Lemma: bāṇa (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- Saccharum Sara or a similar species of reed (MW)
- a mark for arrows (MW)
- a particular part of an arrow (MW)
- a reed-shaft (MW)
- aim (MW)
- an arrow (MW)
- music (MW)
- name of an Asura (MW)
- name of the number five (from the 5 arrows of Kāmadeva) (MW)
- name of various men (MW)
- shaft made of a reed (MW)
- the versed sine of an arc (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| war |
615 |
| Mahābhārata |
70 |
| dhanurveda |
32 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
26 |
| botany, plants |
21 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
20 |
| Paraśurāma |
20 |
| Yoga |
16 |
| Medicine |
16 |
| Psychology |
16 |
| Buddha's life |
11 |
| Harivaṃśa |
9 |
| Genealogies |
9 |
| narrative literature |
8 |
| āśā, hope |
7 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
7 |
| Bhakti |
7 |
| Tripura |
7 |
| Zoology |
6 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
6 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
5 |
| Lexicography |
5 |
| Alchemy |
5 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
4 |
| Burning of Kāma |
4 |
| burnt by Śiva |
4 |
| Skanda |
4 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
4 |
| fighting |
4 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
4 |
| King, rājanīti |
4 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
4 |
| marriage, wedding |
4 |
| Kaṃsa |
3 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
3 |
| Pregnancy |
3 |
| Buddhism |
3 |
| worship |
3 |
| Tāraka |
3 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| friendship |
2 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
| Meditation |
2 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
2 |
| poison, antidotes |
2 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
| Love |
2 |
| puṃsavana |
2 |
| Pārvatī |
2 |
| (Im-)purity |
2 |
| kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
| for children, offspring, progeny |
2 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
2 |
| Astrology |
2 |
| army |
2 |
| godāna |
1 |
| Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
| garbhādhāna |
1 |
| unsteadiness of life |
1 |
| garbharakṣaṇa |
1 |
| arrow |
1 |
| servants |
1 |
| caula |
1 |
| treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
1 |
| purohita, house priest |
1 |
| Maruts |
1 |
| for victory in battle |
1 |
| punishment for crime |
1 |
| anatomy, human body |
1 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
| for love, love charms |
1 |
| Astronomy |
1 |
| Tantrism |
1 |
| Himālaya |
1 |
| Brideship and marriage |
1 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
| Cosmogony |
1 |
| dharma |
1 |
| varṇas, castes |
1 |
| saṃskāras |
1 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
| dāna, giving |
1 |
| prāyaścitta |
1 |
| Materia medica |
1 |
| lobha, greed |
1 |
| Stories |
1 |
| avatāras |
1 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
| Indra |
1 |
| weapons, arms |
1 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
| Giving, dāna |
1 |
| grahas |
1 |
| Budha, Mercury |
1 |
| cough, kāsa |
1 |
| fable |
1 |
| Vena |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| arrow | a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow | 352 |
| five | the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | 9 |
| Bāṇa | name of an Asura | 5 |
| munj | tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets | 2 |
| Bāṇa | name of a son of Vikukṣi; an ancestor of Rāṃa | 2 |
| Bāṇa | name of a servant of Skanda | 1 |
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