| Topic |
Frequency |
| war |
53 |
| marriage, wedding |
51 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
37 |
| agniṣṭoma |
37 |
| Tīrthas |
36 |
| Mahāyāna |
35 |
| Genealogies |
32 |
| Brideship and marriage |
30 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
29 |
| Gandharva |
25 |
| Apsaras |
23 |
| Mahābhārata |
19 |
| Cosmography |
18 |
| Alchemy |
16 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
16 |
| Soma sacrifice |
15 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
14 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
13 |
| Skanda |
12 |
| somakrayaṇī |
12 |
| Buddha's life |
12 |
| mantra |
11 |
| cow |
10 |
| King, rājanīti |
10 |
| Bhakti |
10 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
10 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
9 |
| avatāras |
9 |
| Giving, dāna |
9 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
9 |
| pravargya |
9 |
| Lexicography |
8 |
| Creation of the world |
8 |
| vājapeya |
8 |
| Kubera |
8 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
8 |
| Buddhism |
8 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
7 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
7 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
7 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
7 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
7 |
| Soma |
7 |
| Marutta |
6 |
| dāna, giving |
6 |
| upanayana, initiation |
6 |
| pūjā |
6 |
| weapons, arms |
6 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
6 |
| prāṇa etc. |
6 |
| Māndhātṛ |
6 |
| Geography |
6 |
| Indra's capital |
5 |
| agnihotra |
5 |
| Indra |
5 |
| Vasiṣṭha |
5 |
| botany, plants |
5 |
| Himālaya |
5 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
5 |
| India |
5 |
| rājasūya |
5 |
| pṛṣṭha |
5 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
5 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
5 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
4 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
4 |
| Kaṃsa |
4 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
4 |
| sahasranāman |
4 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
| Brahmin |
4 |
| sāman |
4 |
| ātman |
4 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
4 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
4 |
| Kālanemi |
4 |
| midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
4 |
| narrative literature |
4 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
4 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
4 |
| dharma |
4 |
| varṇas, castes |
4 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
4 |
| aṃśāvatāra |
4 |
| upāyakauśalya |
4 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
4 |
| pākayajña |
4 |
| for success, authority |
4 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
| Zoology |
4 |
| midday pavamāna |
4 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
3 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
| Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
| sadas |
3 |
| third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
3 |
| Viśvāmitra |
3 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
3 |
| Medicine |
3 |
| human meat, cannibalism |
3 |
| Time |
3 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
3 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
3 |
| brahman |
3 |
| Women |
3 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
| Vedic metres, prosody |
3 |
| prāyaścitta |
3 |
| śrāddha |
3 |
| Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
3 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
| fable |
3 |
| svarga, heaven |
2 |
| Jarāsandha |
2 |
| for potency |
2 |
| sacrificial horse |
2 |
| for a good birth |
2 |
| Maruts |
2 |
| for intelligence, wisdom |
2 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
2 |
| dvīpa |
2 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
| against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
| apavargya |
2 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
2 |
| Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
| birth, pregnancy |
2 |
| upasad |
2 |
| agnicayana |
2 |
| for political power |
2 |
| amulets |
2 |
| apsudīkṣā |
2 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
2 |
| fighting |
2 |
| (Im-)purity |
2 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
| Cosmogony |
2 |
| Sāṃkhya |
2 |
| Travel |
2 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| good behaviour |
2 |
| snāna, bathing |
2 |
| dīkṣā |
2 |
| Structure of the world |
2 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
| Materia medica |
2 |
| Nala and Damayantī |
2 |
| Nandin |
2 |
| Karṇa (from MBh) |
2 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
2 |
| gold |
2 |
| Yoga |
2 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
| Nahuṣa |
2 |
| bali |
2 |
| godāna |
1 |
| vaśā |
1 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
| brahmacarya |
1 |
| prātaranuvāka |
1 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
| samāvartana |
1 |
| ukhya |
1 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
| playing dice |
1 |
| puṃsavana |
1 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
| svādhyāya |
1 |
| somakraya, -vikraya, buying Soma |
1 |
| Stories |
1 |
| altar, vedi |
1 |
| frogs as omen |
1 |
| saṃskāras |
1 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
1 |
| Mount Govardhana |
1 |
| Etymology |
1 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
| (mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
1 |
| divorce |
1 |
| karman doctrine |
1 |
| yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
| nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
| vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
| yajus verses |
1 |
| correct behaviour |
1 |
| āplavana |
1 |
| paridhi enclosings |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| Politics |
1 |
| twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
1 |
| against natural disasters |
1 |
| brahman priest, brahmatva |
1 |
| blood rain |
1 |
| āhavanīya |
1 |
| ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
| Cosmology |
1 |
| for sufficient food |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| Architecture |
1 |
| Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
| subhāṣita |
1 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
| Aditi |
1 |
| vrata |
1 |
| worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| Aśvins |
1 |
| Tāraka |
1 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
| Yama |
1 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
| Śeṣa |
1 |
| long live, āyus |
1 |
| third eye |
1 |
| Tilottamā |
1 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
| Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
| linguistic speculation |
1 |
| Bali and Indra |
1 |
| gambling |
1 |
| against evil |
1 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
| worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
| kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
| bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
| Harivaṃśa |
1 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
| Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
| for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
| for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
| Trade |
1 |
| Language |
1 |
| aponaptrīya |
1 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
| against sorcery |
1 |
| for the birth of sons |
1 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
| frogs |
1 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
| Moral literature |
1 |
| Agriculture |
1 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
| for luck in gambling |
1 |
| for love, love charms |
1 |
| for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
| worship |
1 |
| Astronomy |
1 |
