Lemma: śakuni (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- (in astronomy) name of the first fixed karaṇa (MW)
- a bird (esp. a large bird = gridhra or cilla) (MW)
- name of a Naga (MW)
- name of a son of Vikukṣi and grandson of Ikṣvāku (MW)
- name of an Asura; son of Hiraṇyākṣa and father of Vṛka (MW)
- name of an evil demon (son of Duḥsaha) (MW)
- name of the brother of queen Gandhārī (and therefore the brother-in-law of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the Mātula or maternal uncle of the Kuru princes) (MW)
- name of the great-grandfather of Aśoka (MW)
- name of the Āśvins (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
war |
83 |
gambling |
38 |
Mahābhārata |
15 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
12 |
Genealogies |
10 |
eating, food, anna |
8 |
against bad omina and presigns |
7 |
prāyaścitta |
6 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
6 |
dharma |
6 |
Buddha's life |
5 |
svadharma |
5 |
Soma sacrifice |
4 |
(Im-)purity |
4 |
army |
3 |
Women |
3 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
3 |
jātaka, avadāna |
3 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
fable |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
Zoology |
2 |
Bhakti |
2 |
Medicine |
2 |
Accents |
2 |
Reduplication |
2 |
Giving, dāna |
2 |
birds as omen |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
against bad dreams |
2 |
Dharmaśāstra |
2 |
karman doctrine |
2 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
gold |
1 |
India |
1 |
dama |
1 |
good behaviour |
1 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
immortality, amṛta |
1 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
narrative literature |
1 |
saṃnyāsa |
1 |
Sāṃkhya |
1 |
King, rājanīti |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
1 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
Buddhism |
1 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
People |
1 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
dāna, giving |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
Poetology |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
Brideship and marriage |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
Manu Vaivasvata |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | 19 |
Śakuni | name of the brother of queen Gandhārī; son of the Gandhara king Subala and brother-in-law of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Srensen, 184) | 17 |
large bird | a large bird | 9 |
Śakuni | name of an Asura; son of Hiraṇyākṣa and father of Vṛka | 1 |
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