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Lemma: mṛga (m)
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a deer (MW)
a forest animal or wild beast (MW)
a large soaring bird (MW)
a particular Aja-pāia sacrifice (MW)
an elephant with particular marks (MW)
antelope (MW)
asking (MW)
fawn (MW)
game of any kind (MW)
musk (MW)
musk-deer (MW)
name of a celestial being (occupying a particular place in an astrol. house divided into 81 compartments) (MW)
name of a demon or Vṛtra in the form of a deer slain by Indra (MW)
name of a horse of the Moou (MW)
name of a particular class of men whose conduct in coitus resembles that of the roebuck (MW)
requesting (MW)
search (MW)
seeking (MW)
stag (MW)
the deer or antelope in the moon (MW)
the disk or antelope in the sky (either the Nakṣatra Mṛga-śiras or the sign of the zodiac Capricorn) (MW)
Topic
Frequency
narrative literature 69
war 55
Buddha's life 24
Alchemy 22
dharma 17
Indra 16
Dharmaśāstra 16
botany, plants 16
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 16
hunting 15
(Im-)purity 14
Pashupata Shaivism 14
Shivaism, Śiva 13
fable 13
jātaka, avadāna 11
Bhakti 11
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 11
Zoology 11
āśā, hope 10
Bharata 10
Religion and Philosophy 10
Women 9
theft, stealing 9
Buddhism 8
Mahābhārata 8
gṛhastha, householder 8
King, rājanīti 8
Medicine 8
army 8
Lexicography 8
Mahāyāna 7
Vāmadeva 7
penance, prāyaścitta 7
Asceticism, tapas 7
varṇas, castes 7
omina, presigns, nimittas 7
prāyaścitta 6
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 6
eating, food, anna 6
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 6
saṃsāra 6
Liberation, mokṣa, release 6
Politics 6
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 5
bad behaviour 5
Brahmin 5
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 5
Rāmāyaṇa 5
Astrology 5
Kāmaśāstra 5
vānaprastha 5
karman doctrine 5
Agriculture 4
Cosmology 4
Cosmogony (gen.) 4
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 4
sahasranāman 4
worship 4
Law 4
snāna, bathing 4
Poetology 4
punishment for crime 4
Aśvins 4
Criminal law 4
Love 4
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 4
rebirth, transmigration 4
against bad omina and presigns 4
Pārvatī 4
āpaddharma 4
Himālaya 4
aśvamedha, hayamedha 3
Maruts 3
Giving, dāna 3
Soma 3
Kṛṣṇa 3
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 3
Tīrthas 3
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 3
dāna, giving 3
Creation of the world 3
Skanda 3
against sorcery 3
marriage, wedding 3
Agni 3
Genealogies 3
brahmacarya 3
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 3
Bṛhaspati 2
Peace and war 2
human meat, cannibalism 2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
Prajāpati 2
for love, love charms 2
Burning of Kāma 2
burnt by Śiva 2
Noun derivation 2
Vasiṣṭha 2
Kirātārjunīya 2
Māndhātṛ 2
vyavahāra 2
for protection, safety, and luck 2
third eye 2
Viśvāmitra 2
fighting 2
healing rituals, against diseases 2
Astronomy 2
Administration 2
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna 2
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 2
Grammar 2
Sāṃkhya 2
Cosmogony 2
agnicayana 2
āśrama 2
Time 2
saṃskāras 2
Brideship and marriage 2
Materia medica 2
Economy 2
Public disasters, catastrophies 2
weapons, arms 2
Moral literature 2
Rudra 2
Soma sacrifice 2
Prajāpati and his daughter 2
attacks Prajāpati 2
dīkṣā 2
Sacrifice, yajña 2
Prophesy 2
subhāṣita 2
Palmistry 2
paśupati 2
Paraśurāma 2
kills Mahiṣa 1
meteor, ulkā 1
for finding a husband 1
returning the mind, manas of a person 1
Keśin Dārbhya 1
yajus verses 1
amulets 1
ghost, monster, demon 1
arrow 1
aṣṭakā 1
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal 1
against bad dreams 1
agniṣṭoma 1
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity 1
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 1
against poison, venom 1
udgātṛ 1
mahābhiṣeka 1
against dangers, difficult situations 1
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud 1
Vedic metres in sacrifice 1
vaśā 1
kuṣṭha 1
Viśve devāḥ 1
yuga theory 1
Nature poetry 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
Cattle as property 1
Landed property 1
Tripura 1
Pregnancy 1
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 1
Architecture 1
Behaviour, strīdharma 1
dhanurveda 1
saṃnyāsa 1
hathayoga 1
mantra 1
Yoga 1
Kashmirian Shivaism 1
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā 1
against possession 1
sorcery 1
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 1
Varuṇa 1
Kaṃsa 1
treasure, kośa, treasury 1
Māṇḍavya 1
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 1
unsteadiness of life 1
Trita and his brothers 1
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 1
Vṛtra 1
Vṛtra and Indra 1
Tāraka 1
manas 1
bhasmasnāna, ashes 1
worms, krimi, ghuṇa 1
against kṣetriya 1
Concept Notes Count game animal hunted for food or sport 99 deer distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers 54 animal a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 31 antelope graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward: e.g. gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks 5 mṛga [word] the word mṛga 1 Mṛgaśiras name of the 3rd or 5th nakṣatra; containing 3 stars 1
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