| Topic |
Frequency |
| war |
579 |
| narrative literature |
361 |
| agniṣṭoma |
247 |
| Mahābhārata |
151 |
| Soma sacrifice |
133 |
| Politics |
108 |
| dharma |
93 |
| sāman |
90 |
| King, rājanīti |
88 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
86 |
| Tīrthas |
69 |
| pṛṣṭha |
67 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
65 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
65 |
| Rudra |
64 |
| Giving, dāna |
62 |
| agnihotra |
59 |
| Indra |
58 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
58 |
| Prajāpati creates the world |
57 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
56 |
| brahman |
54 |
| prāyaścitta |
54 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
54 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
54 |
| varṇas, castes |
53 |
| fable |
51 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
51 |
| twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
49 |
| cow |
47 |
| good behaviour |
46 |
| Genealogies |
44 |
| prāṇa etc. |
42 |
| Military science |
42 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
40 |
| Law |
39 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
37 |
| agnicayana |
36 |
| uktha |
36 |
| Agni |
36 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
35 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
35 |
| atirātra |
34 |
| ātman |
33 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
32 |
| Buddha's life |
32 |
| marriage, wedding |
32 |
| dīkṣā |
31 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
31 |
| altar, vedi |
30 |
| bricks |
30 |
| Mīmāṃsā |
29 |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
29 |
| ājya hymns |
28 |
| karman doctrine |
28 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
28 |
| Women |
28 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
28 |
| getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
28 |
| mahāvrata |
28 |
| Prajāpati |
28 |
| sexuality |
27 |
| Alchemy |
27 |
| Paraśurāma |
27 |
| pravargya |
27 |
| vyavahāra |
27 |
| Buddhism |
27 |
| eating, food, anna |
27 |
| Brideship and marriage |
26 |
| Bhakti |
25 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
25 |
| against dangers, difficult situations |
25 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
25 |
| third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
23 |
| Creation of the world |
23 |
| avatāras |
22 |
| Medicine |
20 |
| udgātṛ |
20 |
| śrāddha |
20 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
20 |
| udgītha |
20 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
20 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
19 |
| Vedic metres in sacrifice |
19 |
| army |
19 |
| dāna, giving |
19 |
| Vāmadeva |
19 |
| prayāja |
19 |
| Kaṃsa |
18 |
| Tripura |
17 |
| Tāraka |
17 |
| āpaddharma |
17 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
17 |
| Vṛtra and Indra |
17 |
| ekāha |
17 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
16 |
| Peace and war |
16 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
16 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
15 |
| vaśā |
15 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
15 |
| linguistic speculation |
15 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
15 |
| Witness |
15 |
| for a king |
14 |
| Sāṃkhya |
14 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
14 |
| Soma |
14 |
| Brahmin |
14 |
| pravara, choosing the priest |
14 |
| jyotiṣṭoma |
14 |
| ārbhava pavamāna |
14 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
14 |
| Language |
13 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
13 |
| Moral literature |
13 |
| Vṛtra |
13 |
| gāyatrī |
13 |
| Criminal law |
13 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
13 |
| Kṣatriya |
13 |
| Varuṇa |
13 |
| Skanda |
13 |
| Marutta |
12 |
| upasad |
12 |
| punarādheya, punarādhāna |
12 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
12 |
| (Im-)purity |
12 |
| (mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
12 |
| Vedic metres, prosody |
12 |
| Manu, manvantara |
11 |
| Cyavana |
11 |
| subrahmaṇyā |
11 |
| Nala and Damayantī |
11 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
11 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
11 |
| Viśvāmitra |
11 |
| brahman priest, brahmatva |
11 |
| Yoga |
11 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
11 |
| bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
10 |
| cāturmāsya |
10 |
| parimara |
10 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
10 |
| Balarāma |
10 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
10 |
| gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
10 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
10 |
| Ṛbhus |
10 |
| saṃskāras |
9 |
| somakrayaṇī |
9 |
| āśā, hope |
9 |
| Grammar |
9 |
| Ordeal |
9 |
| saṃsāra |
9 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
9 |
| rājasūya |
9 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
9 |
| Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
9 |
| sacrificial fire |
9 |
| Travel |
9 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
9 |
| Rāma(candra) |
9 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
9 |
| ukthya |
9 |
| āśvina |
8 |
| somakraya, -vikraya, buying Soma |
8 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
8 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
8 |
| Nahuṣa |
8 |
| ṛc |
8 |
| Aditi |
8 |
| Bhṛgu |
8 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
8 |
| Mitra |
8 |
| process, jurisdiction |
8 |
| Poetology |
