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Lemma: indriya (n)
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bodily power (MW)
exhibition of power (MW)
faculty of sense (MW)
force (MW)
organ of sense (MW)
power (MW)
power of the senses (MW)
powerful act (MW)
semen virile (MW)
sense (MW)
the number five as symbolical of the five senses (MW)
the quality which belongs especially to the mighty Indra (MW)
virile power (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Yoga 96
Pashupata Shaivism 92
Liberation, mokṣa, release 79
Medicine 69
Buddha's life 64
Alchemy 52
Buddhism 52
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 51
jātaka, avadāna 48
Sāṃkhya 36
Asceticism, tapas 34
Nyāya 33
Cosmogony 31
Sacrifice, yajña 31
animal sacrifice 31
King, rājanīti 29
dharma 28
kāmyeṣṭi 27
vānaprastha 23
Kashmirian Shivaism 22
Bhakti 21
Mahāyāna 20
Vaiśeṣika 20
saṃnyāsa 20
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, knowledge 20
Tīrthas 19
Dharmaśāstra 19
senses, indriya 19
Senses and world 19
varṇas, castes 18
prāyaścitta 18
(Im-)purity 17
mankind 17
war 17
karman doctrine 16
Soma sacrifice 16
ātman 15
penance, prāyaścitta 13
Indra 13
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā 12
manas 12
narrative literature 12
good behaviour 12
Shivaism, Śiva 11
saṃskāras 11
Mahābhārata 10
Cosmogony (gen.) 10
rājasūya 10
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 10
Creation of the world 9
saṃsāra 9
dīkṣā 9
Lexicography 9
sahasranāman 8
Kṣatriya 8
Logic 8
fever, jvara, takman 8
Politics 8
hathayoga 8
Brahmin 7
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 7
botany, plants 7
Pregnancy 7
gṛhastha 7
āśrama 7
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 7
vrata 6
dāna, giving 6
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 6
Meditation 6
creates fever 6
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 5
unsteadiness of life 5
Law 5
Magic, rites with a purpose 5
nāḍīvijñāna 5
svarga, heaven 5
Psychology 5
Marriage 5
Women 5
fable 5
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna 5
ṣaḍaha 5
rasāyana 5
Technique of Yoga 4
cow 4
Pārvatī 4
vājapeya 4
abhiṣeka 4
viṣṭuti 4
prevention 4
vaśā 4
Giving, dāna 4
Genealogies 4
rebirth, transmigration 4
subhāṣita 4
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 4
Nosology 4
grahagrahaṇa 3
Kāmaśāstra 3
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 3
arśas 3
Pracetas 3
non-attachment 3
poverty, renunciation 3
burnt by Śiva 3
Zoology 3
Burning of Kāma 3
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 3
triguṇa 3
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 3
bahiṣpavamāna 3
pralaya, destruction of the world 3
Methodology 3
study, śiṣya 3
Vedic hymns, śastras 3
Love 3
worship 3
Moral literature 3
Śvetadvīpa 3
Cosmology 3
Poetology 3
Rituals 3
sun is fastened to the sky 2
Vedic metres in sacrifice 2
sunbeams 2
kālacakra 2
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 2
Urvaśī and Purūravas 2
Jayadratha 2
mahābhiṣeka 2
purohita, house priest 2
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 2
long live, āyus 2
vyavahāra 2
agnyādhāna 2
upanayana, initiation 2
Agni 2
vighasa, eating the remainder of food 2
Birth, childhood, and youth 2
pṛṣṭha 2
avatāras 2
śrāddha 2
Geography 2
pātaka 2
Time 2
death rites, funeral rites 2
Kṛṣṇa 2
Ordeal 2
Paraśurāma 2
Witness 2
Debts and interest 2
śotha 2
Behaviour, strīdharma 2
Purāṇa 2
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 2
dama 2
pāṇḍuroga 2
friendship 2
calmness of mind 2
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 1
Prajāpati creates the world 1
inundation 1
agnihotra 1
Kalki(n) 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
life, jīva 1
Agni in the water 1
Tripura 1
against bad dreams 1
for long life, longevity 1
snāna, bathing 1
Nature poetry 1
for protection and luck 1
Ṛbhus 1
Viśve devāḥ 1
against bad omina and presigns 1
brahman priest 1
Andhaka 1
vrātya 1
third pressing 1
Grammar 1
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 1
mantra 1
agnicayana 1
godāna 1
Military science 1
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman 1
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord 1
divine waters, āpaḥ 1
deluge, Manu 1
Brideship and marriage 1
brahmagavī 1
kṣatra and brahman 1
brahmacarya 1
sāvitrī 1
agnihotrī 1
Yogācāra 1
Travel 1
priest, ṛtvij 1
chandoma 1
sacrifice and time 1
Aditi 1
pūjā 1
Dynasties 1
all-unity 1
visarpa 1
Gaṅgā, Ganges 1
differences between women and men 1
Viśvāmitra 1
female ascetics 1
Skanda 1
India 1
vātavyādhi 1
Noun derivation 1
hunting 1
theft, stealing 1
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 1
Minister 1
Peace and war 1
mahant 1
lobha, greed 1
bad behaviour 1
marman 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
Tāraka 1
trivarga, caturvarga 1
Marutta 1
Property of Brahmins 1
Bhṛgu 1
Cosmography 1
human meat, cannibalism 1
Soma 1
Pūtanā 1
Kaṃsa 1
japa 1
Manu, manvantara 1
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 1
Maruts 1
Tilottamā 1
Sunda and Upasunda 1
Vasiṣṭha 1
treasure, kośa, treasury 1
Vāmadeva 1
servants 1
Māṇḍavya 1
Prophesy 1
Palmistry 1
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 1
Nala and Damayantī 1
Pulomā/an 1
svadharma 1
sāman 1
Śrīvidyā 1
āpaddharma 1
Concept Notes Count sense organ an organ that responds to stimulation 202 Indriya (Sāṃkhya:) the 10 senses collectively 52 sense the faculty through which the external world is apprehended 32 power possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her" 6 semen the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract 3 manfulness the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male 2 penis the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) 2 indriya [word] the word indriya 2 mind that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" 2 force physical energy or intensity: "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" 1
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