Lemma: upahāra (mn)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- (with the Pāśupatas) a kind of religious service (MW)
- a particular kind of alliance (purchased through a gift) (MW)
- complimentary gift (MW)
- food (distributed to guests etc.) (MW)
- oblation (to a deity) (MW)
- offering (MW)
- present (to a king or superior) (MW)
Topic |
Frequency |
Pashupata Shaivism |
14 |
narrative literature |
11 |
Politics |
9 |
Military science |
8 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
5 |
Anti-social behaviour |
5 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
4 |
war |
4 |
Alchemy |
3 |
worship |
3 |
Mahābhārata |
3 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
Prostitution |
2 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
Women |
2 |
śrāddha |
2 |
Kāmaśāstra |
2 |
Skanda |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
for cattle, cows |
1 |
good behaviour |
1 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
Buddha's life |
1 |
King, rājanīti |
1 |
Dharmaśāstra |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
yajña | any of the classical Indian sacrificial ceremonies | 5 |
offering | a contribution of money to a religious organization | 3 |
offering | something offered during sacrifice; dt. Opfergabe | 3 |
sacrifice | the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | 2 |
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