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Lemma: jyeṣṭha (adj)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
(in math. with pada or mūla) greatest (root [square root] extracted from the quantity operated upon) (MW)
chief (MW)
eldest (MW)
first (MW)
greatest (MW)
more excellent than (abl.) (MW)
most excellent (MW)
pre-eminent (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Behaviour, strīdharma
29
war
28
Inheritance, heritage, heirs
24
Genealogies
21
Indra
21
Mahāyāna
19
Agni
14
eldest brother
12
Mahābhārata
10
jātaka, avadāna
9
mahāvrata
9
Maruts
9
Kṣatriya
8
ātman
8
narrative literature
8
Pashupata Shaivism
8
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya
7
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
7
penance, prāyaścitta
7
Viśve devāḥ
7
Dharmaśāstra
6
Varuṇa
6
varṇas, castes
6
Law
6
Cosmogony (gen.)
6
Women
6
marriage, wedding
6
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
5
Manu Vaivasvata
5
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman
5
religious speculation, mystic
5
children
5
King, rājanīti
5
Architecture
5
prāṇa etc.
5
Buddha's life
5
ṣaḍaha
4
worship of relics, stūpas
4
Mitra
4
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa)
4
dharma
4
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā
4
Brideship and marriage
4
anatomy, human body
4
niṣkevalya śastra
4
Soma
4
Prajāpati
4
Witness
4
agnihotra
4
rājasūya
4
Marutta
4
vājapeya
3
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun
3
Viśvāmitra
3
agnicayana
3
Alchemy
3
Time
3
dhanurveda
3
botany, plants
3
water, rain
3
Debt
3
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites
3
sāman
3
Śunaḥśepa
2
Vṛtra and Indra
2
good behaviour
2
against enemies, armies, weapons
2
aśvamedha, hayamedha
2
India
2
Skanda
2
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara
2
Amāvāsyā
2
gold
2
Aśvins
2
Bṛhaspati
2
Vāta, Vāyu, wind
2
Soma sacrifice
2
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge
2
Geography
2
son, advantage of having sons
2
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
2
(Im-)purity
2
prāyaścitta
2
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha
2
Buddhism
2
Creation of the world
2
gṛhastha, householder
2
eating, food, anna
2
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
2
Cosmography
2
ekāha
2
brahmacarya
2
sahasranāman
2
saṃskāras
2
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana
2
Lexicography
2
fever, jvara, takman
2
Pūru
2
āgrayaṇa
2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
2
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits
2
Vedic hymns, śastras
1
for protection, safety, and luck
1
jyotiṣṭoma
1
five mahāyajñas
1
om, oṃ, oṃkāra
1
aptoryāman
1
for long life, longevity, old age
1
for success, authority
1
against bad omina and presigns
1
sautrāmaṇī
1
dānastuti
1
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu
1
against serpents, snakebites
1
stotriyavikāra
1
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud
1
pratyavarohaṇa
1
madhuparka
1
abhiṣeka
1
vrātya
1
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman
1
kāmyeṣṭi
1
varuṇapraghāsa
1
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice
1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman
1
sattra
1
purification of gold
1
for victory in battle
1
upasad
1
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire
1
for sufficient food
1
pākayajña
1
viṣṭuti
1
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana
1
uktha
1
caturviṃśa day
1
upāyakauśalya
1
deluge, Manu
1
Prajāpati creates the world
1
āgrahāyaṇī
1
agniṣṭoma
1
Astronomy
1
Property of Brahmins
1
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth
1
travelling, making a journey
1
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña
1
piṇḍa
1
Sūrya's chariot
1
gambling
1
pātaka
1
śrāddha
1
Brahmin
1
Sacrifice, yajña
1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya
1
Agriculture
1
Underworld, hell, naraka
1
Travel
1
sexuality
1
Vaiśeṣika
1
worms, krimi, ghuṇa
1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
1
Rāmāyaṇa
1
Nyāya
1
dāna, giving
1
Ordeal
1
Debts and interest
1
Asceticism, tapas
1
mantra
1
Kāmaśāstra
1
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
1
Kashmirian Shivaism
1
Shivaism, Śiva
1
Medicine
1
Zoology
1
subhāṣita
1
theft, stealing
1
ghost, monster, demon
1
vyavahāra
1
Āpri hymn
1
Apāṃ Napāt
1
Uṣas
1
Rudra
1
Ṛbhus
1
Brahmaṇaspati
1
Aditi
1
consecration
1
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech
1
Pūṣan
1
Birth, childhood, and youth
1
Manu, manvantara
1
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
1
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
1
daṇḍa, punishment
1
Vasiṣṭha
1
human meat, cannibalism
1
vighasa, eating the remainder of food
1
Vāmadeva
1
omina, presigns, nimittas
1
bali
1
cow
1
Śrī, Lakṣmī
1
Noun derivation
1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
1
saṃsāra
1
Structure of the world
1
bad behaviour
1
Kāma
1
indrastut
1
Concept Notes Count
firstborn first in order of birth; "the firstborn child" 59
best (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit" 11
first ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" 7
excellent of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind" 5
highest approaching or constituting a maximum; "maximal temperature"; "maximum speed"; "working at peak efficiency" 3
jyeṣṭha [word] the word jyeṣṭha 1
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