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Lemma: dīkṣā (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
any serious preparation (as for battle) (MW)
complete resignation or restriction to (MW)
dedication (MW)
exclusive occupation with (MW)
initiation (personified as the wife of Soma) (MW)
preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony (MW)
self-devotion to a person or god (MW)
undertaking religious observances for a particular purpose and the observances themselves (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Kashmirian Shivaism
97
dīkṣā
88
Bhakti
41
Soma sacrifice
32
Alchemy
27
aśvamedha, hayamedha
25
rājasūya
16
agniṣṭoma
15
agnicayana
15
gavām ayana, gavāmayana
13
ahīna
13
Sacrifice, yajña
13
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha
11
Pashupata Shaivism
11
Kṣatriya
10
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya
10
Asceticism, tapas
9
vājapeya
8
Shivaism, Śiva
8
rebirth, transmigration
7
mantra
7
ṣaḍaha
7
pravargya
6
marriage, wedding
6
ekāha
6
seasons
6
Pārvatī
5
karman doctrine
4
Vedic metres in sacrifice
4
Śrīvidyā
3
study, śiṣya, adhyāya
3
Sagara, Sāgara
3
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
3
cow
3
dāna, giving
3
ṣoḍaśin
3
Genealogies
3
bricks
3
vrata
3
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha
3
has the hide of man
3
against rivals
2
agnihotra
2
linguistic speculation
2
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya
2
alcohol
2
avāntaradīkṣā
2
bṛhaspatisava
2
Kṛṣṇa
2
botany, plants
2
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
2
war
2
varṇas, castes
2
Liberation, mokṣa, release
2
Buddha's life
2
vānaprastha
2
worship
2
King, rājanīti
2
Shivaite Tantrism
2
Dharmaśāstra
2
narrative literature
2
Mahābhārata
2
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana
1
for political power
1
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha
1
altar, vedi
1
upanayana, initiation
1
saṃnyāsa
1
vrātya
1
riddle hymns
1
mahāvrata
1
agnīdh(ra)
1
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice
1
yajus verses
1
mekhalābandhana
1
aptoryāman
1
kūśmāṇḍahoma
1
kṛcchra
1
agnyupasthāna
1
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar
1
cāndrāyaṇa
1
Lexicography
1
odanasava
1
Vena
1
Medicine
1
sthapatisava
1
sūtasava
1
sava
1
āśrama
1
brahmagavī
1
against sorcery
1
fable
1
prāṇa etc.
1
penance, prāyaścitta
1
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī
1
Brahmin
1
Pṛthu and the Earth
1
Zoology
1
Moral literature
1
sāman
1
Sunda and Upasunda
1
Māndhātṛ
1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
1
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī
1
Nature poetry
1
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana
1
priest, ṛtvij
1
Giving, dāna
1
Cosmogony (gen.)
1
ācamana
1
sattra
1
prāyaścitta
1
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice
1
Brideship and marriage
1
sexuality
1
snāna, bathing
1
Vedic metres, prosody
1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya
1
puruṣa, primeval man
1
amulets
1
eating, food, anna
1
gosava
1
Concept Notes Count
Dīkṣā preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony; esp. consecration of the Yajamāna 24
commitment the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" 1
Collocations