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Lemma: pāpa (adj)
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bad (MW)
evil (MW)
inauspicious (MW)
low (MW)
miserable (Whitney and Lanman 1905)
vile (MW)
wicked (MW)
Topic
Frequency
war 61
dharma 44
Mahābhārata 26
good behaviour 23
King, rājanīti 22
karman doctrine 22
prāṇa etc. 21
narrative literature 21
udgātṛ 19
Kṣatriya 18
fable 18
Mahāyāna 16
Law 13
penance, prāyaścitta 12
Bhakti 11
Brahmin 10
Giving, dāna 10
udgītha 9
jātaka, avadāna 9
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 9
Dharmaśāstra 8
varṇas, castes 8
(Im-)purity 7
Liberation, mokṣa, release 7
Brideship and marriage 7
dāna, giving 7
Behaviour, strīdharma 7
marriage, wedding 7
Moral literature 7
kāmyeṣṭi 7
Tīrthas 6
Politics 6
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 6
against sorcery 6
prāyaścitta 6
rebirth, transmigration 6
sorcery 6
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 6
gṛhastha, householder 5
Agni 5
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 5
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits 5
cow 5
Kaṃsa 5
truth, satya, ṛta 5
triguṇa 5
Medicine 5
ātman 4
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 4
Indra 4
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu 4
Alchemy 4
Yoga 4
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 4
Women 4
Pashupata Shaivism 4
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 4
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 4
Buddhism 4
Prophesy 4
Palmistry 4
Nahuṣa 4
saṃsāra 4
Time 4
Pṛthu and the Earth 3
long live, āyus 3
theft, stealing 3
bad behaviour 3
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 3
Astronomy 3
criminal investigation 3
kṛcchra 3
Underworld, hell, naraka 3
brahman 3
eating, food, anna 3
healing rituals, against diseases 3
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu 3
nakṣatras 3
Buddha's life 3
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 3
Śunaḥśepa 3
agnihotra 3
yuga theory 3
Witness 3
ghost, monster, demon 2
rājasūya 2
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 2
aśvamedha, hayamedha 2
brahmagavī 2
has the hide of man 2
Viśvāmitra 2
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study 2
Trita and his brothers 2
torture 2
Gaṅgā, Ganges 2
vaśā 2
against bad luck 2
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 2
ṣaḍaha 2
eldest brother 2
omina, presigns, nimittas 2
amulets 2
against bad omina and presigns 2
for protection, safety, and luck 2
against poison, venom 2
vyavahāra 2
against evil 2
Prajāpati 2
friendship 2
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 2
Kṛṣṇa 2
dīkṣā 2
avatāras 2
poison, antidotes 2
śrāddha 2
Creation of the world 2
Sacrifice, yajña 2
Criminal law 2
gambling 2
Kalki(n) 2
subhāṣita 2
Debt 2
Sāṃkhya 2
gulma 2
Peace and war 2
Grammar 2
Shivaism, Śiva 2
Asceticism, tapas 2
vidradhi 2
Genealogies 2
āpaddharma 2
against serpents, snakebites 1
Yogācāra 1
Candra, Candramas, moon 1
spy, secret service, intelligence 1
suicide 1
murder 1
Rāma(candra) 1
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud 1
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire 1
niṣkevalya śastra 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra 1
Rāmāyaṇa 1
punishment for crime 1
Ordeal 1
saṃskāras 1
godāna 1
salutation, greeting, abhivādana 1
vānaprastha 1
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start 1
against scorpions 1
uktha 1
gavām ayana, gavāmayana 1
viṣṭuti 1
agnicayana 1
vaiśvadeva 1
sattra 1
Military science 1
āśrama 1
prayāja 1
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas 1
Debts and interest 1
sacrificial fire 1
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 1
Rituals 1
Vedic hymns, śastras 1
Love 1
against bad dreams 1
bali 1
Māṇḍavya 1
Karṇa (from MBh) 1
sāman 1
Durgā 1
robbery 1
Architecture 1
Property of Brahmins 1
piṇḍa 1
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 1
pātaka 1
daiva vs. puruṣakāra 1
vrata 1
madātyaya 1
Paraśurāma 1
Minister 1
marman 1
Tāraka 1
Kāma 1
japa 1
Vasiṣṭha 1
worship 1
for long life, longevity, old age 1
Cosmography 1
Technique of Yoga 1
pravargya 1
Tripura 1
life, jīva 1
against enemies, armies, weapons 1
Cosmology 1
snāna, bathing 1
sexuality 1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 1
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 1
Rudra 1
Soma sacrifice 1
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech 1
Urvaśī and Purūravas 1
Bṛhaspati 1
Yama 1
Balarāma 1
sahasranāman 1
Birth, childhood, and youth 1
prāṇāyāma 1
Concept Notes Count evil morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" 55 dangerous causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia" 9 wicked morally bad in principle or practice 8 pāpa [word] the word pāpa 1
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