Lemma: vaiśya (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a peasant (MW)
- agriculturist (MW)
- man of the third class or caste (whose business was trade as well as agriculture) (MW)
- name of a people (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
varṇas, castes |
83 |
upanayana, initiation |
76 |
Dharmaśāstra |
55 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
39 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
32 |
dharma |
25 |
(Im-)purity |
24 |
Alchemy |
20 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
19 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
17 |
eating, food, anna |
17 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
16 |
King, rājanīti |
15 |
prāyaścitta |
15 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
14 |
Law |
14 |
āśrama |
14 |
marriage, wedding |
14 |
Brideship and marriage |
14 |
vyavahāra |
13 |
Bhakti |
11 |
Women |
10 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
10 |
Witness |
9 |
Criminal law |
9 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
9 |
Brahmin |
8 |
India |
8 |
gṛhastha, householder |
8 |
vānaprastha |
8 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
7 |
Geography |
7 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
7 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
7 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
7 |
alms, bhikṣā |
7 |
yuga theory |
6 |
brahmacarya |
6 |
saṃskāras |
6 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
6 |
rājasūya |
6 |
pātaka |
6 |
āpaddharma |
6 |
Debt |
6 |
karman doctrine |
6 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
5 |
saṃsāra |
5 |
war |
5 |
vājapeya |
5 |
Creation of the world |
5 |
Kṣatriya |
5 |
sexuality |
5 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
5 |
saṃnyāsa |
5 |
Rituals |
5 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
Family law |
4 |
usury, lending money |
4 |
godāna |
4 |
dīkṣā |
4 |
good behaviour |
4 |
sacrificial fire |
4 |
botany, plants |
4 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
4 |
Giving, dāna |
4 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
4 |
Trade |
4 |
Kalki(n) |
4 |
Family |
4 |
fable |
4 |
Genealogies |
4 |
Medicine |
3 |
cow |
3 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
3 |
agnicayana |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
rebirth, transmigration |
3 |
Time |
3 |
kṛcchra |
3 |
Property |
3 |
Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
3 |
against bad omina and presigns |
3 |
Asceticism, tapas |
3 |
agniṣṭoma |
3 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
3 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
children |
2 |
pravargya |
2 |
svadharma |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
Soma sacrifice |
2 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
2 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
2 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
2 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
2 |
low castes |
2 |
punishment for crime |
2 |
sacrifice and time |
2 |
origin of the sacrifice |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
spoons |
2 |
seven steps |
2 |
Cosmogony |
2 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
Ordeal |
2 |
Professions |
2 |
sautrāmaṇī |
2 |
sāvitrī |
2 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
2 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
nakṣatras |
2 |
Tīrthas |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
narrative literature |
2 |
People |
2 |
Astronomy |
2 |
sava |
1 |
blood rain |
1 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
pṛṣṭha |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
kṣatra and brahman |
1 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
cāturmāsya |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
divorce |
1 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
vaśā |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
robbery |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
Mahābhārata |
1 |
Buddha's life |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
dhanurveda |
1 |
Military science |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
mantra |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
murder |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
1 |
jātaka, avadāna |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
theft, stealing |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
1 |
prāṇa etc. |
1 |
japa |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
prāṇāyāma |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
Vaisya | a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes | 106 |
Vaisya | the third of the four main Hindu castes: the mercantile and professional caste | 12 |
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