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Lemma: sūtra (n)
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a fibre (MW)
a girdle (MW)
a kind of tree (MW)
a line (MW)
a measuring line (MW)
a short sentence or aphoristic rule (MW)
a sketch (MW)
a thread (MW)
any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (MW)
cord (MW)
direction (MW)
line (MW)
plan (MW)
rule (MW)
string (MW)
stroke (MW)
that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything (MW)
the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (MW)
wire (MW)
yarn (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Mahāyāna 40
Alchemy 39
Pashupata Shaivism 34
Kāmaśāstra 25
Kashmirian Shivaism 18
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 17
ātman 15
jātaka, avadāna 13
worship of relics, stūpas 12
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 12
Mīmāṃsā 11
Buddhism 9
marriage, wedding 9
Grammar 8
Dharmaśāstra 7
narrative literature 7
pūjā 7
Shivaism, Śiva 7
war 7
Buddha's life 7
religious speculation, mystic 6
Cosmogony (gen.) 6
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 6
Architecture 6
Brideship and marriage 6
worship 5
Lexicography 5
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 5
Witness 4
Bhakti 4
Medicine 4
agnicayana 4
puṃsavana 4
Business law 4
Ordeal 4
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 4
Law 4
Yoga 3
agniṣṭoma 3
Pārvatī 3
for love, love charms 3
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 3
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 3
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 3
Prajāpati 3
Debts and interest 3
vyākaraṇa 3
svarga, heaven 2
Liberation, mokṣa, release 2
Birth, childhood, and youth 2
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 2
upanayana, initiation 2
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal 2
Burning of Kāma 2
burnt by Śiva 2
treasure, kośa, treasury 2
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 2
sīmantonnayana 2
healing rituals, against diseases 2
vrata 2
Language 2
garbhādhāna 2
prāyaścitta 2
sautrāmaṇī 2
Debt 2
Trade 2
Poetology 2
Women 2
snāna, bathing 2
piṇḍapitṛyajña 2
somakrayaṇī 2
hathayoga 2
Asceticism, tapas 2
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 2
Shivaite Tantrism 2
dīkṣā 2
(Im-)purity 2
Merchants 1
ācamana 1
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home 1
alms, bhikṣā 1
Vedic metres, prosody 1
pākayajña 1
stepping on the stone 1
śravaṇākarman 1
samāvartana 1
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord 1
kṛtyā 1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman 1
somakraya, -vikraya, buying Soma 1
anvaṣṭakya 1
svādhyāya 1
uktha 1
jātakarman 1
garbharakṣaṇa 1
against kṛtyās 1
Astronomy 1
amulets 1
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 1
vānaprastha 1
King, rājanīti 1
Cosmogony 1
dhanurveda 1
Criminal law 1
saṃskāras 1
Andhaka 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
pregnancy 1
Genealogies 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
eating, food, anna 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā 1
poison, antidotes 1
against bad omina and presigns 1
omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen 1
Vāstoṣpati 1
against enemies, armies, weapons 1
brahman 1
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka 1
vyavahāra 1
linguistic speculation 1
Himālaya 1
penance, prāyaścitta 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
Noun derivation 1
friendship 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
urinary diseases 1
fever, jvara, takman 1
Dvāravatī, Dvārakā 1
Concept Notes Count thread a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving 47 treatise a formal exposition 8 Sūtra an aphoristic rule 7 string a lightweight cord 3 sūtra [word] the word sūtra 2 Sūtrasthāna the first general section of the AHS 1 chain a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 1 Upavīta the sacred thread of the dvijas 1 meridian an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude" 1
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