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Lemma: ayana (n)
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(in astron.) advancing (MW)
a path (MW)
a place
a road (MW)
a treatise (MW)
manner (MW)
motion (Whitney and Lanman 1905)
precession (MW)
progress (MW)
refuge (Keith 1909 [AĀ])
walking (MW)
way (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Astronomy 13
Time 13
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 9
Gaṅgā, Ganges 7
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 6
Medicine 6
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 6
Lexicography 5
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 5
Bhakti 4
Alchemy 4
gavām ayana, gavāmayana 4
ṣaḍaha 4
(Im-)purity 4
war 4
pṛṣṭha 3
yuga theory 3
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 3
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 3
twelve-day Soma rite 3
Kashmirian Shivaism 3
vānaprastha 3
Shivaism, Śiva 3
mantra 3
Sāṃkhya 3
dharma 3
Mahābhārata 2
varṇas, castes 2
Varāha 2
water, rain 2
linguistic speculation 2
brahman priest 2
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 2
cow 2
Creation of the world 2
against sorcery 2
haviryajña 2
Cosmogony (gen.) 2
brahmacarya 2
Dharmaśāstra 2
jātaka, avadāna 2
River deities 1
Rudra 1
meteorology, weather 1
Brahmā 1
Kaṃsa 1
healing rituals, against diseases 1
Buddhism 1
for protection, safety, and luck 1
against bad omina and presigns 1
dvadaśāha 1
vaśā 1
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 1
kāmyeṣṭi 1
dākṣāyaṇayajña 1
upanayana, initiation 1
agnicayana 1
Grammar 1
āhavanīya 1
Zoology 1
weaving 1
priest, ṛtvij 1
Viśvāmitra 1
sāman 1
eating, food, anna 1
Tīrthas 1
saṃnyāsa 1
marriage, wedding 1
saṃskāras 1
dāna, giving 1
prāyaścitta 1
Andhaka 1
inundation 1
King, rājanīti 1
gṛhastha, householder 1
Cosmology 1
Indra 1
Sacrifice, yajña 1
omina, presigns, nimittas 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
śrāddha 1
botany, plants 1
Giving, dāna 1
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 1
vātavyādhi 1
life, jīva 1
Meditation 1
prāṇa etc. 1
Phonetics 1
dhanurveda 1
long live, āyus 1
Liberation, mokṣa, release 1
Concept Notes Count ayana [descr.: astron.] 11 means how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of communcation"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" 1 ayana [word] the word ayana 1 position the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object: "he put the lamp back in its place" 1 motion the act of changing your location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" 1
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