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Lemma: vajra (mn)
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a diamond (thought to be as hard as the thunderbolt or of the same substance with it) (MW)
a kind of penance (feeding for a month on only barley prepared with cow's urine) (MW)
a kind of vaṣatkāra (OH meanings)
a thunderbolt (esp. that of Indra) (MW)
sour gruel (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Alchemy 453
Indra 157
war 108
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 76
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 55
Medicine 33
kāmyeṣṭi 33
Soma sacrifice 33
rājasūya 32
botany, plants 30
Vṛtra and Indra 29
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 28
Vṛtra 27
sacrificial post, yūpa 25
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 22
dīkṣā 21
Mahābhārata 19
raising the yūpa 19
aśvamedha, hayamedha 18
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 16
cātvāla 16
svaru 16
Buddha's life 15
jātaka, avadāna 15
ṣoḍaśin 14
Marutta 14
against enemies, armies, weapons 14
Sacrifice, yajña 13
sacrificial fire 12
twelve-day Soma rite 12
Kṛṣṇa 12
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 12
sāman 11
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 11
Vedic metres in sacrifice 10
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu 10
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra 9
hiṅ, hiṃkāra 9
Bhakti 9
prāṇa etc. 9
has the hide of man 8
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 8
vrata 8
Agni 8
vājapeya 8
spoons 8
samiṣṭayajus 8
Vedic hymns, śastras 7
worship 7
Mahāyāna 7
Soma 7
Tripura 7
ukthya 6
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 6
Maruts 6
bricks 6
Buddhism 6
Lexicography 6
altar, vedi 5
cow 5
Yoga 5
paridhi enclosings 5
āpyāyana 5
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut 5
Urvaśī and Purūravas 5
pūjā 5
Āpri hymn 4
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech 4
varṇas, castes 4
Tīrthas 4
agnihotra 4
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 4
fighting 4
Bhava 4
Śarva 4
pravargya 4
for battle fury 4
Politics 4
Viśve devāḥ 4
Durgā 4
viṣṭuti 4
upākaraṇa 4
fever, jvara, takman 4
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana 4
paryagnikaraṇa 4
Shivaism, Śiva 4
poison, antidotes 4
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 4
penance, prāyaścitta 4
gāyatrī 3
army 3
Materia medica 3
prayāja 3
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina 3
pṛṣṭha 3
dharma 3
Travel 3
Genealogies 3
King, rājanīti 3
prāyaścitta 3
Prajāpati creates the world 3
sākamedha 3
Rudra 3
fable 3
brahmagavī 3
Burning of Kāma 3
burnt by Śiva 3
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 3
vaśā 3
upasad 3
abhiṣeka 2
felling the tree for the yūpa 2
healing rituals, against diseases 2
udgātṛ 2
stomabhāga 2
against sorcery 2
upanayana, initiation 2
ārbhava pavamāna 2
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud 2
udgītha 2
narrative literature 2
takman 2
prātaranuvāka 2
mantra 2
uktha 2
against death, Nirṛti 2
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) 2
Rāmāyaṇa 2
River deities 2
treasure, kośa, treasury 2
Women 2
Palmistry 2
Prophesy 2
Giving, dāna 2
Liberation, mokṣa, release 2
Architecture 2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 2
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 2
Viśvāmitra 2
travelling, making a journey 2
Stories 2
Aphrodisiacs 2
tulāpuruṣa 2
Śrīvidyā 2
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 2
sorcery 2
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 2
Aśvins 2
Varuṇa 2
Kaṃsa 2
Zoology 2
water, rain 2
Kirātārjunīya 2
saṃskāras 1
Rāma(candra) 1
Kashmirian Shivaism 1
samāvartana 1
avadāna 1
punarādheya 1
diseases 1
Tantrism 1
Harivaṃśa 1
consent of the animal 1
Moral literature 1
third pressing 1
poverty, renunciation 1
avatāras 1
binding the animal to the yūpa 1
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa 1
Grammar 1
Customs and taxes 1
Trade 1
correct behaviour 1
Agriculture 1
Landed property 1
Cattle as property 1
paśupuroḍāśa 1
Astrology 1
sexuality 1
Underworld, hell, naraka 1
Paraśurāma 1
Tvaṣṭṛ 1
Economy 1
Indra's capital 1
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune 1
chariot 1
amulets 1
fracture, broken bone 1
Military science 1
against serpents, snakebites 1
Māṇḍavya 1
worship of relics, stūpas 1
gold 1
against bad omina and presigns 1
for long life, longevity, old age 1
Śvetadvīpa 1
Birth, childhood, and youth 1
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity 1
āsrāva 1
ghost, monster, demon 1
omina, presigns, nimittas 1
birds as omen 1
riddle hymns 1
Tāraka 1
truth, satya, ṛta 1
good behaviour 1
rasāyana 1
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 1
Dharmaśāstra 1
playing dice 1
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 1
marriage, wedding 1
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire 1
purification of gold 1
against fever 1
seasons 1
hathayoga 1
Law 1
dhanurveda 1
hunting 1
Skanda 1
Kāmaśāstra 1
Concept Notes Count vajra a mineral; "diamond" 461 Vajra Indras's thunderbolt 137 vajra a kind of talc 41 vajra a kind of metal/iron 13 lightning the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more 4 vajramūṣā a kind of crucible 3 abhra a mineral; "talc" 3 diamond very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem 2 vajrakapāṭa [alchemy] a kind of alchemical preparation 1 vajra [medic.] name of an antidote 1 vaikrānta a kind of gem resembling a diamond 1 vajra [word] the word vajra 1
Collocations
a kind of talc (MW)