Lemma: gāyatrī (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- Acacia catechu Linn. (MW)
- a kind of sacrificial brick (OH meanings)
- an ancient metre of twentyfour syllables (MW)
- any hymn composed in the Gāyatrī metre (MW)
- name of Durgā (MW)
- the Gāyatrī (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
agniṣṭoma |
94 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
67 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
45 |
gāyatrī |
37 |
agnicayana |
36 |
Soma sacrifice |
35 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
32 |
midday pavamāna |
26 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
25 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
25 |
ṣaḍaha |
24 |
prāyaścitta |
24 |
mahāvrata |
21 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
21 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
20 |
worship |
18 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
18 |
sāman |
16 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
16 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
16 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
15 |
Dharmaśāstra |
14 |
rājasūya |
14 |
(Im-)purity |
13 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
12 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
12 |
pravargya |
12 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
12 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
12 |
agnihotra |
12 |
pṛṣṭha |
11 |
uktha |
11 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
10 |
dīkṣā |
10 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
9 |
Alchemy |
8 |
prāṇa etc. |
8 |
Bhakti |
8 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
7 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
7 |
varṇas, castes |
7 |
vānaprastha |
7 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
7 |
Creation of the world |
7 |
dvadaśāha |
6 |
marriage, wedding |
6 |
upanayana, initiation |
6 |
snāna, bathing |
6 |
botany, plants |
6 |
Technique of Yoga |
5 |
altar, vedi |
5 |
ṣoḍaśin |
5 |
Kṣatriya |
5 |
sacrificial fire |
5 |
saṃskāras |
5 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
5 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
5 |
agnyupasthāna |
5 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
4 |
recitation during sacrifice |
4 |
linguistic speculation |
4 |
vrata |
4 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
4 |
tulāpuruṣa |
4 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
4 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
4 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
4 |
ājya hymns |
4 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
3 |
daśahotra |
3 |
kṛcchra |
3 |
āhavanīya |
3 |
paridhi enclosings |
3 |
year |
3 |
sāvitrī |
3 |
punarādheya |
3 |
punarabhiṣeka |
3 |
Astronomy |
3 |
saṃdhistotra, sandhistotra |
3 |
śruti, Veda |
3 |
King, rājanīti |
3 |
hathayoga |
3 |
āśrama |
3 |
Poetology |
3 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
3 |
senses, indriya |
3 |
Zoology |
3 |
rasāyana |
3 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
3 |
Tīrthas |
3 |
bricks |
2 |
origin of the sacrifice |
2 |
Asceticism, tapas |
2 |
sacrifice and time |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
ahīna |
2 |
immortality, amṛta |
2 |
eating, food, anna |
2 |
spoons |
2 |
riddle hymns |
2 |
ājyabhāga |
2 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
Time |
2 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
prātaranuvāka |
2 |
vājapeya |
2 |
ukhā |
2 |
svaru |
2 |
atirātra |
2 |
Brideship and marriage |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
high position of Brahmins |
2 |
Medicine |
2 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
2 |
Rudra |
2 |
aponaptrīya |
2 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
2 |
anatomy, human body |
2 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
āghāra |
2 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
2 |
Lexicography |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
cātvāla |
2 |
Bṛhaspati |
2 |
raising the yūpa |
2 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
Rituals |
1 |
bṛhatī |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
prātaḥsavana |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
brahmodya |
1 |
ekāha |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
saṃnyāsa |
1 |
omina with fire |
1 |
mantra |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
agnīdh(ra) |
1 |
vāmadevya |
1 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
1 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
Gaṇeśa |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
ātman |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
Phonetics |
1 |
ukthya |
1 |
cow |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
meteorology, weather |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
adhrigupraiṣa |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
upasad |
1 |
Genealogies |
1 |
Indra |
1 |
Yama |
1 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
sexuality |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
Nāga |
1 |
vaśā |
1 |
viṣuvat |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
against rivals |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
Gāyatrī | a kind of meter, and verses written in this meter | 19 |
catechu | East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu | 4 |
Gāyatrī | a hymn composed in the Gāyatrī metre | 3 |
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