8 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
8 |
| Time |
8 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
8 |
| Matsyāvatāra |
8 |
| Mahāyāna |
8 |
| yuga theory |
8 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
7 |
| birth, pregnancy |
7 |
| midday pavamāna |
7 |
| Cosmography |
7 |
| long live, āyus |
7 |
| ṣaḍaha |
7 |
| āśrama |
7 |
| midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
7 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
7 |
| female ascetics |
7 |
| rejuvenation |
7 |
| agnyupasthāna |
7 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
7 |
| Aśvins |
7 |
| snātaka |
7 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
7 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
7 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
7 |
| āgrayaṇa |
7 |
| Maruts |
7 |
| errors, mistakes in sacrifice |
7 |
| botany, plants |
7 |
| sattra |
6 |
| Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
6 |
| ahīna |
6 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
| mahābhiṣeka |
6 |
| gold |
6 |
| Astronomy |
6 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
6 |
| Prajāpati and his daughter |
6 |
| Psychology |
6 |
| aṃśāvatāra |
6 |
| for success, authority |
6 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
6 |
| prātaḥsavana |
6 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
6 |
| Trade |
6 |
| arghya |
6 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
6 |
| children |
5 |
| Cosmogony |
5 |
| Debt |
5 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
5 |
| Raji |
5 |
| upanayana, initiation |
5 |
| Māndhātṛ |
5 |
| water, rain |
5 |
| nirukti |
5 |
| Geography |
5 |
| Dāruvana |
5 |
| vrātya |
5 |
| ṣoḍaśin |
5 |
| correct behaviour |
5 |
| robbery |
5 |
| worship |
5 |
| introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
5 |
| aṣṭakā |
5 |
| general or default rules for the sacrifice |
5 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
5 |
| theft, stealing |
5 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
5 |
| Purāṇa |
5 |
| brahmacarya |
5 |
| Debts and interest |
5 |
| senses, indriya |
5 |
| medhājanana |
5 |
| Karṇa (from MBh) |
5 |
| kūśmāṇḍahoma |
5 |
| Pūṣan |
4 |
| for a good birth |
4 |
| against poison, venom |
4 |
| Administration |
4 |
| Court |
4 |
| paśupati |
4 |
| attacks Prajāpati |
4 |
| weapons, arms |
4 |
| vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
4 |
| atharvan priest |
4 |
| Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
4 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
4 |
| Tilottamā |
4 |
| punarabhiṣeka |
4 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
4 |
| avabhṛtha |
4 |
| friendship |
4 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
4 |
| lobha, greed |
4 |
| Vena |
4 |
| vāṇa |
4 |
| India |
4 |
| kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
4 |
| placing the somakalaśa |
4 |
| sadas |
4 |
| rudrabhāga |
4 |
| vāmadevya |
4 |
| Pulomā/an |
4 |
| bali |
4 |
| samāvartana |
4 |
| daughter |
4 |
| hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
4 |
| sākamedha |
4 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
4 |
| piṇḍa |
4 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
4 |
| vrata |
4 |
| for the birth of sons |
4 |
| Vasiṣṭha |
4 |
| Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
3 |
| sacrifice and time |
3 |
| authority of the Veda |
3 |
| Etymology |
3 |
| Kālanemi |
3 |
| travelling, making a journey |
3 |
| Yogācāra |
3 |
| kṣatra and brahman |
3 |
| has the hide of man |
3 |
| against death, Nirṛti |
3 |
| Lexicography |
3 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
3 |
| virāj |
3 |
| Customs and taxes |
3 |
| inundation |
3 |
| mankind |
3 |
| Prostitution |
3 |
| caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
3 |
| daśahotra |
3 |
| avadāna |
3 |
| spoons |
3 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
3 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
3 |
| raising the yūpa |
3 |
| studying the mahānāmnīs |
3 |
| year |
3 |
| Rituals |
3 |
| varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
3 |
| Police |
3 |
| dogs |
3 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
| Crime |
3 |
| Pūtanā |
3 |
| śruti, Veda |
3 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
3 |
| svarga, heaven |
3 |
| Agastya |
3 |
| svadharma |
3 |
| consecration |
3 |
| Yama |
3 |
| Kurukṣetra |
3 |
| Gandharva |
3 |
| against sorcery |
3 |
| pediatrics, child diseases |
3 |
| for love, love charms |
3 |
| Pradyumna |
3 |
| non-attachment |
3 |
| takman |
3 |
| digestion |
3 |
| calmness of mind |
3 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
| Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
| Family |
2 |
| trirātra |
2 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
2 |
| Bali and Indra |
2 |
| vājapeya |
2 |
| Budha, Mercury |
2 |
| samiṣṭayajus |
2 |
| snāna, bathing |
2 |
| destruction of Dvārakā |
2 |
| Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
2 |
| Aṣṭāvakra |
2 |
| human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
| saṃnyāsa |
2 |
| bad behaviour |
2 |
| Bharata |
2 |
| Andhaka |
2 |
| sīmantonnayana |
2 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
| Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
| puṃsavana |
2 |
| immortality, amṛta |
2 |
| Pārvatī |
2 |
| life, jīva |
2 |
| nāḍīvijñāna |
2 |
| svāhā, svāhākāra |
2 |
| eldest brother |
2 |
| sautrāmaṇī |
2 |
| patnīvata |
2 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
| Himālaya |
2 |
| dama |
2 |
| Trita and his brothers |
