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Lemma: medhya (adj)
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= medhām arhati (MW)
clean (MW)
fit for a sacrifice or oblation (MW)
free from blemish (as a victim) (MW)
fresh (MW)
full of sap (MW)
intelligent (MW)
mighty (MW)
not defiling (by contact or by being eaten) (MW)
pure (MW)
strong (MW)
vigorous (MW)
wise (MW)
Topic
Frequency
botany, plants 28
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 26
aśvamedha, hayamedha 24
(Im-)purity 22
Materia medica 15
agnihotra 13
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 12
dīkṣā 12
Soma sacrifice 12
mahābhiṣeka 11
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 11
prāyaścitta 11
Medicine 11
penance, prāyaścitta 11
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa 10
Alchemy 9
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 8
binding the animal to the yūpa 8
Sacrifice, yajña 8
Lexicography 8
pravargya 7
King, rājanīti 7
has the hide of man 7
varṇas, castes 7
anointing the animal, añjana 7
rasāyana 6
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 6
vānaprastha 5
Śunaḥśepa 5
Dharmaśāstra 5
Tīrthas 5
Women 4
pavitra, purifier 4
kāmyeṣṭi 4
gṛhastha, householder 4
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 4
Giving, dāna 4
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 4
saṃskāras 4
upākaraṇa 4
dāna, giving 4
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 4
marriage, wedding 4
Aphrodisiacs 3
Asceticism, tapas 3
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu 3
sacrificial post, yūpa 3
Kāmaśāstra 3
anvārambhana 3
raurava 3
agnicayana 3
altar, vedi 3
eating, food, anna 3
Zoology 3
vājapeya 3
Shivaism, Śiva 3
cātvāla 3
raising the yūpa 3
svaru 3
saṃnyāsa 3
midday pavamāna 3
paridhi enclosings 3
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina 3
rājasūya 3
vaśā 2
spoons 2
āpyāyana 2
varuṇapraghāsa 2
haviryajña 2
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 2
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut 2
sacrificial horse 2
nirūḍhapaśubandha 2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 2
dharma 2
Buddha's life 2
Agni 2
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 2
vrata 2
Creation of the world 2
war 2
Brideship and marriage 2
jyotiṣṭoma 1
sexuality 1
placing the somakalaśa 1
āśrama 1
Behaviour, politeness 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
(handing over the) daṇḍa 1
Brahmin 1
śrāddha 1
Agriculture 1
brahman priest 1
fable 1
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud 1
āpaddharma 1
Marutta 1
Sāṃkhya 1
Birth, childhood, and youth 1
Prajāpati 1
ghost, monster, demon 1
Yoga 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman 1
for success, authority 1
Behaviour, strīdharma 1
agniṣṭoma 1
Prajāpati creates the world 1
āhavanīya 1
Concept Notes Count clean (religion) ritually clean or pure 15 sacrificial used in or connected with a sacrifice; "sacrificial lamb" 4 clean free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals" 1
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