| Topic |
Frequency |
| Mahāyāna |
394 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
369 |
| war |
282 |
| narrative literature |
250 |
| Buddha's life |
204 |
| Medicine |
168 |
| Alchemy |
159 |
| dharma |
106 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
105 |
| Mīmāṃsā |
89 |
| King, rājanīti |
85 |
| Buddhism |
82 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
75 |
| botany, plants |
68 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
63 |
| Bhakti |
62 |
| Mahābhārata |
53 |
| fable |
51 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
50 |
| varṇas, castes |
50 |
| Politics |
48 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
42 |
| Law |
41 |
| karman doctrine |
40 |
| Poetology |
38 |
| ātman |
37 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
36 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
34 |
| Giving, dāna |
34 |
| good behaviour |
32 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
31 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
31 |
| Peace and war |
29 |
| Genealogies |
29 |
| Sāṃkhya |
29 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
28 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
28 |
| Language |
27 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
27 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
27 |
| Tīrthas |
26 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
26 |
| āpaddharma |
26 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
25 |
| (Im-)purity |
25 |
| Yoga |
24 |
| Moral literature |
23 |
| Women |
22 |
| Lexicography |
22 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
22 |
| Military science |
20 |
| worship of relics, stūpas |
20 |
| marriage, wedding |
19 |
| prāyaścitta |
19 |
| agniṣṭoma |
19 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
18 |
| vyavahāra |
18 |
| Grammar |
17 |
| Skanda |
17 |
| cow |
17 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
17 |
| Brahmin |
17 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
17 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
17 |
| dāna, giving |
17 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
17 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
16 |
| conflicting worldviews |
16 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
16 |
| śrāddha |
15 |
| yuga theory |
15 |
| non-attachment |
15 |
| saṃsāra |
15 |
| Astronomy |
14 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
13 |
| avatāras |
13 |
| Pārvatī |
13 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
13 |
| hathayoga |
13 |
| Kaṃsa |
12 |
| Brideship and marriage |
12 |
| inundation |
12 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
11 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
11 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
11 |
| Customs and taxes |
11 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
11 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
11 |
| vānaprastha |
11 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
10 |
| Kālanemi |
10 |
| upāyakauśalya |
10 |
| saṃnyāsa |
10 |
| subhāṣita |
10 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
9 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
9 |
| Cosmogony |
9 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
9 |
| poverty, renunciation |
9 |
| Indra |
9 |
| Cosmology |
9 |
| Kalki(n) |
9 |
| Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
9 |
| Love |
9 |
| piṇḍa |
8 |
| Kṣatriya |
8 |
| pātaka |
8 |
| brahman |
8 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
8 |
| Witness |
8 |
| senses, indriya |
8 |
| āśrama |
8 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
8 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
8 |
| Māndhātṛ |
8 |
| daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
8 |
| Materia medica |
8 |
| unsteadiness of life |
8 |
| Nāga |
8 |
| Dāruvana |
8 |
| Mount Govardhana |
7 |
| eating, food, anna |
7 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
7 |
| Paraśurāma |
7 |
| Yogācāra |
7 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
7 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
7 |
| Time |
6 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
6 |
| triguṇa |
6 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
6 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
6 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
6 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
6 |
| Balarāma |
6 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
6 |
| all-unity |
6 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
6 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
6 |
| dīkṣā |
6 |
| Nyāya |
6 |
| Meditation |
5 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
5 |
| Soma |
5 |
| worship |
5 |
| manas |
5 |
| Debts and interest |
5 |
| saṃskāras |
5 |
| Rituals |
5 |
| Nature poetry |
5 |
| dhanurveda |
5 |
| army |
5 |
| authority of the Veda |
5 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
5 |
| Ordeal |
5 |
| Tāraka |
5 |
| creates fever |
5 |
| Agni |
5 |
| bad behaviour |
5 |
| Tripura |
5 |
| Nala and Damayantī |
4 |
| children |
4 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
4 |
| Himālaya |
4 |
| Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
4 |
| long live, āyus |
4 |
| Burning of Kāma |
4 |
| gold |
4 |
| Debt |
4 |
| burnt by Śiva |
4 |
| Administration |
4 |
| Criminal law |
4 |
| Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
4 |
| Brahmā |
4 |
| raktapitta |
4 |
| court live |
4 |
| mantra |
4 |
| snātaka |
4 |
| Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
4 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
4 |
| Etymology |
4 |
| kṣatradharma |
4 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
4 |
| nāḍīvijñāna |
3 |
| pravara, choosing the priest |
3 |
| pṛṣṭha |
3 |
| selling children, adoption |
3 |
| meaninglessness |
3 |
| upanayana, initiation |
3 |
| rājasūya |
3 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
3 |
| agnihotra |
3 |
| worship of the Buddha |
3 |
| Property of Brahmins |
3 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
3 |
| Soma sacrifice |
3 |
| sorcery |
3 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
3 |
| linguistic speculation |
3 |
| Bharata |
