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Lemma: śreyas (adj)
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angesehen (Amano 2009)
better (MW)
better than (MW)
more excellent or distinguished (MW)
more splendid or beautiful (MW)
preferable (MW)
superior (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war 11
King, rājanīti 10
dharma 8
Yoga 7
Liberation, mokṣa, release 7
narrative literature 7
penance, prāyaścitta 6
against sorcery 5
Bhakti 5
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 5
fable 5
agnihotra 5
spoons 5
jātaka, avadāna 4
Mahābhārata 4
prāyaścitta 4
animal sacrifice 4
poverty, renunciation 4
Soma sacrifice 4
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 4
agnyādhāna 4
Sāṃkhya 4
micro-macro cosmos speculation 4
puruṣa, primeval man 4
Family 3
dāna, giving 3
āpaddharma 3
Dharmaśāstra 3
Peace and war 3
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, knowledge 3
dama 3
good behaviour 3
karman doctrine 3
trivarga, caturvarga 3
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 3
varṇas, castes 3
Kṣatriya 3
Women 3
Marriage 3
Politics 3
eating, food, anna 3
Sacrifice, yajña 3
Love 3
Medicine 2
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 2
saṃsāra 2
Agni 2
vyavahāra 2
aponaptrīya 2
amulets 2
sacrificial fire 2
Moral literature 2
viṣṭuti 2
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 2
Debt 2
Witness 2
saṃskāras 2
gṛhastha 2
brahmacarya 2
Brideship and marriage 2
Kāmaśāstra 2
rebirth, transmigration 2
Mahāyāna 2
Law 2
Family law 2
Indra 2
Poetology 2
hiṅ, hiṃkāra 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
Aditi 1
āśrama 1
Lexicography 1
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 1
Buddha's life 1
for long life, longevity 1
for success, authority 1
Tīrthas 1
upasad 1
somakraya, buying Soma 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
kṣatra and brahman 1
house building, correct residence 1
vaṣaṭ 1
Religion and Philosophy 1
niṣkevalya śastra 1
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech 1
vrātya 1
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire 1
milk 1
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 1
Shivaism, Śiva 1
strophes used in sacrifice 1
Inheritance 1
Kaṃsa 1
daṇḍa 1
study, śiṣya 1
dīkṣā 1
Brahmin 1
sahasranāman 1
Trade 1
pātaka 1
vrata 1
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 1
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 1
urinary diseases 1
Minister 1
truth, satya, ṛta 1
triguṇa 1
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
avatāras 1
Pārvatī 1
Vṛtra and Indra 1
Vṛtra 1
bad behaviour 1
Behaviour, strīdharma 1
eldest brother 1
(Im-)purity 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
Maruts 1
Bharata 1
botany, plants 1
Concept Notes Count better (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; 11 preferable more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is 'Dan'" 2
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