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Lemma: sūtra (n)
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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
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 12
worship of relics, stūpas 12
marriage, wedding 9
Buddhism 9
Grammar 8
pūjā 7
war 7
Buddha's life 7
narrative literature 7
Shivaism, Śiva 7
Dharmaśāstra 7
religious speculation, mystic 6
Architecture 6
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 6
Brideship and marriage 6
Cosmogony (gen.) 6
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 5
Lexicography 5
worship 5
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya 4
Business law 4
Medicine 4
Bhakti 4
agnicayana 4
Ordeal 4
Witness 4
puṃsavana 4
Law 4
vānaprastha 3
for love, love charms 3
Prajāpati 3
vyākaraṇa 3
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 3
Debts and interest 3
Pārvatī 3
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 3
Yoga 3
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 3
vrata 2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 2
Liberation, mokṣa, release 2
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 2
sīmantonnayana 2
svarga, heaven 2
upanayana, initiation 2
healing rituals, against diseases 2
treasure, kośa, treasury 2
Burning of Kāma 2
burnt by Śiva 2
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 2
piṇḍapitṛyajña 2
Debt 2
Brahmin 2
Language 2
Shivaite Tantrism 2
Asceticism, tapas 2
hathayoga 2
sautrāmaṇī 2
saṃnyāsa 2
āśrama 2
(Im-)purity 2
Women 2
prāyaścitta 2
Trade 2
garbhādhāna 2
Poetology 2
dīkṣā 2
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal 2
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 2
snāna, bathing 2
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord 1
anvaṣṭakya 1
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home 1
Vedic metres, prosody 1
samāvartana 1
stepping on the stone 1
śravaṇākarman 1
pākayajña 1
Merchants 1
ācamana 1
alms, bhikṣā 1
garbharakṣaṇa 1
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman 1
svādhyāya 1
uktha 1
jātakarman 1
amulets 1
Astronomy 1
against bad omina and presigns 1
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā 1
King, rājanīti 1
Cosmogony 1
dhanurveda 1
Criminal law 1
saṃskāras 1
Andhaka 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
Pregnancy 1
Genealogies 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
eating, food, anna 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 1
Vāstoṣpati 1
penance, prāyaścitta 1
fever, jvara, takman 1
urinary diseases 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
friendship 1
Noun derivation 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
Himālaya 1
omina, presigns, nimittas 1
linguistic speculation 1
vyavahāra 1
brahman 1
against enemies, armies, weapons 1
poison, antidotes 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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