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Lemma: upāya (m)
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a means of success against an enemy (four are usually enumerated) (MW)
a means or expedient (of any kind) (MW)
approach (MW)
arrival (MW)
artifice (MW)
coming near (MW)
craft (MW)
joining in or accompanying (in singing) (MW)
stratagem (MW)
that by which one reaches one's aim (MW)
way (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Kashmirian Shivaism 97
Mahāyāna 87
narrative literature 71
jātaka, avadāna 49
war 31
Pashupata Shaivism 31
King, rājanīti 29
Kāmaśāstra 25
Politics 24
Alchemy 23
Yoga 17
āpaddharma 15
Buddha's life 13
Buddhism 13
dharma 13
Mahābhārata 13
Military science 12
Dharmaśāstra 12
Medicine 11
upāyakauśalya 11
Liberation, mokṣa, release 7
Peace and war 7
varṇas, castes 6
Law 6
Sāṃkhya 6
eating, food, anna 5
Prostitution 5
Bhakti 5
fable 5
Behaviour, strīdharma 4
kṣetrajña 4
Customs and taxes 4
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 4
Pregnancy 4
mantra 4
State finances 4
ghost, monster, demon 4
linguistic speculation 3
Women 3
Tīrthas 3
vyavahāra 3
Criminal law 3
Tāraka 3
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 3
army 3
dāna, giving 3
Rāmāyaṇa 3
gold 3
Skanda 3
Moral literature 2
good behaviour 2
Administration 2
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 2
Brahmin 2
Kṣatriya 2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
omina, presigns, nimittas 2
śrāddha 2
worship of the Buddha 2
Pṛthu and the Earth 2
Economy 2
ahaṃkāra 2
kṣatradharma 2
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 2
Indra 2
Brideship and marriage 2
marriage, wedding 2
saṃskāras 2
Rāma(candra) 2
Cosmogony 2
Purāṇa 2
karman doctrine 2
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 2
Himālaya 1
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
fighting 1
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara 1
hunting 1
saṃsāra 1
(Im-)purity 1
Structure of the world 1
Sunda and Upasunda 1
Nala and Damayantī 1
vānaprastha 1
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 1
Kaṃsa 1
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 1
Māndhātṛ 1
Soma sacrifice 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
Religion and Philosophy 1
prevention 1
worship of relics, stūpas 1
Police 1
Lexicography 1
Nyāya 1
Marutta 1
prāyaścitta 1
piṇḍa 1
Poetology 1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 1
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā 1
dīkṣā 1
Business law 1
sahasranāman 1
Tripura 1
penance, prāyaścitta 1
Crime 1
robbery 1
Logic 1
rebirth, transmigration 1
Giving, dāna 1
subhāṣita 1
weapons, arms 1
gulma 1
Paraśurāma 1
theft, stealing 1
Minister 1
Technique of Yoga 1
Creation of the world 1
truth, satya, ṛta 1
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 1
Kalki(n) 1
yuga theory 1
Nandin 1
Andhaka 1
rasāyana 1
arghya 1
Concept Notes Count method a way of doing something, esp. a systematic one; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) 27 means how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of communcation"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" 27 experience the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher" 1
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