Lemma: mahiṣa (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a buffalo (considered as the emblem of Yama and of a Jaina saint) (MW)
- a great priest (MW)
- name of a Sādhya (MW)
- name of a mountain in Śālmaladvīpa (MW)
- name of a people (MW)
- name of a sage (MW)
- name of an Asura (slain by Durgā or Skanda) (MW)
- the son of a Kṣatriya and a Tīvarī (MW)
- the sun (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| Indra |
19 |
| Soma |
15 |
| Skanda |
15 |
| kills Mahiṣa |
13 |
| Alchemy |
12 |
| botany, plants |
9 |
| Agni |
8 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
7 |
| Zoology |
6 |
| Medicine |
6 |
| Aśvins |
4 |
| dvīpa |
4 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
3 |
| eating, food, anna |
3 |
| Materia medica |
3 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
3 |
| Mahābhārata |
3 |
| war |
3 |
| Economy |
2 |
| Durgā |
2 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
2 |
| worship |
2 |
| Himālaya |
2 |
| errors in sacrifice |
2 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
2 |
| Geography |
2 |
| Lexicography |
2 |
| narrative literature |
2 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
| Law |
2 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
2 |
| Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
| Politics |
1 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
1 |
| Mitra |
1 |
| Varuṇa |
1 |
| Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
| consecration |
1 |
| Agni Vaiśvānara |
1 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
| Vedic metres in sacrifice |
1 |
| Bhakti |
1 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
1 |
| dharma |
1 |
| agnihotra |
1 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
1 |
| ṣoḍaśin |
1 |
| Astrology |
1 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
| domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
1 |
| ukhya |
1 |
| agnicayana |
1 |
| punarādheya |
1 |
| vājapeya |
1 |
| mahāvrata |
1 |
| āhavanīya |
1 |
| Maruts |
1 |
| fighting |
1 |
| gold |
1 |
| Witness |
1 |
| Tripura |
1 |
| Mahāyāna |
1 |
| Customs and taxes |
1 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
| Cosmography |
1 |
| Agriculture |
1 |
| Administration |
1 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
| pūjā |
1 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
| Ordeal |
1 |
| Giving, dāna |
1 |
| Genealogies |
1 |
| Debts and interest |
1 |
| Prophesy |
1 |
| Palmistry |
1 |
| āpaddharma |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| rasāyana |
1 |
| Tāraka |
1 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
| India |
1 |
| āśrama |
1 |
| Buddhism |
1 |
| kṛcchra |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| Old World buffalo | any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo | 36 |
| Mahiṣa | name of an Asura | 2 |
| Mahiṣa | a kind of fish | 1 |
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