Lemma: ṣaṇḍha (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a eunuch (MW)
- hermaphrodite (14 or even 20 classes are enumerated by some writers) (MW)
- name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (MW)
- name of Śiva (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| Alchemy |
11 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
4 |
| Lexicography |
3 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
3 |
| botany, plants |
2 |
| Giving, dāna |
2 |
| King, rājanīti |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| eating, food, anna |
2 |
| Poetology |
1 |
| good behaviour |
1 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
| pātaka |
1 |
| śrāddha |
1 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
| prāyaścitta |
1 |
| dāna, giving |
1 |
| saṃskāras |
1 |
| marriage, wedding |
1 |
| (Im-)purity |
1 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
| Criminal law |
1 |
| varṇas, castes |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
| Medicine |
1 |
| prevention |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| eunuch | a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" | 21 |
| ṣaṇḍha | an effeminate man | 2 |
| Shiva | the Destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon | 1 |
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