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Temporal probability mass distribution
before (MW)
formerly (MW)
hitherto (MW)
previously (sometimes with pres.) (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war
101
Alchemy
89
Mahāyāna
55
jātaka, avadāna
52
Genealogies
45
dharma
41
Tīrthas
33
Mahābhārata
33
King, rājanīti
30
Shivaism, Śiva
29
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
28
Bhakti
24
Buddha's life
23
Dharmaśāstra
23
Liberation, mokṣa, release
18
Sāṃkhya
17
śrāddha
17
Kashmirian Shivaism
17
Cosmogony (gen.)
16
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
16
varṇas, castes
16
Medicine
16
Giving, dāna
16
narrative literature
15
Law
15
Buddhism
14
fable
12
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
12
good behaviour
12
marriage, wedding
12
Astronomy
12
Cosmology
11
penance, prāyaścitta
11
botany, plants
11
daṇḍa, punishment
10
fever, jvara, takman
10
Pashupata Shaivism
10
Kāmaśāstra
9
karman doctrine
9
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
9
Creation of the world
9
rebirth, transmigration
9
Pārvatī
8
prāṇa etc.
8
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya
8
saṃsāra
8
Sacrifice, yajña
8
creates fever
7
army
7
Peace and war
7
prāyaścitta
7
Cosmogony
7
yuga theory
6
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
6
pralaya, destruction of the world
6
cow
6
dāna, giving
6
Skanda
6
Lexicography
6
Moral literature
6
study, śiṣya, adhyāya
6
Manu, manvantara
6
Police
5
eating, food, anna
5
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
5
Yoga
5
Kṛṣṇa
5
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña
5
pathogenesis, origin of a disease
5
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
5
gold
5
(Im-)purity
5
Politics
5
Zoology
5
Pṛthu and the Earth
5
vyavahāra
5
Dāruvana
5
Pulomā/an
5
Bhṛgu
5
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice
4
Churning of the Milk Ocean
4
Kirātārjunīya
4
deluge, Manu
4
Brahmin
4
āśrama
4
piṇḍa
4
pūjā
4
aśvamedha, hayamedha
4
āpaddharma
4
Brideship and marriage
4
Varāha
4
avatāras
4
Andhaka
4
Psychology
4
Marutta
4
truth, satya, ṛta
3
cāturmāsya
3
worship of relics, stūpas
3
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu
3
Śvetadvīpa
3
Soma sacrifice
3
samāvartana
3
Agni
3
Brahmā
3
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
3
rasāyana
3
Dhruva aka. Polar Star
3
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites
3
Śrīvidyā
3
ātman
3
Sunda and Upasunda
3
ācamana
3
Tilottamā
3
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna
3
nāḍīvijñāna
3
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya
3
Manu Vaivasvata
3
gṛhastha, householder
3
process, jurisdiction
3
Nature poetry
3
Ordeal
3
Cosmography
3
Love
3
Prostitution
3
mantra
3
Nosology
3
Kṣatriya
3
dīkṣā
3
saṃskāras
3
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras
3
Architecture
3
(Non-)vegetarism, meat
3
ekāha
3
Women
3
worship
3
Materia medica
3
cremation
2
punarādheya
2
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut
2
digestion
2
bad behaviour
2
rape, sexual harassment
2
Meditation
2
Nala and Damayantī
2
general or default rules for the sacrifice
2
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
2
senses, indriya
2
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā
2
Asceticism, tapas
2
Purāṇa
2
vānaprastha
2
Prajāpati's children
2
Customs and taxes
2
snāna, bathing
2
Birth, childhood, and youth
2
pātaka
2
dhanurveda
2
subhāṣita
2
saṃnyāsa
2
dvīpa
2
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun
2
tulāpuruṣa
2
for long life, longevity, old age
2
omina, presigns, nimittas
2
inundation
2
vātarakta
2
theft, stealing
2
svarga, heaven
2
Witness
2
ahīna
2
Administration
2
vaśā
2
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
2
upāyakauśalya
2
Inheritance, heritage, heirs
2
linguistic speculation
2
Nyāya
2
pravargya
1
agnicayana
1
Vedic metres in sacrifice
1
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits
1
Gandharva
1
Apsaras
1
court live
1
Raji
1
Dynasties
1
Śiśupāla
1
Saṃjñā and Vivasvant
1
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire
1
Vena
1
arghya
1
utthāna
1
Urvaśī and Purūravas
1
jātakarman
1
gavām ayana, gavāmayana
1
king Aṇuha
1
anvaṣṭakya
1
vapāhoma
1
vaiśvadeva
1
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman
1
anuyāja, after-offering
1
mahāvrata
1
for prestige, influence
1
uktha
1
purification of gold
1
prātaḥsavana
1
sthapatisava
1
priest, ṛtvij
1
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa)
1
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma
1
niṣkevalya śastra
1
agnihotra
1
Pūru
1
micro-macro cosmos speculation
1
om, oṃ, oṃkāra
1
against death, Nirṛti
1
aponaptrīya
1
nirūḍhapaśubandha
1
Vedic hymns, śastras
1
military formation
1
Rāji
1
āśā, hope
1
Aśvins
1
Underworld, hell, naraka
1
Reduplication
1
Paraśurāma
1
kuṣṭha
1
śotha
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
weapons, arms
1
Anti-social behaviour
1
Nandin
1
Astrology
1
hathayoga
1
mankind
1
Military science
1
Criminal law
1
Behaviour, strīdharma
1
Kalki(n)
1
Sleeping
1
Rāmāyaṇa
1
Senses and world
1
Tripura
1
Vaiśeṣika
1
Indra
1
sexuality
1
Accents
1
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...)
1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa
1
Nahuṣa
1
Soma
1
systematics
1
Vedic schools, śākhās
1
śruti, Veda
1
paramārtha
1
Maruts
1
Agastya
1
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā
1
Karṇa (from MBh)
1
sāman
1
Pracetas
1
Sagara, Sāgara
1
third eye
1
long live, āyus
1
bali
1
poverty, renunciation
1
mahant
1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge
1
trivarga, caturvarga
1
manas
1
Burning of Kāma
1
burnt by Śiva
1
ahaṃkāra
1
Structure of the world
1
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara
1
kālacakra
1
conflicting worldviews
1
India
1
Devala and Asita
1
fighting
1
daiva vs. puruṣakāra
1
sūtasava
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
Collocations