śauca

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] m. (fr. śuci) N. of a man (also called A1hneya āhneya) TA1r. 1092,3 221735 n. cleanness, purity, purification (esp. from defilement caused by the death of a relation) A1s3vS3r.; Mn.; MBh. &c 1092,3 221736 n. purity of mind, integrity, honesty (esp. in money-matters) MBh.; R. &c 1092,3 221737 n. (with Buddhists Buddhists) self-purification (both external and internal) MWB. 240 1092,3 221738

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m. (fr. śuci) N. of a man (also called A1hneya āhneya) TA1r. 1092,3 221735 n. cleanness, purity, purification (esp. from defilement caused by the death of a relation) A1s3vS3r.;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

448

Texts Appeared In

48

DCS: name of a metre (of four times eleven syllables) | Monier-Williams: evacuation of excrement, MW.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 134 29.9%
2. Liṅgapurāṇa 31 6.9%
3. Garuḍapurāṇa 23 5.1%
4. Kūrmapurāṇa 23 5.1%
5. Haribhaktivilāsa 21 4.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: śauca

  śaucāśaucaṃ hi martyānāṃ lokebhyaḥ prabhavāpyayau

• Manusmṛti surface: śaucaṃ

  etad vo 'bhihitaṃ śaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu dvijottamāḥ

• Manusmṛti surface: śaucānām

  sarveṣām eva śaucānām arthaśaucaṃ paraṃ smṛtam