Lemma: daiva (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a deity (MW)
- a religious offering or rite (MW)
- chance (MW)
- destiny (MW)
- divine power or will (MW)
- fate (MW)
- ordeal (Olivelle (1999))
Topic |
Frequency |
narrative literature |
45 |
war |
42 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
31 |
karman doctrine |
25 |
dharma |
25 |
King, rājanīti |
19 |
Law |
17 |
Politics |
16 |
Mahābhārata |
14 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
14 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
11 |
Dharmaśāstra |
10 |
marriage, wedding |
9 |
Military science |
8 |
Brideship and marriage |
6 |
śrāddha |
6 |
Witness |
5 |
ātman |
5 |
Debts and interest |
5 |
saṃskāras |
5 |
varṇas, castes |
5 |
eating, food, anna |
5 |
fable |
5 |
Nosology |
4 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
Women |
4 |
jātaka, avadāna |
4 |
Kaṃsa |
4 |
Ordeal |
4 |
subhāṣita |
4 |
Buddha's life |
4 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
3 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
3 |
piṇḍa |
3 |
poverty, renunciation |
3 |
Mahāyāna |
3 |
Himālaya |
3 |
botany, plants |
3 |
female ascetics |
3 |
differences between women and men |
3 |
Medicine |
3 |
Alchemy |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
Sāṃkhya |
3 |
ghost, monster, demon |
3 |
Criminal law |
3 |
Materia medica |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
dīkṣā |
3 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa |
2 |
Brahmā |
2 |
Peace and war |
2 |
upanayana, initiation |
2 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
Giving, dāna |
2 |
āpaddharma |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
māsiśrāddha |
2 |
Bhakti |
2 |
Business law |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
cow |
1 |
Nahuṣa |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
Brahmin |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
Tīrthas |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
Yoga |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
mahāvrata |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
army |
1 |
Poetology |
1 |
Deposit |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
Debt |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
manas |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
kṣatradharma |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
Destiny | the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny" | 36 |
yajña | any of the classical Indian sacrificial ceremonies | 3 |
deity | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | 2 |
nature | a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" | 1 |
destiny | an event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future | 1 |
fingertip | the end (tip) of a finger | 1 |
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