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Temporal probability mass distribution
difficulty (personified as the son of Naraka and Vedanā) (MW)
pain (MW)
sorrow (MW)
trouble (MW)
uneasiness (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Mahāyāna
206
jātaka, avadāna
90
Liberation, mokṣa, release
83
Buddha's life
83
Buddhism
82
Yoga
72
dharma
68
Pashupata Shaivism
68
war
63
narrative literature
47
Alchemy
36
fable
35
karman doctrine
34
Bhakti
34
King, rājanīti
33
Mahābhārata
28
unsteadiness of life
27
Nyāya
26
Medicine
24
Shivaism, Śiva
23
Asceticism, tapas
21
Kashmirian Shivaism
19
Peace and war
18
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge
18
saṃsāra
18
Dharmaśāstra
17
Sāṃkhya
16
calmness of mind
16
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
13
Meditation
12
truth, satya, ṛta
11
bad behaviour
10
Giving, dāna
10
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites
10
poverty, renunciation
9
triguṇa
8
svarga, heaven
8
upāyakauśalya
8
Politics
8
āśrama
7
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
7
varṇas, castes
7
(Im-)purity
7
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
7
good behaviour
7
Moral literature
7
Law
7
Astronomy
6
theft, stealing
6
Māndhātṛ
6
ātman
6
subhāṣita
6
nāḍīvijñāna
5
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
5
Cosmology
5
Vaiśeṣika
5
Brahmin
5
Kṣatriya
5
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
5
dāna, giving
5
daughter
5
Genealogies
5
Technique of Yoga
5
gṛhastha, householder
5
cow
5
pathogenesis, origin of a disease
5
yuga theory
5
non-attachment
5
Ordeal
4
Logic
4
Witness
4
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā
4
Military science
4
Behaviour, politeness
4
kṣatradharma
4
Underworld, hell, naraka
4
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
4
Debts and interest
4
Astrology
4
Indra
4
Creation of the world
4
ghost, monster, demon
4
Yogācāra
4
(Non-)vegetarism, meat
4
Bharata
3
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
3
Kṛṣṇa
3
Tīrthas
3
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha
3
Palmistry
3
Lexicography
3
Women
3
vānaprastha
3
Marutta
3
Senses and world
3
brahman
3
Religion and Philosophy
3
dīkṣā
3
Cosmogony (gen.)
3
Kāmaśāstra
3
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya
3
senses, indriya
3
Nature poetry
3
daiva vs. puruṣakāra
3
manas
2
Pārvatī
2
life, jīva
2
Structure of the world
2
Skanda
2
vyavahāra
2
female ascetics
2
differences between women and men
2
Gaṅgā, Ganges
2
gold
2
Prajāpati's children
2
Dhruva aka. Polar Star
2
Pṛthu and the Earth
2
Vasiṣṭha
2
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
2
Birth, childhood, and youth
2
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs
2
court live
2
worship of relics, stūpas
2
religious speculation, mystic
2
Nosology
2
saṃpradāna
2
Behaviour, strīdharma
2
Rāmāyaṇa
2
arśas
2
Purāṇa
2
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya
2
Time
2
army
2
prāyaścitta
2
Love
2
sahasranāman
2
avatāras
2
worship
2
daṇḍa, punishment
2
āśā, hope
2
penance, prāyaścitta
2
āpaddharma
2
Sunda and Upasunda
1
Cosmography
1
eating, food, anna
1
Aṣṭāvakra
1
śrāddha
1
snāna, bathing
1
Poetology
1
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka
1
Criminal law
1
Bṛhaspati
1
Urvaśī and Purūravas
1
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga
1
birth, pregnancy
1
Rudra
1
Surabhī, the wishing cow
1
Brahmā
1
Tripura
1
rebirth, transmigration
1
for children, offspring, progeny
1
murder
1
suicide
1
criminal investigation
1
upanayana, initiation
1
Andhaka
1
Prostitution
1
Geography
1
Māṇḍavya
1
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman
1
conflicting worldviews
1
kālacakra
1
vidradhi
1
Minister
1
burnt by Śiva
1
Burning of Kāma
1
Economy
1
gulma
1
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna
1
Cosmogony
1
mankind
1
rasāyana
1
saṃnyāsa
1
trivarga, caturvarga
1
hathayoga
1
all-unity
1
Bali and Indra
1
Zoology
1
Pulomā/an
1
State finances
1
omina, presigns, nimittas
1
Prophesy
1
piṇḍa
1
Nahuṣa
1
Budha, Mercury
1
hunting
1
children
1
cough, kāsa
1
madātyaya
1
atisāra, flux, diarrhea
1
grahaṇīdoṣa
1
Noun derivation
1
Brideship and marriage
1
Concept Notes Count
sorrow an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss" 178
trouble a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "in trouble with the police"; "he wanted to cure the ills of all mankind"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" 51
suffering feelings of mental or physical pain 15
pain a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain" 11
difficulty a situation or condition almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome: "grappling with financial difficulties" 9
disease an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning 2
ache a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain 1
difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" 1
pain emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness" 1
duḥkha [word] the word duḥkha 1
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