Lemma: adhvaryu (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a priest of a particular class (MW)
- one who institutes an Adhvara any officiating priest (MW)
- the Yajurveda (Katre (1987))
Topic |
Frequency |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
72 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
53 |
Soma sacrifice |
40 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
40 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
33 |
rājasūya |
30 |
priest, ṛtvij |
30 |
Indra |
26 |
agniṣṭoma |
23 |
pravargya |
21 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
18 |
brahman priest |
18 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
17 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
16 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
16 |
āpyāyana |
15 |
cāturmāsya |
15 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
13 |
cow |
13 |
prāyaścitta |
11 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
11 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
11 |
prayāja |
10 |
vaśā |
9 |
Agni |
9 |
dīkṣā |
8 |
recitation during sacrifice |
8 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
8 |
upākaraṇa |
7 |
water, rain |
7 |
cātvāla |
7 |
Āpri hymn |
7 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
6 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
6 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
6 |
agnihotra |
6 |
mahāvrata |
6 |
Soma |
5 |
hole for the yūpa |
5 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
4 |
aponaptrīya |
4 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
4 |
avadāna |
4 |
Manu, manvantara |
4 |
raising the yūpa |
4 |
playing dice |
4 |
deluge, Manu |
4 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
4 |
sacrificial fire |
3 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
3 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
3 |
vājapeya |
3 |
praṇayana |
3 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
3 |
anvārambhana |
3 |
sautrāmaṇī |
3 |
udgātṛ |
3 |
samiṣṭayajus |
3 |
vapāhoma |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
soma graha |
3 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
3 |
spoons |
2 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
2 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
2 |
adhvaryu |
2 |
svaru |
2 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
2 |
vrata |
2 |
sākamedha |
2 |
Aśvins |
2 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
dakṣiṇā |
2 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
2 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
2 |
errors in sacrifice |
2 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
2 |
Dharmaśāstra |
1 |
Accents |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
1 |
midday pavamāna |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
agnīdh(ra) |
1 |
āghāra |
1 |
droṇakalaśa |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
worship |
1 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
1 |
war |
1 |
marriage, wedding |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
Tīrthas |
1 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
ukhā |
1 |
grahagrahaṇa |
1 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
ukthya |
1 |
āstāva |
1 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
frogs |
1 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
Varuṇa |
1 |
Mitra |
1 |
Prajāpati |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
upasad |
1 |
havirdhāna |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
sāman |
1 |
agnicayana |
1 |
altar, vedi |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |
Concept | Notes | Count |
Adhvaryu | a priest of a particular class | 17 |
adhvaryu [word] | the word adhvaryu | 2 |
Yajur-Veda | a collection of sacrificial formulas | 1 |
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