Lemma: brāhmaṇa (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- Brāhmanical explanation (MW)
- a conclave (MW)
- a society or assemblage of Brāhmans (MW)
- explanations of sacred knowledge or doctrine (esp. for the use of the Brāhmans in their sacrifices) (MW)
- sacred knowledge (Whitney and Lanman 1905)
- sacred or divine power (MW)
- that which is divine (MW)
- the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda (MW)
- the Soma vessel of the Brahman priest (MW)
- the divine (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
41 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
20 |
midday pavamāna |
18 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
17 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
16 |
cāturmāsya |
15 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
14 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
12 |
prāyaścitta |
11 |
vrata |
11 |
sākamedha |
10 |
agnicayana |
9 |
svādhyāya |
8 |
agniṣṭoma |
8 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
8 |
marriage, wedding |
8 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
8 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
7 |
dīkṣā |
7 |
Brideship and marriage |
6 |
upanayana, initiation |
6 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
6 |
brahmacarya |
6 |
priest, ṛtvij |
6 |
śruti, Veda |
5 |
mahāvrata |
5 |
Grammar |
5 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
5 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
5 |
rājasūya |
4 |
samāvartana |
4 |
śunāsīrya |
4 |
agnihotra |
4 |
religious speculation, mystic |
4 |
rejuvenation |
4 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
4 |
Cyavana |
4 |
Soma sacrifice |
4 |
ekāha |
4 |
ātman |
4 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
3 |
errors in sacrifice |
3 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
3 |
year |
3 |
sacrificial fire |
3 |
five mahāyajñas |
3 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
3 |
āśrama |
3 |
dharma |
3 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
3 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
3 |
punarādheya |
2 |
odana |
2 |
alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
2 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
godāna |
2 |
Kaśyapa |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
brahman priest |
2 |
pravargya |
2 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
kṛcchra |
2 |
gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
2 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
eating, food, anna |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
āgrayaṇa |
2 |
śrāddha |
2 |
Noun derivation |
2 |
abhiplava |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
svāhā |
1 |
brahmodya |
1 |
vājapeya |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
1 |
vaiśvadeva |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
order of sacrifices, yajñakrama |
1 |
stomabhāga |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
death of a sacrificer |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
upasad |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
Language |
1 |
Phonetics |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
Syntax |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
Brahmin |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
Law |
1 |
varṇas, castes |
1 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
mantra |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
sāman |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
sava |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
Agni sāṃtapana |
1 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
1 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
dūrohaṇa |
1 |
ahīna |
1 |
ācamana |
1 |
sattra |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
Atharvaveda |
1 |
Medicine |
1 |
sacrifice and time |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
aṣṭamīvrata |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
Brāhmaṇa | the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda | 6 |
brāhmaṇa [word] | the word brāhmaṇa | 1 |
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