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Lemma: dakṣa (m)
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a cock (MW)
a general lover (MW)
a law-giver (MW)
a particular form of temple (MW)
ability (MW)
disposition (MW)
energy (MW)
evil disposition (MW)
fire (MW)
fitness (MW)
mental power (MW)
name of a man with the patr. Pārvati (MW)
name of a plant (MW)
name of a son of Garuda (MW)
name of a son of Uśinara (MW)
name of an Āditya (identified with Prajāpati) (MW)
name of one of the 5 Kānyakubja Brāhmans from whom the Bengal Brāhmans are said to have sprung (MW)
name of one of the Prajāpatis (MW)
strength of will (MW)
talent (MW)
Śiva's bull (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Genealogies 53
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 31
Agni 24
Soma 24
Cosmogony (gen.) 18
Creation of the world 17
Indra 17
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 15
Varuṇa 14
Pārvatī 13
Tīrthas 12
Medicine 10
Mitra 9
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 8
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 7
Viśve devāḥ 7
Cosmogony 7
fever, jvara, takman 7
Vāta, Vāyu, wind 6
pralaya, destruction of the world 5
agnicayana 5
avatāras 5
Bhakti 5
paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers 4
Prajāpati's children 4
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 4
Soma sacrifice 4
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 3
Cosmology 3
Sacrifice, yajña 3
botany, plants 3
creates fever 3
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha 3
Aśvins 3
Shivaism, Śiva 3
for protection, safety, and luck 3
kāmyeṣṭi 2
penance, prāyaścitta 2
ājya hymns 2
altar, vedi 2
Skanda 2
sacrificial fire 2
Himālaya 2
healing rituals, against diseases 2
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 2
Ṛbhus 2
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 2
cow 2
śrāddha 2
Vṛtra and Indra 2
Mahābhārata 2
sahasranāman 2
Alchemy 2
Religion and Philosophy 2
Kashmirian Shivaism 2
varṇas, castes 2
prāyaścitta 2
Therapy 2
worship 1
Sāṃkhya 1
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 1
agnihotra 1
errors in sacrifice 1
Vedic hymns, śastras 1
takman 1
for long life, longevity, old age 1
pravargya 1
dharma 1
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth 1
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity 1
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi 1
Kaśyapa 1
rājasūya 1
King, rājanīti 1
against evil 1
vānaprastha 1
dākṣāyaṇayajña 1
cāturmāsya 1
vapāhoma 1
somakraya, buying Soma 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
Dharmaśāstra 1
grahagrahaṇa 1
mahāvrata 1
pṛṣṭha 1
ārbhava pavamāna 1
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut 1
against enemies, armies, weapons 1
Uṣas 1
saṃnyāsa 1
tulāpuruṣa 1
Prophesy 1
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 1
pūjā 1
raktapitta 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
ātman 1
Marutta 1
Underworld, hell, naraka 1
weapons, arms 1
travelling, making a journey 1
war 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
long live, āyus 1
Dakṣa 1
Nara-Nārāyaṇa 1
Stories 1
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 1
Manu, manvantara 1
saṃskāras 1
Pūṣan 1
Behaviour, strīdharma 1
Bṛhaspati 1
Prajāpati 1
marriage, wedding 1
(Im-)purity 1
Time 1
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 1
nāḍīvijñāna 1
Ādityas 1
piṇḍapitṛyajña 1
Concept Notes Count Dakṣa name of one of the Prajāpatis 40 ability the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment 12 cock adult male bird 3 cock adult male chicken 1 disposition a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing: "a swelling with a disposition to rupture" 1 fitness good physical condition; being in shape or in condition 1 will a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way" 1 purpose an anticipated outcome that is intended or guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" 1
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