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Temporal probability mass distribution
an unreal or illusory image (MW)
art (MW)
deception (MW)
duplicity (MW)
extraordinary or supernatural power (only in the earlier language) (MW)
fraud (MW)
illusion (MW)
name of 2 Sāmans (MW)
phantom (MW)
sorcery (MW)
trick (MW)
unreality (MW)
wisdom (MW)
witchcraft magic (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war
120
Kashmirian Shivaism
105
Mahāyāna
76
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
43
Mahābhārata
42
Indra
38
Buddhism
34
Shivaism, Śiva
25
Alchemy
24
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
23
Buddha's life
23
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
17
Bhakti
16
good behaviour
15
mantra
15
Creation of the world
14
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu
14
rebirth, transmigration
14
Sāṃkhya
13
jātaka, avadāna
13
linguistic speculation
12
Agni
11
King, rājanīti
11
Tīrthas
11
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī
11
Dāruvana
11
Cosmogony
10
Kaṃsa
10
avatāras
9
Genealogies
9
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
9
Kṛṣṇa
9
Varuṇa
9
Women
8
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras
8
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun
8
Birth, childhood, and youth
7
Dharmaśāstra
7
Pradyumna
6
sahasranāman
6
Soma sacrifice
6
Vedic metres, prosody
6
Pashupata Shaivism
6
dharma
6
worship
5
Churning of the Milk Ocean
5
Soma
5
pralaya, destruction of the world
5
Mitra
5
Viśve devāḥ
5
Tripura
5
agnicayana
4
Aśvins
4
inundation
4
aśvamedha, hayamedha
4
fighting
4
Pṛthu and the Earth
4
Cosmogony (gen.)
4
narrative literature
4
Rāmāyaṇa
4
ghost, monster, demon
3
Śrīvidyā
3
Himālaya
3
Vṛtra
3
Vṛtra and Indra
3
ātman
3
Religion and Philosophy
3
varṇas, castes
3
Liberation, mokṣa, release
3
gambling
3
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
3
pravargya
3
Public disasters, catastrophies
3
dīkṣā
3
riddle hymns
3
yuga theory
3
Sacrifice, yajña
3
Underworld, hell, naraka
3
weapons, arms
3
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī
2
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity
2
Poetology
2
against sorcery
2
Kṣatriya
2
Cosmology
2
Skanda
2
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya
2
Sunda and Upasunda
2
Ādityas
2
prāyaścitta
2
Prajāpati's children
2
Dhruva aka. Polar Star
2
Politics
2
Maruts
2
karman doctrine
2
uktha
2
triguṇa
2
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha
2
penance, prāyaścitta
2
religious speculation, mystic
2
Grammar
2
Yoga
2
for long life, longevity, old age
2
truth, satya, ṛta
2
Moral literature
2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge
2
Medicine
2
marriage, wedding
2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits
2
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana
1
Tvaṣṭṛ
1
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ)
1
Raji
1
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech
1
āhavanīya
1
Saṃjñā and Vivasvant
1
against quarrel at home, in the family
1
Atharvaveda
1
for protection, safety, and luck
1
niṣkevalya śastra
1
deities of the moon, nights
1
Candra, Candramas, moon
1
Vedic hymns, śastras
1
ekāha
1
for success, authority
1
for luck in gambling
1
Ṛbhus
1
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth
1
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
1
for potency
1
brahman
1
kṛcchra
1
Uṣas
1
Urvaśī and Purūravas
1
Astronomy
1
Bṛhaspati
1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
1
Geography
1
Logic
1
pūjā
1
Behaviour, politeness
1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya
1
snāna, bathing
1
Customs and taxes
1
Love
1
Harivaṃśa
1
Matsyāvatāra
1
Paraśurāma
1
Andhaka
1
Brideship and marriage
1
Nyāya
1
Time
1
Family
1
Law
1
dhanurveda
1
hathayoga
1
Lexicography
1
subhāṣita
1
army
1
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa
1
Śrī, Lakṣmī
1
Pūṣan
1
Śvetadvīpa
1
dvīpa
1
Manu, manvantara
1
svarga, heaven
1
Kirātārjunīya
1
Varāha
1
long live, āyus
1
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara
1
Noun derivation
1
fable
1
hunting
1
all-unity
1
non-attachment
1
bad behaviour
1
Pārvatī
1
Tāraka
1
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman
1
State finances
1
āpaddharma
1
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana
1
Concept Notes Count
magic trick an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers 38
Māyā the illusionary force that creates the image of the outer world 22
deception the act of deceiving 9
illusion deception by creating illusory ideas 5
disguise an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" 2
māyā [word] the word māyā 1
trick a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" 1
Collocations