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Lemma: vara (adj)
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best (MW)
better (MW)
better than (MW)
choicest (MW)
eldest (MW)
most excellent or eminent among (MW)
precious (MW)
preferable (MW)
princely (MW)
royal (MW)
valuable (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war 358
Buddha's life 78
Tīrthas 74
Alchemy 73
jātaka, avadāna 61
Mahābhārata 59
narrative literature 54
Mahāyāna 34
Genealogies 28
dharma 26
King, rājanīti 25
Bhakti 25
Medicine 24
botany, plants 21
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 19
varṇas, castes 18
Shivaism, Śiva 17
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 15
Skanda 15
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 15
Behaviour, strīdharma 10
marriage, wedding 10
fable 10
against enemies, armies, weapons 10
Kṛṣṇa 10
Materia medica 9
Tripura 9
Zoology 9
Sāṃkhya 9
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 8
karman doctrine 8
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 8
upāyakauśalya 8
Cosmogony (gen.) 8
Brahmin 7
rebirth, transmigration 7
Brideship and marriage 7
omina, presigns, nimittas 7
Liberation, mokṣa, release 7
dāna, giving 7
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 7
Giving, dāna 7
against bad omina and presigns 7
Politics 7
Cosmogony 7
Buddhism 7
Dharmaśāstra 6
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 6
Kāmaśāstra 6
Creation of the world 6
Paraśurāma 6
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 6
subhāṣita 5
army 5
Geography 5
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 5
Indra 5
Sacrifice, yajña 5
Viśvāmitra 5
cow 5
Women 5
Kirātārjunīya 5
good behaviour 4
Marutta 4
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 4
Pārvatī 4
saṃsāra 4
weapons, arms 4
āśā, hope 4
Debt 4
penance, prāyaścitta 4
Asceticism, tapas 4
saṃskāras 4
ghost, monster, demon 4
Law 4
Urvaśī and Purūravas 4
Lexicography 4
Moral literature 4
Witness 4
Rāmāyaṇa 4
dhanurveda 4
Devala and Asita 4
ṣaḍaha 4
gold 4
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 4
Religion and Philosophy 4
Himālaya 4
Pulomā/an 3
Brahmā 3
India 3
Nala and Damayantī 3
Balarāma 3
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 3
female ascetics 3
Bhṛgu 3
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 3
Agni 3
svadharma 3
Vasiṣṭha 3
Pṛthu and the Earth 3
daṇḍa, punishment 3
pralaya, destruction of the world 3
sahasranāman 3
yuga theory 3
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 3
Kashmirian Shivaism 3
Underworld, hell, naraka 3
eating, food, anna 3
prāyaścitta 2
mantra 2
Kalki(n) 2
Bharata 2
Churning of the Milk Ocean 2
Purāṇa 2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 2
Cosmology 2
Yoga 2
Maruts 2
Poetology 2
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 2
Tilottamā 2
kills Mahiṣa 2
Tāraka 2
Apsaras 2
śrāddha 2
Kurukṣetra 2
Travel 2
Sunda and Upasunda 2
Birth, childhood, and youth 2
Inheritance, heritage, heirs 2
blood rain 2
Cosmography 2
Stories 2
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
Kaṃsa 2
Dāruvana 2
Prajāpati's children 2
Nahuṣa 2
abhiṣeka 2
Gandharva 2
gṛhastha, householder 1
Soma sacrifice 1
Military science 1
sorcery 1
Dynasties 1
mankind 1
dvīpa 1
Māndhātṛ 1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa 1
Soma 1
nāḍīvijñāna 1
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 1
Śvetadvīpa 1
Śiśupāla 1
gambling 1
hathayoga 1
for political power 1
somapariṇayana 1
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing 1
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu 1
felling the tree for the yūpa 1
Astrology 1
gṛhya rituals 1
meteor, ulkā 1
against quarrel at home, in the family 1
āhavanīya 1
ukhya 1
against sorcery 1
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 1
rājasūya 1
punishment for crime 1
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) 1
Prajāpati creates the world 1
agniṣṭoma 1
for long life, longevity, old age 1
Shivaite Tantrism 1
Dadhikrā(van) 1
Manu, manvantara 1
treasure, kośa, treasury 1
water, rain 1
trivarga, caturvarga 1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 1
marman 1
travelling, making a journey 1
sexuality 1
senses, indriya 1
Psychology 1
life, jīva 1
rasāyana 1
friendship 1
Nature poetry 1
Love 1
dama 1
Economy 1
Agriculture 1
Cities 1
dīkṣā 1
raktapitta 1
Kṣatriya 1
worship 1
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 1
Palmistry 1
hunting 1
fighting 1
Śeṣa 1
Indra's capital 1
āśrama 1
Criminal law 1
vyavahāra 1
Family 1
Vātāpi and Ilvala 1
Agastya 1
Rituals 1
human meat, cannibalism 1
Durgā 1
servants 1
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 1
avatāras 1
Time 1
brahmacarya 1
Karṇa (from MBh) 1
linguistic speculation 1
Pracetas 1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 1
Nandin 1
children 1
Gaṅgā, Ganges 1
differences between women and men 1
kṛcchra 1
Concept Notes Count best (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit" 340 excellent of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind" 48 better (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; 9 choice of superior grade; "choice wines"; "fine wines" "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" 4 optimum most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug" 3 maximal the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure" 1
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variṣṭha 0.798802
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