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Lemma: ādya (adj)
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being at the head (MW)
earlier (MW)
excellent (MW)
first (MW)
immediately preceding (e.g. ekādaśādya) (MW)
older (MW)
primitive (MW)
unparalleled (MW)
unprecedented (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Alchemy 144
Kashmirian Shivaism 95
Medicine 70
Pashupata Shaivism 63
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 51
Bhakti 37
worship 36
botany, plants 35
Genealogies 27
Zoology 25
Lexicography 24
dīkṣā 23
Mahābhārata 21
Shivaism, Śiva 20
Dharmaśāstra 20
āśrama 17
mantra 17
Astronomy 16
Kṛṣṇa 16
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 16
Law 15
avatāras 14
varṇas, castes 13
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 12
Liberation, mokṣa, release 12
fever, jvara, takman 12
Rāmāyaṇa 12
Tīrthas 12
Cosmogony (gen.) 11
Sāṃkhya 11
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 11
narrative literature 11
hathayoga 11
Witness 11
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 11
dharma 10
marriage, wedding 10
Brideship and marriage 10
Buddhism 10
Yoga 10
jātaka, avadāna 10
Churning of the Milk Ocean 9
Creation of the world 9
Manu, manvantara 9
Cosmogony 9
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 8
creates fever 8
Materia medica 8
linguistic speculation 8
Birth, childhood, and youth 8
Women 7
Debts and interest 7
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 7
King, rājanīti 7
pūjā 7
Astrology 7
yuga theory 7
India 7
Mahāyāna 6
Prophesy 6
vrata 6
Geography 6
Ordeal 6
Family 6
Time 6
(Im-)purity 6
ātman 5
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 5
penance, prāyaścitta 5
śrāddha 5
Kaṃsa 5
Rituals 5
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 5
Family law 5
good behaviour 5
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 5
saṃskāras 5
Criminal law 5
Dynasties 5
Harivaṃśa 5
Asceticism, tapas 5
Kalki(n) 5
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 4
Nāga 4
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 4
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 4
tulāpuruṣa 4
unsteadiness of life 4
sahasranāman 4
Palmistry 4
Cosmology 4
Gaṇeśa 4
pralaya, destruction of the world 4
Durgā 4
Himālaya 4
Varāha 4
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 4
dhanurveda 3
Buddha's life 3
Balarāma 3
vānaprastha 3
Prajāpati's children 3
nāḍīvijñāna 3
Politics 3
Śiśupāla 3
vātarakta 3
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 3
Architecture 3
Pārvatī 3
prāṇa etc. 3
aśvamedha, hayamedha 3
hunting 3
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga 3
karman doctrine 3
gṛhastha, householder 3
saṃnyāsa 3
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 3
robbery 3
Debt 3
prāyaścitta 3
inundation 3
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 3
Rāma(candra) 3
rebirth, transmigration 3
war 3
process, jurisdiction 3
Brahmin 3
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 3
Kāmaśāstra 2
for a good birth 2
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 2
Dāruvana 2
Behaviour, strīdharma 2
Śrīvidyā 2
Pṛthu and the Earth 2
vyavahāra 2
gavām ayana, gavāmayana 2
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 2
nirūḍhapaśubandha 2
Skanda 2
healing rituals, against diseases 2
dāna, giving 2
Technique of Yoga 2
cow 2
Śvetadvīpa 2
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 2
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 2
Giving, dāna 2
weapons, arms 2
Religion and Philosophy 2
vidradhi 2
gulma 2
śruti, Veda 2
Nosology 2
madātyaya 2
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start 2
cough, kāsa 2
avadāna 1
Brahmā 1
birth, pregnancy 1
Soma sacrifice 1
anirukta 1
Soma 1
nāndīmukha 1
agnicayana 1
Urvaśī and Purūravas 1
stotriyavikāra 1
pravargya 1
against enemies, armies, weapons 1
anointing the animal, añjana 1
year 1
ahīna 1
rājasūya 1
sattra 1
against dangers, difficult situations 1
kills Mahiṣa 1
arghya 1
agniṣṭoma 1
vraṇa, sore 1
for success, authority 1
for love, love charms 1
sapiṇḍīkaraṇa 1
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual 1
for the birth of sons 1
upanayana, initiation 1
pākayajña 1
prevention 1
ekāha 1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman 1
kṛcchra 1
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha 1
Andhaka 1
Shivaite Tantrism 1
eating, food, anna 1
raktapitta 1
Military science 1
subhāṣita 1
piṇḍa 1
gambling 1
Tantrism 1
poison, antidotes 1
Sacrifice, yajña 1
Agriculture 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
grahaṇīdoṣa 1
snāna, bathing 1
Poetology 1
Indra 1
Purāṇa 1
Senses and world 1
brahmacarya 1
Pregnancy 1
Nyāya 1
Matsyāvatāra 1
atisāra, flux, diarrhea 1
urinary diseases 1
systematics 1
Gaṅgā, Ganges 1
Vedic schools, śākhās 1
Bharata 1
Māṇḍavya 1
Pulomā/an 1
sāman 1
Pracetas 1
omina, presigns, nimittas 1
Bhṛgu 1
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 1
Kurukṣetra 1
plīhan 1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 1
bad behaviour 1
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 1
rasāyana 1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 1
nirmālya 1
kuṣṭha 1
śotha 1
pāṇḍuroga 1
udara 1
Vena 1
Concept Notes Count etc. etc. 125 first preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" 42 beginning(a) serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" 8 aboriginal having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" 6 first ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" 2 antecedent preceding in time or order 2 excellent of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind" 1
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