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Lemma: ayas (n)
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an iron weapon (as an axe) (MW)
gold (MW)
iron (MW)
metal (MW)
steel (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Alchemy 65
war 10
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 9
Buddha's life 6
Prajāpati creates the world 5
Law 4
rasāyana 4
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 4
Rudra 4
Agni 4
Mahāyāna 4
jātaka, avadāna 4
King, rājanīti 4
rājasūya 3
Ordeal 3
Witness 3
Indra 3
Debts and interest 3
agnicayana 3
dhanurveda 3
Dharmaśāstra 3
dharma 2
penance, prāyaścitta 2
for protection, safety, and luck 2
Trade 2
Medicine 2
Grammar 2
Lexicography 2
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 2
agnihotra 2
Yogācāra 2
Varuṇa 2
Noun derivation 2
Mitra 2
(Im-)purity 2
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 2
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 2
worship 2
Criminal law 2
Soma 2
varṇas, castes 2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 2
vyavahāra 1
Soma sacrifice 1
Ṛbhus 1
omina, presigns, nimittas 1
Maruts 1
punishment for crime 1
against sorcery 1
against enemies, armies, weapons 1
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 1
against bad omina and presigns 1
agniṣṭoma 1
ukthya 1
odana 1
kāmyeṣṭi 1
upanayana, initiation 1
jātakarman 1
ukhā 1
medhājanana 1
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana 1
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
botany, plants 1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 1
prāyaścitta 1
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 1
Kashmirian Shivaism 1
Kāmaśāstra 1
vānaprastha 1
narrative literature 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
gṛhastha, householder 1
Politics 1
Inheritance, heritage, heirs 1
marriage, wedding 1
Women 1
saṃskāras 1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 1
Nyāya 1
Materia medica 1
aśvamedha, hayamedha 1
Kṛṣṇa 1
saṃsāra 1
bad behaviour 1
Pārvatī 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
army 1
theft, stealing 1
grahas 1
pralaya, destruction of the world 1
Zoology 1
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 1
Sacrifice, yajña 1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 1
weapons, arms 1
Business law 1
usury, lending money 1
Concept Notes Count iron a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood 140 kāntaloha a kind of iron; = kāntaloha, tīkṣṇa; also: a kind of tīkṣṇaloha 4 ayas [word] the word ayas 3 tīkṣṇaloha [min] tīkṣṇaloha; a kind of iron, steel 2 metallic element any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. 2 weapon weaponry used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" 1
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