Lemma: akṣara (n)
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- Achyranthes Aspera (MW)
- a sound (MW)
- a syllable (MW)
- a vowel (MW)
- a word (MW)
- final beatitude (MW)
- name of Brahma (MW)
- religious austerity (MW)
- sacrifice (MW)
- the syllable om (MW)
- water (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| Vedic metres in sacrifice |
66 |
| linguistic speculation |
58 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
51 |
| gāyatrī |
51 |
| twelve-day Soma rite |
41 |
| Bhakti |
38 |
| recitation during sacrifice |
37 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
36 |
| sāman |
34 |
| Alchemy |
32 |
| nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
29 |
| mahāvrata |
29 |
| Soma sacrifice |
27 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
23 |
| vājapeya |
22 |
| rājasūya |
19 |
| agnihotra |
19 |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
18 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
18 |
| immortality, amṛta |
17 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
17 |
| Vedic metres, prosody |
15 |
| ṣaḍaha |
14 |
| mantra |
14 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
13 |
| ātman |
12 |
| punarādheya |
12 |
| dīkṣā |
11 |
| udgītha |
10 |
| agniṣṭoma |
10 |
| Grammar |
10 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
10 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
9 |
| Law |
9 |
| Prajāpati creates the world |
8 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
8 |
| hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
8 |
| ṣoḍaśin |
8 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
7 |
| narrative literature |
7 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
7 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
7 |
| varṇas, castes |
7 |
| birth, pregnancy |
7 |
| Giving, dāna |
7 |
| prāṇa etc. |
7 |
| Mahāyāna |
7 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
7 |
| dharma |
7 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
7 |
| bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
7 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
6 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
6 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
6 |
| Sāṃkhya |
6 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
6 |
| Atharvaveda |
5 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
5 |
| good behaviour |
5 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
5 |
| ājya hymns |
5 |
| Pregnancy |
5 |
| āśrama |
5 |
| Mahābhārata |
5 |
| Poetology |
5 |
| year |
5 |
| Buddhism |
5 |
| war |
5 |
| śruti, Veda |
4 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
4 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
4 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
4 |
| dvadaśāha |
4 |
| Brideship and marriage |
4 |
| Women |
4 |
| Śrīvidyā |
4 |
| ahīna |
4 |
| ukhā |
4 |
| Prajāpati |
4 |
| Buddha's life |
4 |
| Brahmin |
4 |
| worship |
4 |
| Genealogies |
4 |
| Phonetics |
3 |
| nirukti |
3 |
| pravargya |
3 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
3 |
| felling the tree for the yūpa |
3 |
| Yoga |
3 |
| dūrohaṇa |
3 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
| Lexicography |
3 |
| annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
3 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
3 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
3 |
| Rudra |
3 |
| nāḍīvijñāna |
3 |
| pṛṣṭha |
3 |
| agnicayana |
3 |
| viṣṭuti |
3 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
3 |
| vrata |
3 |
| Prophesy |
3 |
| Witness |
3 |
| jātakarman |
3 |
| uktha |
3 |
| Administration |
3 |
| Astrology |
2 |
| Debt |
2 |
| Brahmā |
2 |
| svāhā |
2 |
| Technique of Yoga |
2 |
| Creation of the world |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
2 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
| subhāṣita |
2 |
| introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
2 |
| childhood rites |
2 |
| ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
2 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
| sacrifice and time |
2 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
| King, rājanīti |
2 |
| botany, plants |
2 |
| Pārvatī |
2 |
| saṃnyāsa |
2 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
2 |
| sattra |
1 |
| Astronomy |
1 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| svaru |
1 |
| salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
| brahmayajña |
1 |
| paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
| five mahāyajñas |
1 |
| cātvāla |
1 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
| raising the yūpa |
1 |
| midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
1 |
| Kaśyapa |
1 |
| gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
| for political power |
1 |
| aṣṭakā |
1 |
| upanayana, initiation |
1 |
| vaiśvadeva |
1 |
| varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
| prayāja |
1 |
| bricks |
1 |
| gold |
1 |
| atharvan priest |
1 |
| Love |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| pūjā |
1 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
| Moral literature |
1 |
| Sleeping |
1 |
| eating, food, anna |
1 |
| Indra |
1 |
| process, jurisdiction |
1 |
| avatāras |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
| Dāruvana |
1 |
| prāyaścitta |
1 |
| (Im-)purity |
1 |
| Time |
1 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
| Politics |
1 |
| karman doctrine |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
| Medicine |
1 |
| Kṣatriya |
1 |
| Anti-social behaviour |
1 |
| brahman priest |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
1 |
| viṣuvat |
1 |
| religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
| Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
| errors in sacrifice |
1 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
| Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
1 |
| Balarāma |
1 |
| Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
| Agni |
1 |
| unsteadiness of life |
1 |
| Pracetas |
1 |
| Skanda |
1 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
| burnt by Śiva |
1 |
| Burning of Kāma |
1 |
| senses, indriya |
1 |
| trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
| parivrājaka |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| syllable | a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables" | 39 |
| sound | mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them" | 6 |
| vowel | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open | 4 |
| word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" | 4 |
| Om | a mystical syllable | 3 |
| Brahma | the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon | 2 |
| final emancipation | detachment from the circle of Saṃsāra | 1 |
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