Lemma: saṃskāra (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- (with Buddhists) a mental conformation or creation of the mind (such as that of the external world) (MW)
- a polishing stone (MW)
- a sacred or sanctifying ceremony (MW)
- accomplishment (MW)
- any purificatory ceremony (MW)
- attire (MW)
- cleansing (MW)
- cleansing the body (MW)
- consecration (MW)
- correct formation or use of a word (MW)
- correction (also in an astronomical sense) (MW)
- correctness (MW)
- dressing (of food) (MW)
- education (MW)
- embellishment adornment (MW)
- forming the mind (MW)
- forming well (MW)
- hallowing (MW)
- impression on the mind of acts done in a former state of existence (one of the 24 qualities of the Vaiśeshikas) (MW)
- making perfect (MW)
- making ready (MW)
- making sacred (MW)
- mental impression or recollection (MW)
- polishing (of gems) (MW)
- preparation (MW)
- purification (MW)
- purity (esp. of pronunciation or expression) (MW)
- putting together (MW)
- rearing (of animals or plants) (MW)
- refining (of metals) (MW)
- the ceremony performed on a dead body (MW)
- the faculty of memory (MW)
- toilet (MW)
- training (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| Alchemy |
125 |
| Mahāyāna |
95 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
33 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
26 |
| Yoga |
25 |
| Medicine |
15 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
12 |
| Brahmin |
10 |
| narrative literature |
10 |
| dharma |
9 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
9 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
9 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
9 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
8 |
| (Im-)purity |
8 |
| Brideship and marriage |
7 |
| prāyaścitta |
7 |
| upanayana, initiation |
7 |
| varṇas, castes |
7 |
| Zoology |
6 |
| āśrama |
6 |
| botany, plants |
6 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
5 |
| Nyāya |
5 |
| Women |
5 |
| marriage, wedding |
5 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
5 |
| Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
5 |
| eating, food, anna |
4 |
| Lexicography |
4 |
| Family |
4 |
| Sāṃkhya |
4 |
| Rituals |
4 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
4 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
| Buddhism |
4 |
| dīkṣā |
4 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
4 |
| upāyakauśalya |
4 |
| children |
4 |
| Bhakti |
3 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
3 |
| Vaiśeṣika |
3 |
| Law |
3 |
| pākayajña |
3 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
3 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
| Family law |
3 |
| King, rājanīti |
3 |
| Buddha's life |
3 |
| worship |
2 |
| śrāddha |
2 |
| Kṣatriya |
2 |
| hunting |
2 |
| paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
| Bharata |
2 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
2 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| Poetology |
2 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
| saṃnyāsa |
2 |
| Politics |
2 |
| brahmacarya |
2 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
2 |
| vānaprastha |
2 |
| Cosmogony |
2 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
2 |
| triguṇa |
2 |
| war |
2 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
| Brahmā |
1 |
| mantrasnāna |
1 |
| vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
1 |
| Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
| water, rain |
1 |
| advaita philosophy |
1 |
| śruti, Veda |
1 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
| for a good birth |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| spoons |
1 |
| purification of gold |
1 |
| karman doctrine |
1 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
1 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| unsteadiness of life |
1 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
| general or default rules for the sacrifice |
1 |
| preparing sacrificial requisites |
1 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
| paristaraṇa |
1 |
| son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
| Military science |
1 |
| Property of Brahmins |
1 |
| Time |
1 |
| snāna, bathing |
1 |
| Technique of Yoga |
1 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
| Mahābhārata |
1 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
| Pregnancy |
1 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
| Dāruvana |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| Nosology |
1 |
| saṃskāras |
1 |
| pātaka |
1 |
| Logic |
1 |
| Geography |
1 |
| gold |
1 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
| subhāṣita |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
| Criminal law |
1 |
| Cities |
1 |
| good behaviour |
1 |
| Meditation |
1 |
| Pārvatī |
1 |
| prāṇa etc. |
1 |
| bad behaviour |
1 |
| kālacakra |
1 |
| non-attachment |
1 |
| Trade |
1 |
| nāndīmukha |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| saṃskāra | one of the 18 methods of (bra bra ...) mercury | 109 |
| preparation | the activity of preparing | 7 |
| saṃskāra | the impressions of formerly done works | 2 |
| Saṃskāra | (Hinduism:) a rite de passage | 2 |
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