Misc stats

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