2 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
2 |
| kṛcchra |
2 |
| mantra |
2 |
| Apālā |
2 |
| Manu Vaivasvata |
2 |
| Devala and Asita |
2 |
| paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
| kṣetrajña |
2 |
| usury, lending money |
2 |
| droṇakalaśa |
2 |
| pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
2 |
| Phonetics |
2 |
| hathayoga |
2 |
| ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
2 |
| Pūru |
2 |
| Śrī, Lakṣmī |
2 |
| differences between women and men |
2 |
| tānūnaptra |
2 |
| brahmahatyā |
2 |
| selling children, adoption |
2 |
| prāśitra, prāśita |
2 |
| reaching svarga |
2 |
| cātvāla |
2 |
| Jayadratha |
2 |
| sava |
2 |
| for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
| Family law |
2 |
| Cosmology |
2 |
| Śarva |
2 |
| against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
| spy, secret service, intelligence |
2 |
| Atharvaveda |
2 |
| sorcery |
2 |
| arrow |
2 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
2 |
| high position of Brahmins |
2 |
| Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
2 |
| against fever |
2 |
| Ādityas |
2 |
| puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
| meteorology, weather |
2 |
| dakṣiṇā |
2 |
| criminal investigation |
2 |
| kṣatradharma |
2 |
| kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
| pātaka |
2 |
| son, advantage of having sons |
2 |
| poison, antidotes |
2 |
| Agriculture |
2 |
| human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
2 |
| Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
2 |
| Bṛhaspati |
2 |
| sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
2 |
| against rivals |
2 |
| dūrohaṇa |
2 |
| Bhava |
2 |
| for children, offspring, progeny |
2 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
| against evil |
1 |
| nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
| saṃpradāna |
1 |
| piṇḍapitṛyajña |
1 |
| Nāga |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| vasāhoma |
1 |
| Economy |
1 |
| raising the udumbara pillar |
1 |
| darbha grass |
1 |
| Uṣas |
1 |
| consent of the animal |
1 |
| court live |
1 |
| for success at court, in a juridicial process |
1 |
| Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
| vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
| dhiṣṇya, side altar |
1 |
| fighting |
1 |
| Landed property |
1 |
| agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
| aptoryāman |
1 |
| for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
| prāṇāyāma |
1 |
| Cattle as property |
1 |
| worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
| diachronic developments |
1 |
| Kalpasūtras |
1 |
| Mount Govardhana |
1 |
| manas |
1 |
| monsoon |
1 |
| Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
| Nature poetry |
1 |
| Astrology |
1 |
| somaparivahaṇa, śakaṭaparivahaṇa |
1 |
| vasatīvarī |
1 |
| for success in discussions |
1 |
| military formation |
1 |
| mṛtyusava |
1 |
| avakīrṇaprāyaścitta |
1 |
| dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
| aponaptrīya |
1 |
| king Aṇuha |
1 |
| ahaṃkāra |
1 |
| saṃdhistotra, sandhistotra |
1 |
| Saṃjñā and Vivasvant |
1 |
| odanasava |
1 |
| bṛhatī |
1 |
| alcohol |
1 |
| Love |
1 |
| cāndrāyaṇa |
1 |
| cattle |
1 |
| hunting |
1 |
| loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
1 |
| salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
| falls on Śivas head |
1 |
| uttaravedi |
1 |
| cremation |
1 |
| cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
| Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
| anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
| svādhyāya |
1 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
| Nyāya |
1 |
| agnihotrī |
1 |
| śūlagava |
1 |
| madhuparka |
1 |
| seven steps |
1 |
| Māṇḍavya |
1 |
| prātaranuvāka |
1 |
| Technique of Yoga |
1 |
| Senses and world |
1 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
| Harivaṃśa |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
| advaita philosophy |
1 |
| deluge, Manu |
1 |
| anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
| Architecture |
1 |
| riddle hymns |
1 |
| Kaśyapa |
1 |
| Nandin |
1 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
| pregnancy |
1 |
| Stories |
1 |
| sāvitrī |
1 |
| yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
| Prophesy |
1 |
| godāna |
1 |
| vapāhoma |
1 |
| odana |
1 |
| torture |
1 |
| daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
| saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
| nakṣatras |
1 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
| creates fever |
1 |
| āpyāyana |
1 |
| svaru |
1 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
| Kalki(n) |
1 |
| viṣuvat |
1 |
| Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
1 |
| driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
1 |
| binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
| killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
| stomabhāga |
1 |
| paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
| paridhi enclosings |
1 |
| vātavyādhi |
1 |
| Property of Brahmins |
1 |
| Cities |
1 |
| third eye |
1 |
| suicide |
1 |
| against scorpions |
1 |
| murder |
1 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
| Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
1 |
| seasons |
1 |
| poverty, renunciation |
1 |
| abhiplava |
1 |
| Keśin Dārbhya |
1 |
| order of sacrifices, yajñakrama |
1 |
| mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
| paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers |
1 |
| japa |
1 |
