Preposition frequency
frequencies of common preposition-like prefixes in the RV:
- pra 986
- vi 948
- abhi 634
- sam 608
- pari 500
- ni 483
- anu 436
- upa 394
- adhi 272
- prati 245
- apa 167
- ava 165
- ati 143
- antar 97
- punar 87
- saha 61
dhI
vishvAmitra famously uses the word ‘dhi’ in his mantra used by Arya-s in their saMdhyopAsana. Interestingly, it occurs at highest normalized frequency in his maNDala
RV_1 0.030 RV_2 0.023 RV_3 0.038 RV_4 0.030 RV_5 0.021 RV_6 0.031 RV_7 0.029 RV_8 0.030 RV_9 0.034 RV_10 0.021