Lemma: brahmacarya (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- Vedic studentship (Whitney and Lanman 1905)
- a state of continence and chastity (MW)
- study of the Veda (MW)
- the state of an unmarried religious student (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
brahmacarya |
30 |
jātaka, avadāna |
27 |
upanayana, initiation |
22 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
16 |
Mahāyāna |
14 |
good behaviour |
12 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
12 |
war |
11 |
āśrama |
11 |
vrata |
11 |
Buddhism |
11 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
10 |
dharma |
10 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
10 |
Dharmaśāstra |
8 |
Alchemy |
8 |
Women |
7 |
varṇas, castes |
7 |
marriage, wedding |
7 |
Brideship and marriage |
7 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
7 |
Buddha's life |
6 |
King, rājanīti |
6 |
svarga, heaven |
6 |
alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
6 |
Bhakti |
5 |
Sāṃkhya |
5 |
prāyaścitta |
5 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
5 |
Brahmin |
5 |
Yoga |
5 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
4 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
4 |
Mahābhārata |
4 |
(Im-)purity |
4 |
śruti, Veda |
4 |
saṃskāras |
4 |
vānaprastha |
4 |
Medicine |
4 |
saṃnyāsa |
4 |
samāvartana |
3 |
Genealogies |
3 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
3 |
godāna |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
agniṣṭoma |
3 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
3 |
Tīrthas |
3 |
Giving, dāna |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
ātman |
3 |
Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
2 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
2 |
pātaka |
2 |
triguṇa |
2 |
eating, food, anna |
2 |
Dāruvana |
2 |
gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
Law |
2 |
Criminal law |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
children |
2 |
rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
creates fever |
1 |
sacrifice and time |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
aupāsana |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
1 |
year |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
upāyakauśalya |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
for luck in gambling |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
avadāna |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
vaiśvadeva |
1 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
pravargya |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
Brahmā |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
dīkṣā |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Cosmography |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
Creation of the world |
1 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
narrative literature |
1 |
hathayoga |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
mantra |
1 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
cow |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
Manu, manvantara |
1 |
svadharma |
1 |
sāman |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
bali |
1 |
gold |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
Devala and Asita |
1 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
Marutta |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
avāntaradīkṣā |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
Brahmacarya | the state of an unmarried religious student | 18 |
chastity | abstaining from sexual relations | 2 |
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