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Lemma: pūrvam (ind)
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before (MW)
formerly (MW)
hitherto (MW)
previously (sometimes with pres.) (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war 101
Alchemy 89
Mahāyāna 55
jātaka, avadāna 52
dharma 41
Tīrthas 33
Mahābhārata 33
King, rājanīti 30
Shivaism, Śiva 29
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 28
Bhakti 24
Dharmaśāstra 23
Buddha's life 23
Genealogies 22
Liberation, mokṣa, release 18
Kashmirian Shivaism 17
Sāṃkhya 17
śrāddha 17
Giving, dāna 16
varṇas, castes 16
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 16
Cosmogony (gen.) 16
Medicine 16
Law 15
narrative literature 15
Buddhism 14
marriage, wedding 12
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 12
Astronomy 12
good behaviour 12
fable 12
Cosmology 11
penance, prāyaścitta 11
botany, plants 11
fever, jvara, takman 10
Pashupata Shaivism 10
daṇḍa, punishment 10
Kāmaśāstra 9
rebirth, transmigration 9
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 9
karman doctrine 9
prāṇa etc. 8
saṃsāra 8
Pārvatī 8
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 8
Creation of the world 8
Sacrifice, yajña 8
Peace and war 7
army 7
Cosmogony 7
creates fever 7
prāyaścitta 7
Skanda 6
cow 6
yuga theory 6
Moral literature 6
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 6
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 6
pralaya, destruction of the world 6
Manu, manvantara 6
Lexicography 6
dāna, giving 6
vyavahāra 5
Pulomā/an 5
Politics 5
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 5
Police 5
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 5
(Im-)purity 5
Bhṛgu 5
eating, food, anna 5
Yoga 5
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 5
gold 5
Dāruvana 5
Zoology 5
Brahmin 4
deluge, Manu 4
Kṛṣṇa 4
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 4
āśrama 4
avatāras 4
Pṛthu and the Earth 4
pūjā 4
piṇḍa 4
Kirātārjunīya 4
Marutta 4
aśvamedha, hayamedha 4
āpaddharma 4
Churning of the Milk Ocean 4
Andhaka 4
Psychology 4
Brideship and marriage 4
Varāha 4
ācamana 3
Soma sacrifice 3
mantra 3
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 3
worship of relics, stūpas 3
Architecture 3
ātman 3
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna 3
nāḍīvijñāna 3
Śrīvidyā 3
rasāyana 3
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 3
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 3
truth, satya, ṛta 3
gṛhastha, householder 3
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 3
Kṣatriya 3
Brahmā 3
Nosology 3
saṃskāras 3
Love 3
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 3
Prostitution 3
Tilottamā 3
Sunda and Upasunda 3
Nature poetry 3
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 3
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 3
process, jurisdiction 3
Women 3
Materia medica 3
Agni 3
samāvartana 3
dīkṣā 3
Ordeal 3
Śvetadvīpa 3
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 3
worship 3
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 2
general or default rules for the sacrifice 2
Asceticism, tapas 2
Prajāpati's children 2
digestion 2
tulāpuruṣa 2
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 2
inundation 2
bad behaviour 2
dvīpa 2
Meditation 2
senses, indriya 2
svarga, heaven 2
Nyāya 2
for long life, longevity, old age 2
Purāṇa 2
upāyakauśalya 2
vānaprastha 2
rape, sexual harassment 2
Witness 2
Nala and Damayantī 2
dhanurveda 2
vaśā 2
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 2
subhāṣita 2
Inheritance, heritage, heirs 2
Administration 2
Birth, childhood, and youth 2
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 2
Cosmography 2
linguistic speculation 2
saṃnyāsa 2
vātarakta 2
theft, stealing 2
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut 2
omina, presigns, nimittas 2
snāna, bathing 2
Customs and taxes 2
pātaka 2
cremation 2
Aśvins 1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa 1
Rāji 1
Śiśupāla 1
Dynasties 1
systematics 1
for prestige, influence 1
court live 1
priest, ṛtvij 1
mahāvrata 1
gavām ayana, gavāmayana 1
utthāna 1
jātakarman 1
uktha 1
anvaṣṭakya 1
vapāhoma 1
vaiśvadeva 1
cāturmāsya 1
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman 1
Vedic schools, śākhās 1
anuyāja, after-offering 1
purification of gold 1
arghya 1
Apsaras 1
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) 1
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire 1
niṣkevalya śastra 1
agnihotra 1
micro-macro cosmos speculation 1
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 1
against death, Nirṛti 1
aponaptrīya 1
Vedic hymns, śastras 1
military formation 1
pravargya 1
Vedic metres in sacrifice 1
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 1
Gandharva 1
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma 1
Anti-social behaviour 1
śruti, Veda 1
Sleeping 1
pāṇḍuroga 1
urinary diseases 1
arśas 1
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 1
vrata 1
Geography 1
Methodology 1
Logic 1
poison, antidotes 1
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā 1
Underworld, hell, naraka 1
weapons, arms 1
sexuality 1
kuṣṭha 1
Indra 1
Vaiśeṣika 1
Tripura 1
Senses and world 1
Rāmāyaṇa 1
Kalki(n) 1
Nandin 1
Behaviour, strīdharma 1
Criminal law 1
Military science 1
mankind 1
hathayoga 1
Astrology 1
śotha 1
Paraśurāma 1
paramārtha 1
India 1
Maruts 1
Agastya 1
Karṇa (from MBh) 1
sāman 1
Pracetas 1
third eye 1
long live, āyus 1
Nahuṣa 1
bali 1
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara 1
daiva vs. puruṣakāra 1
fighting 1
Devala and Asita 1
conflicting worldviews 1
Reduplication 1
kālacakra 1
Structure of the world 1
mahant 1
ahaṃkāra 1
burnt by Śiva 1
Burning of Kāma 1
manas 1
trivarga, caturvarga 1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 1
āśā, hope 1
poverty, renunciation 1
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) 1
Accents 1
nirūḍhapaśubandha 1
Concept Notes Count earlier earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier" 83 first before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first" 56 once at a previous time; "once he loved her" 43 previously at an earlier time or formerly; "she had previously lived in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank"; "better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged" 2 ahead at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before" 1
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