Lemma: upanayana (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- application (MW)
- bringing (MW)
- employment (MW)
- introduction (into any science) (MW)
- leading or drawing towards one's self (MW)
- that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes; one of the twelve Saṃskāras (MW)
- the act of leading to or near (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
upanayana, initiation |
11 |
vrata |
7 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
marriage, wedding |
5 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
5 |
prāyaścitta |
5 |
Brahmin |
4 |
godāna |
4 |
Brideship and marriage |
4 |
āśrama |
4 |
dharma |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
dīkṣā |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
sacrificial fire |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Bharata |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
Bhakti |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
varṇas, castes |
1 |
Tīrthas |
1 |
saṃnyāsa |
1 |
narrative literature |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
Dharmaśāstra |
1 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
Upanayana | the eleventh Saṃskāra | 4 |
Collocations