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Lemma: śastra (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
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
army
10
varṇas, castes
10
narrative literature
10
Law
9
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
9
(Im-)purity
8
Kṣatriya
8
botany, plants
8
Kṛṣṇa
8
Politics
7
āpaddharma
6
Criminal law
5
gṛhastha, householder
5
Buddhism
5
Materia medica
5
omina, presigns, nimittas
5
punishment for crime
5
Paraśurāma
5
eating, food, anna
5
Witness
5
theft, stealing
5
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
5
dāna, giving
4
Tripura
4
Liberation, mokṣa, release
4
penance, prāyaścitta
4
prāyaścitta
4
Indra
4
Women
4
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
4
Lexicography
4
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
4
Yoga
3
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
3
Zoology
3
fable
3
Peace and war
3
criminal investigation
3
Trade
3
Tāraka
3
bad behaviour
3
saṃsāra
3
Debt
3
Ordeal
3
Kāmaśāstra
3
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
3
Skanda
3
Genealogies
3
marriage, wedding
3
Dhruva aka. Polar Star
3
Behaviour, strīdharma
3
Crime
2
Buddha's life
2
mahāvrata
2
saṃskāras
2
vyavahāra
2
vānaprastha
2
Police
2
kills Mahiṣa
2
sacrificial post, yūpa
2
Vedic hymns, śastras
2
usury, lending money
2
Brahmin
2
Sacrifice, yajña
2
avatāras
2
Kaṃsa
2
murder
2
suicide
2
Underworld, hell, naraka
2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge
2
Rāmāyaṇa
2
Debts and interest
2
ghost, monster, demon
2
pathogenesis, origin of a disease
2
cow
2
Shivaism, Śiva
2
Bhakti
2
vaśā
2
court live
1
felling the tree for the yūpa
1
Manu Vaivasvata
1
Soma sacrifice
1
Urvaśī and Purūravas
1
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka
1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa
1
Public disasters, catastrophies
1
healing rituals, against diseases
1
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā
1
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study
1
vājapeya
1
avadāna
1
madhuparka
1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman
1
cūḍākaraṇa
1
nirūḍhapaśubandha
1
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87
1
dūrohaṇa
1
military formation
1
rājasūya
1
priest, ṛtvij
1
āptoryāman
1
torture
1
against dangers, difficult situations
1
salutation, greeting, abhivādana
1
divorce
1
creates fever
1
agniṣṭoma
1
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
1
Prophesy
1
Nala and Damayantī
1
Kalki(n)
1
Nature poetry
1
travelling, making a journey
1
Poetology
1
Professions
1
Business law
1
Prostitution
1
Senses and world
1
Harivaṃśa
1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
1
yuga theory
1
Travel
1
Andhaka
1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat
1
Cosmogony (gen.)
1
Time
1
āśrama
1
Tīrthas
1
karman doctrine
1
Asceticism, tapas
1
Kashmirian Shivaism
1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
1
Cosmography
1
unsteadiness of life
1
śotha
1
Karṇa (from MBh)
1
sāman
1
fighting
1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī
1
Meditation
1
rasāyana
1
daṇḍa, punishment
1
Economy
1
Minister
1
pāṇḍuroga
1
Administration
1
vidradhi
1
gulma
1
fever, jvara, takman
1
subhāṣita
1
piṇḍa
1
Palmistry
1
pātaka
1
śrāddha
1
dīkṣā
1
pūjā
1
Pūru
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
Collocations