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Lemma: sūtra (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
a fibre (MW)
a girdle (MW)
a kind of tree (MW)
a line (MW)
a measuring line (MW)
a short sentence or aphoristic rule (MW)
a sketch (MW)
a thread (MW)
any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (MW)
cord (MW)
direction (MW)
line (MW)
plan (MW)
rule (MW)
string (MW)
stroke (MW)
that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything (MW)
the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (MW)
wire (MW)
yarn (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Mahāyāna
40
Alchemy
39
Pashupata Shaivism
34
Kāmaśāstra
25
Kashmirian Shivaism
18
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
17
ātman
14
jātaka, avadāna
13
worship of relics, stūpas
12
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
12
marriage, wedding
9
Buddhism
9
Grammar
8
pūjā
7
Buddha's life
7
narrative literature
7
Shivaism, Śiva
7
war
7
Dharmaśāstra
7
religious speculation, mystic
6
Cosmogony (gen.)
6
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
6
Brideship and marriage
6
Architecture
6
worship
5
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
5
Lexicography
5
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya
4
Bhakti
4
Law
4
puṃsavana
4
Witness
4
Ordeal
4
agnicayana
4
Business law
4
Medicine
4
Prajāpati
3
Pārvatī
3
for love, love charms
3
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha
3
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya
3
vānaprastha
3
om, oṃ, oṃkāra
3
Debts and interest
3
Yoga
3
vyākaraṇa
3
sautrāmaṇī
2
Liberation, mokṣa, release
2
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña
2
vrata
2
Burning of Kāma
2
animal sacrifice, paśubandha
2
burnt by Śiva
2
healing rituals, against diseases
2
treasure, kośa, treasury
2
garbhādhāna
2
svarga, heaven
2
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal
2
upanayana, initiation
2
sīmantonnayana
2
piṇḍapitṛyajña
2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
2
prāyaścitta
2
hathayoga
2
āśrama
2
saṃnyāsa
2
Debt
2
Trade
2
(Im-)purity
2
Language
2
Poetology
2
snāna, bathing
2
Women
2
dīkṣā
2
Asceticism, tapas
2
study, śiṣya, adhyāya
2
Brahmin
2
Shivaite Tantrism
2
anvaṣṭakya
1
Merchants
1
ācamana
1
alms, bhikṣā
1
Criminal law
1
dhanurveda
1
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord
1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman
1
kṛtyā
1
svādhyāya
1
against kṛtyās
1
Cosmogony
1
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home
1
samāvartana
1
pākayajña
1
garbharakṣaṇa
1
King, rājanīti
1
stepping on the stone
1
śravaṇākarman
1
uktha
1
jātakarman
1
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun
1
Vedic metres, prosody
1
Himālaya
1
penance, prāyaścitta
1
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā
1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
1
fever, jvara, takman
1
urinary diseases
1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites
1
friendship
1
eating, food, anna
1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya
1
Noun derivation
1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī
1
omina, presigns, nimittas
1
saṃskāras
1
linguistic speculation
1
vyavahāra
1
Genealogies
1
brahman
1
pregnancy
1
against enemies, armies, weapons
1
Churning of the Milk Ocean
1
Vāstoṣpati
1
Andhaka
1
against bad omina and presigns
1
poison, antidotes
1
amulets
1
Astronomy
1
Concept Notes Count
thread a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving 47
treatise a formal exposition 8
Sūtra an aphoristic rule 7
string a lightweight cord 3
sūtra [word] the word sūtra 2
Sūtrasthāna the first general section of the AHS 1
chain a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 1
Upavīta the sacred thread of the dvijas 1
meridian an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude" 1
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