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Lemma: śastra (n)
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a razor (MW)
an instrument for cutting or wounding (MW)
any instrument or tool (MW)
any weapon (even applied to an arrow) (MW)
dagger (MW)
iron (MW)
knife (MW)
steel (MW)
sword (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war 250
Mahābhārata 44
King, rājanīti 28
Mahāyāna 19
jātaka, avadāna 17
dhanurveda 16
Alchemy 14
Medicine 13
Dharmaśāstra 13
dharma 11
varṇas, castes 10
army 10
narrative literature 10
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 9
Law 9
(Im-)purity 8
Kṛṣṇa 8
Kṣatriya 8
botany, plants 8
Politics 7
āpaddharma 6
Paraśurāma 5
Materia medica 5
omina, presigns, nimittas 5
punishment for crime 5
theft, stealing 5
Witness 5
eating, food, anna 5
gṛhastha, householder 5
Criminal law 5
Buddhism 5
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 5
Lexicography 4
Liberation, mokṣa, release 4
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 4
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 4
Women 4
penance, prāyaścitta 4
Tripura 4
Indra 4
dāna, giving 4
prāyaścitta 4
bad behaviour 3
Tāraka 3
Trade 3
Debt 3
Peace and war 3
fable 3
Zoology 3
saṃsāra 3
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 3
marriage, wedding 3
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 3
criminal investigation 3
Ordeal 3
Yoga 3
Behaviour, strīdharma 3
Skanda 3
Kāmaśāstra 3
Police 2
suicide 2
kills Mahiṣa 2
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 2
Vedic hymns, śastras 2
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 2
mahāvrata 2
ghost, monster, demon 2
Kaṃsa 2
vyavahāra 2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
murder 2
vaśā 2
cow 2
sacrificial post, yūpa 2
Crime 2
Brahmin 2
Underworld, hell, naraka 2
Shivaism, Śiva 2
vānaprastha 2
Buddha's life 2
Debts and interest 2
saṃskāras 2
avatāras 2
Rāmāyaṇa 2
Bhakti 2
usury, lending money 2
Sacrifice, yajña 2
subhāṣita 1
agniṣṭoma 1
Tīrthas 1
against dangers, difficult situations 1
Public disasters, catastrophies 1
creates fever 1
āśrama 1
pātaka 1
śrāddha 1
military formation 1
Time 1
Administration 1
healing rituals, against diseases 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
court live 1
Urvaśī and Purūravas 1
karman doctrine 1
torture 1
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka 1
vājapeya 1
divorce 1
salutation, greeting, abhivādana 1
āptoryāman 1
nirūḍhapaśubandha 1
felling the tree for the yūpa 1
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study 1
pūjā 1
avadāna 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman 1
cūḍākaraṇa 1
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 1
dūrohaṇa 1
rājasūya 1
Kashmirian Shivaism 1
priest, ṛtvij 1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa 1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 1
piṇḍa 1
Minister 1
Business law 1
Professions 1
daṇḍa, punishment 1
Poetology 1
Economy 1
travelling, making a journey 1
Nature poetry 1
rasāyana 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
śotha 1
pāṇḍuroga 1
vidradhi 1
gulma 1
Travel 1
fever, jvara, takman 1
Prostitution 1
Psychology 1
Andhaka 1
Kalki(n) 1
yuga theory 1
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 1
Nala and Damayantī 1
dīkṣā 1
Karṇa (from MBh) 1
sāman 1
Cosmography 1
Prophesy 1
Meditation 1
fighting 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
Harivaṃśa 1
Genealogies 1
Palmistry 1
Senses and world 1
unsteadiness of life 1
Concept Notes Count weapon weaponry used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" 136 surgical knife a very sharp knife used in surgery 71 knife a cutting instrument with a sharp-edged pointed metal blade with a handle 10 operation a therapeutic procedure with instruments to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" 6 iron a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood 5 tīkṣṇaloha [min] tīkṣṇaloha; a kind of iron, steel 2 cutting implement a tool used for cutting or slicing 1
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