Lemma: śruta (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- anything heard (MW)
- instruction (MW)
- knowledge as heard by holy men and transmitted from generation to generation (MW)
- learning or teaching (MW)
- memory (MW)
- oral tradition or revelation (MW)
- remembrance (MW)
- sacred knowledge (MW)
- that which has been heard (esp. from the beginning) (MW)
- the Veda (MW)
- the act of hearing (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
King, rājanīti |
15 |
varṇas, castes |
13 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
12 |
Buddha's life |
11 |
Giving, dāna |
11 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
10 |
war |
9 |
dharma |
8 |
Minister |
6 |
Kṣatriya |
6 |
Buddhism |
6 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
jātaka, avadāna |
6 |
good behaviour |
6 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
5 |
Brahmin |
5 |
upanayana, initiation |
5 |
Medicine |
5 |
marriage, wedding |
4 |
(Im-)purity |
4 |
Genealogies |
4 |
Alchemy |
4 |
Mahāyāna |
4 |
Poetology |
4 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
4 |
Dharmaśāstra |
4 |
rasāyana |
4 |
Brideship and marriage |
4 |
poverty, renunciation |
3 |
śrāddha |
3 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
3 |
Creation of the world |
3 |
Astronomy |
3 |
Politics |
3 |
saṃskāras |
2 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
Behaviour, politeness |
2 |
Criminal law |
2 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
Law |
2 |
āśrama |
2 |
vrata |
2 |
Cities |
2 |
karman doctrine |
2 |
Administration |
2 |
Asceticism, tapas |
2 |
Psychology |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
saṃsāra |
2 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
gold |
2 |
Yoga |
2 |
Vācaspati |
2 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
Witness |
2 |
narrative literature |
2 |
Rituals |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
prāyaścitta |
2 |
rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
kṣetrajña |
1 |
Women |
1 |
cow |
1 |
unsteadiness of life |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
servants |
1 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
Varuṇa |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
priest, ṛtvij |
1 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
1 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
nakṣatras |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
ekāha |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
Indra |
1 |
Debt |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
saṃnyāsa |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
theft, stealing |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
fable |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
Time |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
knowledge | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | 10 |
education | activities that impart knowledge; "he received no formal education" | 1 |
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