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Lemma: daiva (adj)
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depending on fate (MW)
divine (MW)
royal (MW)
sacred to the gods (MW)
Topic
Frequency
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 20
marriage, wedding 17
Brideship and marriage 16
dharma 12
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 12
priest, ṛtvij 12
Dharmaśāstra 11
Soma sacrifice 9
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 9
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 9
ātman 7
war 7
prāṇa etc. 7
sacrificial post, yūpa 7
King, rājanīti 7
upākaraṇa 6
Law 6
Women 6
binding the animal to the yūpa 6
pravara, choosing the priest 5
agniṣṭoma 5
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa 5
bad behaviour 5
Sacrifice, yajña 5
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 4
Śunaḥśepa 4
Viśve devāḥ 4
Indra 4
dīkṣā 4
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa 4
cāturmāsya 4
Vedic metres in sacrifice 4
Family 4
snāna, bathing 4
varṇas, castes 4
upanayana, initiation 4
raising the yūpa 3
āpyāyana 3
mahāvrata 3
army 3
Bhakti 3
for material success, riches, wealth 3
consent of the animal 3
udgātṛ 3
Lexicography 3
Yoga 3
anointing the animal, añjana 3
Buddha's life 3
śrāddha 3
saṃskāras 3
recitation during sacrifice 3
rājasūya 2
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana 2
Giving, dāna 2
aśvamedha, hayamedha 2
sacrificial fire 2
daiva vs. puruṣakāra 2
sākamedha 2
vājapeya 2
mantrasnāna 2
hiṅ, hiṃkāra 2
Kṣatriya 2
Alchemy 2
Kashmirian Shivaism 2
Kāmaśāstra 2
for long life, longevity, old age 2
karman doctrine 2
narrative literature 2
anvārambhana 2
Politics 2
for protection, safety, and luck 2
agnihotra 2
dāna, giving 2
rebirth, transmigration 2
Family law 2
sexuality 2
ṣoḍaśin 1
ṣaḍaha 1
vaśā 1
micro-macro cosmos speculation 1
Public disasters, catastrophies 1
brahman priest 1
twelve-day Soma rite 1
deluge, Manu 1
(handing over the) daṇḍa 1
vāstuśamana 1
parimara 1
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa 1
jyotiṣṭoma 1
cātvāla 1
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut 1
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana 1
paryagnikaraṇa 1
maitrāvaruṇa 1
svaru 1
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman 1
āgrahāyaṇī 1
against bad weather 1
medhājanana 1
agnicayana 1
jātakarman 1
avadāna 1
aṣṭakā 1
madhuparka 1
vaiśvadeva 1
puruṣa, primeval man 1
botany, plants 1
childhood rites 1
Pregnancy 1
penance, prāyaścitta 1
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 1
Brahmin 1
Agriculture 1
Cosmography 1
Travel 1
eating, food, anna 1
travelling, making a journey 1
Poetology 1
Cosmology 1
Mahābhārata 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
Materia medica 1
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 1
(Im-)purity 1
Time 1
Criminal law 1
dhanurveda 1
Sāṃkhya 1
gṛhastha, householder 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
mantra 1
Shivaism, Śiva 1
Liberation, mokṣa, release 1
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 1
for intelligence, wisdom 1
dakṣiṇā 1
against death, Nirṛti 1
for cattle, cows 1
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth 1
for a king 1
for love, love charms 1
against enemies, armies, weapons 1
healing rituals, against diseases 1
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 1
Āpri hymn 1
Ādityas 1
Aditi 1
Varuṇa 1
Soma 1
fever, jvara, takman 1
Śvetadvīpa 1
Zoology 1
vyavahāra 1
Agni 1
linguistic speculation 1
Viśvāmitra 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
Pārvatī 1
Marutta 1
good behaviour 1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 1
poverty, renunciation 1
Manu, manvantara 1
Concept Notes Count divine being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe 18 religious relating to or concerned with religion or spiritual things; especially dedicated to service in a religion; "a monk of a religious order"; "spiritual leaders"; "religious books"; "spiritual songs" 2
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āsura 0.703137
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