Lemma: piśāca (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a fiend (MW)
- demon (MW)
- imp (MW)
- malevolent or devilish being (MW)
- name of a Rakṣas (MW)
- name of a class of demons (MW)
- name of a people (Srensen)
- ogre (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
24 |
| war |
17 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
9 |
| Alchemy |
9 |
| Agni |
9 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
8 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
8 |
| śrāddha |
6 |
| Mahābhārata |
6 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
5 |
| Medicine |
4 |
| Skanda |
4 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
4 |
| varṇas, castes |
4 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
4 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
4 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
3 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
3 |
| non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
3 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
3 |
| against sorcery |
3 |
| pūjā |
3 |
| marriage, wedding |
3 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
3 |
| origin of the Vedas |
3 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
| narrative literature |
3 |
| Brideship and marriage |
3 |
| Tīrthas |
3 |
| army |
2 |
| against rivals |
2 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
| sahasranāman |
2 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
| long live, āyus |
2 |
| brahman priest |
2 |
| good behaviour |
2 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
| for children, offspring, progeny |
2 |
| cātana hymn |
2 |
| Brahmin |
2 |
| botany, plants |
2 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
2 |
| Creation of the world |
2 |
| Lexicography |
2 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
2 |
| mantra |
2 |
| karman doctrine |
2 |
| King, rājanīti |
2 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
2 |
| Time |
2 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
| weapons, arms |
2 |
| Yogācāra |
2 |
| Mahāyāna |
2 |
| for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
| āśrama |
1 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
| Buddhism |
1 |
| Cosmogony |
1 |
| Sāṃkhya |
1 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
1 |
| military formation |
1 |
| against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
| Senses and world |
1 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
| eating, food, anna |
1 |
| sexuality |
1 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
| domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
1 |
| upanayana, initiation |
1 |
| feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
| for prestige, influence |
1 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
| Indra |
1 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
| fighting |
1 |
| Pregnancy |
1 |
| senses, indriya |
1 |
| Marutta |
1 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
| Pārvatī |
1 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
| Structure of the world |
1 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
| avatāras |
1 |
| cow |
1 |
| Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
| bali |
1 |
| Nosology |
1 |
| third eye |
1 |
| unsteadiness of life |
1 |
| Kubera |
1 |
| Genealogies |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
| Women |
1 |
| (Im-)purity |
1 |
| vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| Piśāca | name of a class of demons | 39 |
| Piśāca | name of a people | 1 |
| Word |
Cosine similarity |
| yakṣa |
0.709827 |
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