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Lemma: jyāyas (adj)
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(in law) being of age and answerable for one's conduct (MW)
elder (MW)
greater (MW)
larger (MW)
more excellent (MW)
most excellent (MW)
stronger (MW)
superior (MW)
Topic
Frequency
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 10
Kāma 8
for protection, safety, and luck 8
against enemies, armies, weapons 8
Rudra 8
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 7
Indra 7
Brideship and marriage 7
Prajāpati creates the world 7
twelve-day Soma rite 5
kāmyeṣṭi 5
ātman 4
Family 3
Zoology 3
agnihotra 3
Sacrifice, yajña 3
Family law 3
Women 3
Poetology 3
Lexicography 3
marriage, wedding 3
Soma sacrifice 2
fighting 2
bali 2
Creation of the world 2
Śunaḥśepa 2
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas 2
pṛṣṭha 2
war 2
botany, plants 2
pratyavarohaṇa 2
Grammar 2
Sāṃkhya 2
dāna, giving 2
Shivaism, Śiva 2
Behaviour, strīdharma 2
gṛhastha, householder 2
Yoga 2
Inheritance 2
Dharmaśāstra 1
dharma 1
gāyatrī 1
King, rājanīti 1
ṣaḍaha 1
bricks 1
sacrificial fire 1
varuṇapraghāsa 1
Kāmaśāstra 1
ghost, monster, demon 1
pākayajña 1
agnicayana 1
punarādheya 1
gavām ayana, gavāmayana 1
mahāvrata 1
uktha 1
ārbhava pavamāna 1
Buddha's life 1
Pregnancy 1
Uṣas 1
hunting 1
Matsyāvatāra 1
inundation 1
avatāras 1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
penance, prāyaścitta 1
Giving, dāna 1
army 1
(Im-)purity 1
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 1
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara 1
Law 1
cow 1
Ordeal 1
sāman 1
vighasa, eating the remainder of food 1
Agni 1
vyavahāra 1
Soma 1
Varuṇa 1
Criminal law 1
rebirth, transmigration 1
Viśve devāḥ 1
Concept Notes Count better (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; 5 elder used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr." 1 bigger large or big relative to something else 1 greater greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles" 1
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