |
| wine | fermented juice (of grapes especially) | 1 |
| surā [word] | the word surā | 1 |
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