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(fig.) name of the gates of the sacrificial enclosure (MW)
(probably) name of a particular poet (MW)
Indra (MW)
Maruts (MW)
a cunning fighter (MW)
a keeper or herd (MW)
a singer (MW)
a thinker (MW)
a wise man (MW)
an owl (MW)
bard (MW)
intelligent man (MW)
leader (MW)
man of understanding (MW)
name of Agni (MW)
name of Brahmā (MW)
name of Pūshan (as leader or guider) (MW)
name of Varuṇa (MW)
name of Vālmīki (MW)
name of a son of Bhṛgu and father of Śukra (MW)
name of a son of Brahmā (MW)
name of a son of Urukṣava (OH meanings)
name of several gods (MW)
name of the Rbhus (as skilful in contrivance) (MW)
name of the Soma (MW)
name of the Soma priest and other sacrificers (MW)
name of the ancient sages or patriarchs (as spirits now surrounding the sun) (MW)
name of the planet Venus (MW)
name of the sons of several Manus (MW)
name of various men (MW)
name of Śiva (OH meanings)
name of Śukra (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the demons) (MW)
poet (but in this sense without any technical application in the Veda) (MW)
prophet (MW)
sage (MW)
seer (MW)
the Aśvins (MW)
the soul in the Sāṃkhya philosophy (MW)
the sun (MW)
Ādityas (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Agni
87
Soma
62
Indra
36
Poetology
19
Soma sacrifice
18
Viśve devāḥ
17
Bhakti
16
Genealogies
15
Sacrifice, yajña
14
Creation of the world
12
Aśvins
11
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
10
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
9
Alchemy
9
Giving, dāna
9
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
9
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun
8
gold
8
agnicayana
7
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice
7
pravargya
6
Maruts
6
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites
6
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth
6
Varuṇa
6
agniṣṭoma
5
Yoga
5
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya
5
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
5
Politics
5
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge
4
Bṛhaspati
4
penance, prāyaścitta
4
sacrificial fire
4
prāyaścitta
4
upanayana, initiation
4
Grammar
4
Lexicography
4
Shivaism, Śiva
4
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
4
Asceticism, tapas
4
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman
3
Aditi
3
pravara, choosing the priest
3
Āpri hymn
3
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī
3
against enemies, armies, weapons
3
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha
3
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
3
Dharmaśāstra
3
King, rājanīti
3
Love
3
Sāṃkhya
3
mahāvrata
3
śruti, Veda
3
aṣṭakā
3
ātman
3
omina, presigns, nimittas
2
Zoology
2
Bhṛgu
2
Pūṣan
2
botany, plants
2
Vedic hymns, śastras
2
Agni Vaiśvānara
2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits
2
for protection, safety, and luck
2
jātaka, avadāna
2
against rivals
2
errors in sacrifice
2
agnihotra
2
upasad
2
ukhya
2
havirdhāna
2
grahagrahaṇa
2
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana
2
āhavanīya
2
for prestige, influence
2
(handing over the) daṇḍa
2
bali
2
Pulomā/an
2
Kāmaśāstra
2
saṃsāra
2
Mahāyāna
2
Cosmography
2
poison, antidotes
2
Cosmogony (gen.)
2
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña
2
Liberation, mokṣa, release
2
sexuality
2
Medicine
2
sahasranāman
2
avatāras
2
Skanda
2
Debts and interest
1
prātaranuvāka
1
Witness
1
Viśvāmitra
1
somakraya, buying Soma
1
Ordeal
1
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal
1
marriage, wedding
1
dāna, giving
1
riddle hymns
1
Śunaḥśepa
1
Brideship and marriage
1
Dāruvana
1
Law
1
dharma
1
punarādheya
1
paridhi enclosings
1
Yakṣī, Yakṣa
1
vāstuśamana
1
agnyupasthāna
1
darbha grass
1
mekhalābandhana
1
paryagnikaraṇa
1
Kashmirian Shivaism
1
yajus verses
1
abhiplava
1
altar, vedi
1
year
1
mixing of sacrificial fires
1
uktha
1
narrative literature
1
gṛhastha, householder
1
Cosmogony
1
mankind
1
viṣuvat
1
for political power
1
vaśā
1
Churning of the Milk Ocean
1
kills Mahiṣa
1
Yama
1
Vāta, Vāyu, wind
1
poverty, renunciation
1
Mitra
1
āpaddharma
1
State finances
1
calmness of mind
1
Kāma
1
Śvetadvīpa
1
Brahmaṇaspati
1
Tāraka
1
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
1
hunting
1
vighasa, eating the remainder of food
1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī
1
linguistic speculation
1
Śrīvidyā
1
Paraśurāma
1
Ṛbhus
1
ukthya
1
triguṇa
1
Vedic metres, prosody
1
strophes used in sacrifice
1
Phonetics
1
om, oṃ, oṃkāra
1
Mahābhārata
1
rebirth, transmigration
1
for success, authority
1
war
1
Rudra
1
against poison, venom
1
Agriculture
1
for love, love charms
1
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity
1
against sorcery
1
śrāddha
1
Architecture
1
Uṣas
1
sutyā
1
Concept Notes Count
poet a writer of poems 40
wise man a wise and trusted guide and advisor 7
bard a lyric poet 5
Venus the second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets 3
Uśanas name of an ancient sage with the patronymic Kāvya; Erfinder der saṃjīvanī 2
guru a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics 1
Kavi name of a son of Urukṣava 1
prophet someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God 1
kavi [word] the word kavi 1
Brahma the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon 1
Shiva the Destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon 1
Collocations