Lemma: sūkta (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- a Vedic hymn (as distinguished from a single verse of a hymn) (MW)
- good recitation or speech (MW)
- song of praise (MW)
- wise saying (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
38 |
| chandoma |
38 |
| Soma sacrifice |
33 |
| ṣaḍaha |
25 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
25 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas |
25 |
| mahāvrata |
21 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
17 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
17 |
| ahīna |
16 |
| prāyaścitta |
15 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
14 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
11 |
| human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
10 |
| sava |
10 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
8 |
| vrata |
8 |
| pravargya |
8 |
| rājasūya |
8 |
| saṃpāta, sampāta |
7 |
| ekāha |
7 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
7 |
| agniṣṭoma |
7 |
| Agni |
6 |
| Indra |
5 |
| Genealogies |
5 |
| Soma |
5 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
5 |
| nivid |
5 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
5 |
| vājapeya |
5 |
| strophes used in sacrifice |
4 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
4 |
| meteor, ulkā |
4 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
4 |
| aptoryāman |
4 |
| sattra |
4 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
4 |
| svādhyāya |
4 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
4 |
| nirukti |
4 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
4 |
| Varuṇa |
3 |
| anirukta |
3 |
| aponaptrīya |
3 |
| śūlagava |
3 |
| getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
3 |
| omina with fire |
3 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
3 |
| Mitra |
3 |
| cow |
3 |
| uktha |
3 |
| vihāra, transposition |
3 |
| vālakhilyā |
3 |
| dūrohaṇa |
3 |
| agnicayana |
3 |
| Maruts |
3 |
| against dangers, difficult situations |
3 |
| third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
3 |
| sacrificial fire |
2 |
| prātaranuvāka |
2 |
| agnihotra |
2 |
| against natural disasters |
2 |
| indramahotsava |
2 |
| for cattle, cows |
2 |
| Bṛhaspati |
2 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
2 |
| āptoryāman |
2 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
| nirūḍhapaśubandha |
2 |
| snāna, bathing |
2 |
| eclipse |
2 |
| Aśvins |
2 |
| kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
2 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
| Vedic metres in sacrifice |
2 |
| flies, fly |
2 |
| yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
| odanasava |
1 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
| samāvartana |
1 |
| prāṇāyāma |
1 |
| nāndīmukha |
1 |
| visarjana |
1 |
| kṛcchra |
1 |
| yamastoma |
1 |
| against quarrel at home, in the family |
1 |
| paridhikarman |
1 |
| crossing water |
1 |
| for prestige, influence |
1 |
| anvādhāna |
1 |
| mixing of sacrificial fires |
1 |
| kūśmāṇḍahoma |
1 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
| fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
| udaka ritual |
1 |
| general or default rules for the sacrifice |
1 |
| jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
| ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
1 |
| pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
| āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
| weaving |
1 |
| Medicine |
1 |
| godāna |
1 |
| Dāruvana |
1 |
| Varāha |
1 |
| Noun derivation |
1 |
| prāṇa etc. |
1 |
| japa |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| Agriculture |
1 |
| sexuality |
1 |
| Technique of Yoga |
1 |
| Mahābhārata |
1 |
| Brideship and marriage |
1 |
| Pūṣan |
1 |
| saṃskāras |
1 |
| marriage, wedding |
1 |
| (Im-)purity |
1 |
| Family |
1 |
| Sāṃkhya |
1 |
| Politics |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
1 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
| sāman |
1 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
| annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
| Alchemy |
1 |
| upaniṣkramaṇa |
1 |
| nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
| sīmantonnayana |
1 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
| ācamana |
1 |
| vaśā |
1 |
| Atharvaveda |
1 |
| Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
| atirātra |
1 |
| birds as omen |
1 |
| Prajāpati |
1 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
| against bad dreams |
1 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
| for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
| Rudra |
1 |
| Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
| birth, pregnancy |
1 |
| Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
| ukthya |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| Mantra | a Vedic hymn | 12 |
| hymn | a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | 4 |
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