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 |
41 |
| midday pavamāna |
17 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
17 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
17 |
| cāturmāsya |
15 |
| ārbhava pavamāna |
14 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
14 |
| sākamedha |
10 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
8 |
| marriage, wedding |
8 |
| svādhyāya |
8 |
| varuṇapraghāsa |
7 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
6 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
| brahmacarya |
6 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
6 |
| dīkṣā |
6 |
| Brideship and marriage |
6 |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
5 |
| śruti, Veda |
5 |
| agniṣṭoma |
5 |
| Grammar |
5 |
| mahāvrata |
4 |
| Soma sacrifice |
4 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
4 |
| upanayana, initiation |
4 |
| rejuvenation |
4 |
| ātman |
4 |
| śunāsīrya |
4 |
| vrata |
4 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
4 |
| religious speculation, mystic |
4 |
| Cyavana |
4 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
4 |
| gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
3 |
| sacrificial fire |
3 |
| five mahāyajñas |
3 |
| dharma |
3 |
| prāyaścitta |
3 |
| errors in sacrifice |
3 |
| year |
3 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
| Kaśyapa |
2 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
2 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
| abhiplava |
2 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
| brahman priest |
2 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
| odana |
2 |
| āśrama |
2 |
| eating, food, anna |
2 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
2 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
2 |
| śrāddha |
2 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
| Noun derivation |
2 |
| good behaviour |
2 |
| studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
| mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
| order of sacrifices, yajñakrama |
1 |
| puṃsavana |
1 |
| brahmayajña |
1 |
| nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
| paridhi enclosings |
1 |
| varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
1 |
| āgrayaṇa |
1 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
| uktha |
1 |
| svāhā |
1 |
| binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
| vaiśvadeva |
1 |
| upākaraṇa |
1 |
| vājapeya |
1 |
| cremation |
1 |
| stomabhāga |
1 |
| feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
| pākayajña |
1 |
| upasad |
1 |
| death of a sacrificer |
1 |
| raising the yūpa |
1 |
| Astronomy |
1 |
| sava |
1 |
| Language |
1 |
| bad behaviour |
1 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
| Syntax |
1 |
| piṇḍa |
1 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
| Kṣatriya |
1 |
| Brahmin |
1 |
| snāna, bathing |
1 |
| Cosmology |
1 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
| yuga theory |
1 |
| Law |
1 |
| varṇas, castes |
1 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| mantra |
1 |
| Phonetics |
1 |
| linguistic speculation |
1 |
| son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
| sacrifice and time |
1 |
| Agni sāṃtapana |
1 |
| dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
1 |
| sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
| dūrohaṇa |
1 |
| ācamana |
1 |
| sāvitrī |
1 |
| sattra |
1 |
| Atharvaveda |
1 |
| Medicine |
1 |
| sāman |
1 |
| agnihotra |
1 |
| for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
| anatomy, human body |
1 |
| against bad dreams |
1 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
| pravargya |
1 |
| dakṣiṇā |
1 |
| brahmodya |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| Brāhmaṇa | the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda | 6 |
| brāhmaṇa [word] | the word brāhmaṇa | 1 |
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