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Lemma: paśu (m)
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a domestic animal (as opp. to mṛga) (MW)
a goat (MW)
a mere animal in sacred things i.e. an uninitiated person (MW)
a subordinate deity and one of Śiva's followers (MW)
an animal sacrifice (MW)
cattle (MW)
flesh (MW)
kine (MW)
Topic
Frequency
animal sacrifice 147
agnihotra 88
Sacrifice, yajña 65
Soma sacrifice 60
kāmyeṣṭi 58
Dharmaśāstra 53
Pashupata Shaivism 52
Kashmirian Shivaism 49
chandoma 48
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 39
ṣaḍaha 38
sāman 36
Agni 33
war 31
Rudra 28
Vedic 25
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 25
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 25
vaśā 24
dharma 24
cow 22
Alchemy 22
prāyaścitta 21
Criminal law 21
penance, prāyaścitta 21
Vedic hymns, śastras 20
Vedic metres in sacrifice 20
Prajāpati creates the world 20
Bhakti 19
varṇas, castes 19
gṛhastha 19
dīkṣā 19
Marriage 19
Tīrthas 18
Creation of the world 18
(Im-)purity 18
King, rājanīti 17
narrative literature 17
Indra 17
Law 16
Manu, manvantara 15
deluge, Manu 14
vyavahāra 14
ṣoḍaśin 14
Medicine 14
Witness 13
botany, plants 13
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 12
Women 12
Soma 12
vrātya 12
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 12
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 12
punarādheya 11
eating, food, anna 11
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 10
Cosmogony (gen.) 10
sacrificial post, yūpa 10
saṃskāras 9
Behaviour, strīdharma 9
death rites, funeral rites 9
Debts and interest 9
Travelling 9
puruṣa, primeval man 9
Ordeal 8
sacrifice and time 8
dāna, giving 8
altar, bricks 8
Śunaḥśepa 8
Liberation, mokṣa, release 8
agnicayana 8
for material success, riches, wealth 7
Prajāpati 7
Aśvins 7
ātman 7
linguistic speculation 7
Trita and his brothers 7
micro-macro cosmos speculation 7
prāṇa etc. 7
human sacrifice 7
Shivaism, Śiva 7
Politics 7
karman doctrine 7
seasons 7
punishment for crime 7
Viśve devāḥ 6
for long life 6
āśrama 6
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 6
for protection and luck 6
dakṣiṇā 6
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 6
fable 6
rebirth, transmigration 6
vānaprastha 6
avadāna 5
Giving, dāna 5
Yama 5
Zoology 5
theft, stealing 5
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 5
Kṛṣṇa 5
Kaśyapa 5
Lexicography 5
good behaviour 5
Cosmology 5
Mahābhārata 5
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 5
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech 5
errors in sacrifice 5
niṣkevalya śastra 5
strophes used in sacrifice 5
Brideship and marriage 5
milk 5
Moral literature 5
recitation during sacrifice 4
amulets 4
caturviṃśa day 4
śūlagava 4
aṣṭakā 4
vapāhoma 4
against enemies, armies, weapons 4
Public disasters, catastrophies 4
anuyāja, after-offering 4
Āpri hymn 4
sāvitrī 4
rājasūya 4
punarabhiṣeka 4
dūrohaṇa 4
Varuṇa 4
Pūṣan 4
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti 4
Astronomy 4
sahasranāman 4
pātaka 4
robbery 4
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 4
Grammar 4
Cosmogony 4
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, knowledge 4
Yoga 4
subhāṣita 4
Candra, Candramas, moon 3
Rituals 3
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 3
Maruts 3
Time 3
Property 3
Birth, childhood, and youth 3
vaṣaṭ 3
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 3
vihāra, transposition 3
Mahāyāna 3
Kṣatriya 3
Pregnancy 3
Magic, sorcery 3
Genealogies 3
Bṛhaspati 3
vālakhilyā 3
son, advantage of having sons 3
arrow 3
pravargya 3
saṃsāra 3
aśvamedha, hayamedha 3
adhrigupraiṣa 3
Vṛtra 3
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 3
Vṛtra and Indra 3
Kāmaśāstra 3
Agriculture 3
for cattle, cows 3
Bhṛgu 3
for success, authority 3
puṃsavana 3
rudrabhāga 3
Sāṃkhya 3
sava 3
Process 3
deities of the moon 2
Debt 2
Sexuality 2
Professions 2
Poetology 2
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 2
brahmacarya 2
āstāva 2
saṃnyāsa 2
sākamedha 2
cāturmāsya 2
raurava 2
ājyabhāga 2
nāmakaraṇa 2
space, ākāśa 2
Inheritance 2
bahiṣpavamāna 2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 2
agnihotrī 2
Nyāya 2
priest, ṛtvij 2
yuga theory 2
avatāras 2
dvadaśāha 2
high position of Brahmins 2
omina, presigns, nimittas 2
Kāma 2
Viśvāmitra 2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 2
Mitra 2
śrāddha 2
long live, āyus 2
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 2
Pārvatī 2
Brahmin 2
Uṣas 2
Marutta 2
hunting 2
against witchcraft, sorcery 2
vrata 2
healing rituals, against diseases 2
water, rain 2
Vasiṣṭha 1
Psychology 1
udayanīyā 1
unsteadiness of life 1
brahmagavī 1
vighasa, eating the remainder of food 1
subrahmaṇyā 1
human meat, cannibalism 1
ācamana 1
Māṇḍavya 1
worms, krimi, ghuṇa 1
hathayoga 1
dhanurveda 1
Family 1
Buddhism 1
for a king 1
mahābhiṣeka 1
Devala and Asita 1
ukhā 1
Religion and Philosophy 1
Noun derivation 1
seven steps 1
pākayajña 1
India 1
cremation ground, śmaśāna 1
Himālaya 1
godāna 1
immortality, amṛta 1
caula 1
Śrī, Lakṣmī 1
Shivaite Tantrism 1
Property of Brahmins 1
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 1
mantra 1
Pitṛ worship 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
Bharata 1
dvīpa 1
śruti, Veda 1
Structure of the world 1
birth, pregnancy 1
nivid 1
Aditi 1
Tvaṣṭṛ 1
Ādityas 1
against bad weather 1
Landed property 1
against death, Nirṛti 1
Cattle as property 1
Tripura 1
study, śiṣya 1
aponaptrīya 1
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 1
Agni Vaiśvānara 1
brahman 1
Family law 1
against rivals 1
snāna, bathing 1
Underworld, hell, naraka 1
Vāta, Vāyu 1
Sarasvat 1
Materia medica 1
sun is fastened to the sky 1
brahman priest 1
Travel 1
Stories 1
Śvetadvīpa 1
Kaṃsa 1
against dangers, difficult situations 1
tulāpuruṣa 1
piṇḍa 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
sunbeams 1
Prajāpati and his daughter 1
Geography 1
People 1
atirātra 1
Architecture 1
triguṇa 1
agniṣṭoma 1
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire 1
paśupati 1
attacks Prajāpati 1
bad behaviour 1
Concept Notes Count domestic animal any of various domesticated animals 36 sacrificial animal an animal slaughtered in sacrifice 35 animal a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 24 cattle domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age: "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" 16 Paśu mere animal in sacred things i.e. an uninitiated person 9 stupid a person who is not very bright: "The economy, stupid!" 2 herd a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans 1 goat any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns 1 Paśu name of a people 1
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