Lemma: śaṃsa (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a blessing or a curse (MW)
- a promise (MW)
- invocation (MW)
- praise (MW)
- recitation (MW)
- utterance (Jamison and Brereton (2014))
- wishing well or ill to (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
Agni |
17 |
Indra |
15 |
Viśve devāḥ |
12 |
against evil |
8 |
Maruts |
5 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
4 |
Soma |
4 |
Varuṇa |
4 |
Pūṣan |
2 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
2 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
2 |
Aśvins |
2 |
Bṛhaspati |
2 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
agniṣṭoma |
1 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
agnicayana |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
against sorcery |
1 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Āpri hymn |
1 |
Rudra |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
Mitra |
1 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
1 |
Accents |
1 |
Reduplication |
1 |
agnyupasthāna |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
praise | offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God" | 9 |
śaṃs | the root śaṃs | 2 |
recitation | a public instance of reciting or repeating something prepared; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" | 2 |
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