3 |
| svarga, heaven |
3 |
| mankind |
3 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
3 |
| against sorcery |
3 |
| Maruts |
3 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
3 |
| prāṇa etc. |
3 |
| weapons, arms |
3 |
| vrata |
3 |
| urinary diseases |
3 |
| kuṣṭha |
3 |
| worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
3 |
| theft, stealing |
3 |
| Minister |
3 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
3 |
| State finances |
3 |
| Marutta |
3 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
| snāna, bathing |
3 |
| sahasranāman |
3 |
| Cosmography |
3 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
2 |
| spoons |
2 |
| gulma |
2 |
| Dynasties |
2 |
| Aśvins |
2 |
| Senses and world |
2 |
| altar, vedi |
2 |
| Cities |
2 |
| Varuṇa |
2 |
| vājapeya |
2 |
| Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
| vaśā |
2 |
| advaita philosophy |
2 |
| aṃśāvatāra |
2 |
| Architecture |
2 |
| Viṣṇu's sleep |
2 |
| Mitra |
2 |
| arśas |
2 |
| Technique of Yoga |
2 |
| Shivaite Tantrism |
2 |
| kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
| falls on Śivas head |
2 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
2 |
| Travel |
2 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
| son, advantage of having sons |
2 |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
2 |
| Cyavana |
2 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
2 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
2 |
| Property |
2 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
| Logic |
2 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| Rudra |
2 |
| Ādityas |
2 |
| Prostitution |
2 |
| vātavyādhi |
2 |
| Viśvāmitra |
2 |
| Vaiśeṣika |
2 |
| kṛcchra |
2 |
| Nahuṣa |
2 |
| vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
2 |
| Karṇa (from MBh) |
2 |
| Landed property |
2 |
| Stories |
2 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
2 |
| explanation of the Soma sacrifice, somapravacana |
2 |
| Varāha |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| Vāmadeva |
2 |
| Cattle as property |
2 |
| calmness of mind |
2 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
| pavitra, purifier |
1 |
| cāturmāsya |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Keśin |
1 |
| interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
1 |
| Creation of the world |
1 |
| low castes |
1 |
| paridhi enclosings |
1 |
| Jarāsandha |
1 |
| puṃsavana |
1 |
| Kaśyapa |
1 |
| aṣṭakā |
1 |
| rejuvenation |
1 |
| stotriyavikāra |
1 |
| Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
1 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| People |
1 |
| sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
| ājyatantra |
1 |
| Manu Vaivasvata |
1 |
| sutyā |
1 |
| dūrohaṇa |
1 |
| Geography |
1 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
| pākayajña |
1 |
| somakraya, -vikraya, buying Soma |
1 |
| yajñāyudhāni, utensils for the sacrifice |
1 |
| arghya |
1 |
| vāmadevya |
1 |
| saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
| mahāvrata |
1 |
| uttaravedi |
1 |
| raising the yūpa |
1 |
| gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
| paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
| killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
| paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
| upākaraṇa |
1 |
| five mahāyajñas |
1 |
| Nosology |
1 |
| gambling |
1 |
| anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
| paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
| agnicayana |
1 |
| keśavapaṇīya |
1 |
| agnyupasthāna |
1 |
| diachronic developments |
1 |
| prātaranuvāka |
1 |
| avadāna |
1 |
| seven steps |
1 |
| feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
| usury, lending money |
1 |
| agricultural rites |
1 |
| cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
| parivrājaka |
1 |
| somaprāyaścitta |
1 |
| Trade |
1 |
| Atharvaveda |
1 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
| japa |
1 |
| life, jīva |
1 |
| rasāyana |
1 |
| svadharma |
1 |
| Pulomā/an |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| Jayadratha |
1 |
| bali |
1 |
| destruction of Dvārakā |
1 |
| Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
| Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
| human meat, cannibalism |
1 |
| Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
| daughter |
1 |
| Agastya |
1 |
| Bhṛgu |
1 |
| Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
| trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
| Trita and his brothers |
1 |
| Professions |
1 |
| kālacakra |
1 |
| hunting |
1 |
| mahant |
1 |
| India |
1 |
| ahaṃkāra |
1 |
| kṣetrajña |
1 |
| Vṛtra |
1 |
| female ascetics |
1 |
| fighting |
1 |
| Business law |
1 |
| Śrī, Lakṣmī |
1 |
| differences between women and men |
1 |
| lobha, greed |
1 |
| mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
| Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
| Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
| Prophesy |
1 |
| military formation |
1 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
| for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
| dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
| takman |
1 |
| pravargya |
1 |
| against rivals |
1 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
| Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
| against bad dreams |
1 |
| vraṇa, sore |
1 |
| against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
| against possession |
1 |
| religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
| strophes used in sacrifice |
1 |
| ṣaḍaha |
1 |
| Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
| Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
| Family law |
1 |
| tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
| travelling, making a journey |
1 |
| Tilottamā |
1 |
| Family |
1 |
| āśā, hope |
1 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
| dvīpa |
1 |
| Purāṇa |
1 |
| Pūṣan |
1 |
| Gaṇeśa |
1 |
| Bṛhaspati |
1 |
| Aditi |
1 |
| Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
| Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
| Ṛbhus |
1 |
| Āpri hymn |
1 |
| madātyaya |
1 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
