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Lemma: kaṭu (adj)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
acrid (MW)
bitter (MW)
caustic (as words) (MW)
disagreeable (as sounds) (MW)
envious (MW)
fierce (MW)
hot (MW)
ill-smelling (MW)
impetuous (MW)
pungent (MW)
pungent (MW)
sharp (one of the six kinds of flavour) (MW)
stimulating (as smell) (MW)
strong-scented (MW)
Topic
Frequency
botany, plants
449
Medicine
373
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
70
Materia medica
67
Alchemy
62
Lexicography
48
Zoology
14
pathogenesis, origin of a disease
5
Liberation, mokṣa, release
3
kṣetrajña
2
Politics
2
śotha
2
raktapitta
2
Poetology
2
Mahāyāna
2
good behaviour
2
hathayoga
2
pāṇḍuroga
2
ahaṃkāra
2
Cosmogony (gen.)
2
Cosmogony
2
bad behaviour
1
rasāyana
1
jātaka, avadāna
1
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna
1
vātarakta
1
gold
1
unsteadiness of life
1
Behaviour, politeness
1
urinary diseases
1
amlapitta
1
arocaka
1
Kṛṣṇa
1
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
1
Vaiśeṣika
1
triguṇa
1
Bhakti
1
prāyaścitta
1
Nyāya
1
(Im-)purity
1
Pashupata Shaivism
1
vānaprastha
1
purification of gold
1
Concept Notes Count
kaṭu [pharm: one of the 6 rasas] 136
gingery having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce" 4
acrid strong and sharp; "the acrid smell of buorning rubber" 2
Collocations