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Lemma: dakṣa (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
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
Cosmogony
7
Soma sacrifice
7
Viśve devāḥ
7
fever, jvara, takman
7
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun
7
Vāta, Vāyu, wind
6
avatāras
5
pralaya, destruction of the world
5
Bhakti
5
agnicayana
5
Prajāpati's children
4
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
4
healing rituals, against diseases
4
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha
4
paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers
4
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman
3
Cosmology
3
Aśvins
3
for protection, safety, and luck
3
Sacrifice, yajña
3
creates fever
3
botany, plants
3
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
3
Shivaism, Śiva
3
Therapy
2
altar, vedi
2
Ṛbhus
2
varṇas, castes
2
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
2
ṣaḍaha
2
Kashmirian Shivaism
2
cow
2
Skanda
2
Himālaya
2
sacrificial fire
2
kāmyeṣṭi
2
prāyaścitta
2
Vṛtra and Indra
2
penance, prāyaścitta
2
ājya hymns
2
Mahābhārata
2
śrāddha
2
Religion and Philosophy
2
sahasranāman
2
Alchemy
2
agnihotra
1
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut
1
errors in sacrifice
1
for long life, longevity, old age
1
Vedic hymns, śastras
1
pravargya
1
takman
1
Dharmaśāstra
1
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth
1
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity
1
against enemies, armies, weapons
1
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
1
abhiplava
1
ārbhava pavamāna
1
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi
1
rājasūya
1
pṛṣṭha
1
Kaśyapa
1
Asceticism, tapas
1
mahāvrata
1
dākṣāyaṇayajña
1
cāturmāsya
1
vapāhoma
1
somakraya, buying Soma
1
upasad
1
grahagrahaṇa
1
against evil
1
Sāṃkhya
1
Nara-Nārāyaṇa
1
Stories
1
Marutta
1
ātman
1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites
1
raktapitta
1
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña
1
Prophesy
1
worship
1
Behaviour, strīdharma
1
tulāpuruṣa
1
pūjā
1
Churning of the Milk Ocean
1
Underworld, hell, naraka
1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
1
weapons, arms
1
travelling, making a journey
1
saṃskāras
1
marriage, wedding
1
Uṣas
1
Bṛhaspati
1
Ādityas
1
vānaprastha
1
King, rājanīti
1
war
1
dharma
1
saṃnyāsa
1
Prajāpati
1
nāḍīvijñāna
1
(Im-)purity
1
Pūṣan
1
Manu, manvantara
1
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
1
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
1
Dakṣa
1
Time
1
long live, āyus
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
Collocations