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Lemma: prayojana (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
(in phil.) a motive for discussing the point in question (MW)
aim (MW)
cause (MW)
design (MW)
end (MW)
means of attaining (MW)
motive (MW)
object (MW)
occasion (MW)
opportunity (MW)
purpose (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Pashupata Shaivism
24
jātaka, avadāna
18
narrative literature
10
Kashmirian Shivaism
10
Mahāyāna
8
Kāmaśāstra
8
Politics
7
Buddha's life
6
dharma
5
Medicine
5
King, rājanīti
5
Law
4
Bhakti
4
Grammar
4
Logic
3
Genealogies
3
study, śiṣya, adhyāya
3
Nyāya
3
war
2
āśā, hope
2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
2
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
2
Buddhism
2
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs
2
Military science
2
Poetology
2
Kṛṣṇa
2
Yoga
2
hunting
2
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā
1
burnt by Śiva
1
Burning of Kāma
1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites
1
Peace and war
1
State finances
1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
1
Zoology
1
Noun derivation
1
Vāmadeva
1
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
1
Kirātārjunīya
1
svarga, heaven
1
śruti, Veda
1
Birth, childhood, and youth
1
Urvaśī and Purūravas
1
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga
1
ghost, monster, demon
1
Police
1
rape, sexual harassment
1
upanayana, initiation
1
āpaddharma
1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
1
daṇḍa, punishment
1
prāyaścitta
1
Alchemy
1
Dharmaśāstra
1
Asceticism, tapas
1
vānaprastha
1
karman doctrine
1
gṛhastha, householder
1
Sāṃkhya
1
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
1
(Im-)purity
1
Women
1
Mahābhārata
1
fable
1
Prostitution
1
Indra
1
Customs and taxes
1
Language
1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya
1
weapons, arms
1
Sacrifice, yajña
1
Liberation, mokṣa, release
1
bhasmasnāna, ashes
1
army
1
truth, satya, ṛta
1
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha
1
Concept Notes Count
aim the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" 6
function what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" 5
goal the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" 2
motivation the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action; the reason for the action; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" 2
causal agent any entity that causes events to happen 1
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