| Topic |
Frequency |
| war |
143 |
| Alchemy |
105 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
100 |
| agniṣṭoma |
74 |
| upanayana, initiation |
68 |
| marriage, wedding |
67 |
| Mahāyāna |
51 |
| Brideship and marriage |
46 |
| Buddha's life |
42 |
| narrative literature |
39 |
| Law |
36 |
| Indra |
35 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
31 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
30 |
| dharma |
25 |
| dhanurveda |
25 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
25 |
| Bhakti |
24 |
| Mahābhārata |
24 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
23 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
22 |
| dīkṣā |
22 |
| worship |
22 |
| Ordeal |
20 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
20 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
20 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
19 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
19 |
| Soma sacrifice |
19 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
18 |
| agnicayana |
18 |
| Agni |
18 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
17 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
17 |
| Agriculture |
16 |
| agnihotra |
16 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
15 |
| tulāpuruṣa |
15 |
| Medicine |
15 |
| Architecture |
14 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
14 |
| King, rājanīti |
13 |
| (Im-)purity |
13 |
| rājasūya |
13 |
| Witness |
13 |
| avatāras |
13 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
12 |
| śrāddha |
12 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
12 |
| Criminal law |
12 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
11 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
11 |
| Women |
11 |
| Debts and interest |
10 |
| varṇas, castes |
10 |
| botany, plants |
10 |
| eating, food, anna |
10 |
| theft, stealing |
9 |
| good behaviour |
9 |
| ekāha |
9 |
| birth, pregnancy |
9 |
| yuga theory |
8 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
8 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
8 |
| Aśvins |
8 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
8 |
| prāyaścitta |
8 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
8 |
| Skanda |
7 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
7 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
7 |
| sacrificial fire |
7 |
| Mīmāṃsā |
7 |
| Rudra |
7 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
7 |
| Politics |
7 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
7 |
| Lexicography |
7 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
7 |
| Pārvatī |
7 |
| uparava |
7 |
| punishment for crime |
7 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
7 |
| raising the yūpa |
7 |
| Soma |
7 |
| sahasranāman |
7 |
| Giving, dāna |
6 |
| gambling |
6 |
| fighting |
6 |
| Durgā |
6 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
| Maruts |
6 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
6 |
| hathayoga |
6 |
| Buddhism |
6 |
| Kaṃsa |
6 |
| vājapeya |
6 |
| mantra |
6 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
6 |
| brahman |
6 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
6 |
| karman doctrine |
5 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
5 |
| Astrology |
5 |
| for luck in gambling |
5 |
| odana |
5 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
5 |
| Genealogies |
5 |
| dāna, giving |
5 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
5 |
| brahmacarya |
5 |
| saṃskāras |
5 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
5 |
| Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
5 |
| vyavahāra |
5 |
| Tīrthas |
5 |
| for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
4 |
| burnt by Śiva |
4 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
4 |
| Burning of Kāma |
4 |
| nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
4 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
4 |
| pregnancy |
4 |
| āpyāyana |
4 |
| hole for the yūpa |
4 |
| mekhalābandhana |
4 |
| cāturmāsya |
4 |
| Language |
4 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
| snāna, bathing |
4 |
| Nature poetry |
4 |
| ātithyeṣṭi |
4 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
4 |
| Zoology |
4 |
| anatomy, human body |
4 |
| ukhā |
3 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
| varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
3 |
| upākaraṇa |
3 |
| Mount Govardhana |
3 |
| long live, āyus |
3 |
| nakṣatras |
3 |
| for the birth of sons |
3 |
| samāvartana |
3 |
| somakraya, -vikraya, buying Soma |
3 |
| amulets |
3 |
| sākamedha |
3 |
| vaiśvadeva |
3 |
| udgātṛ |
3 |
| riddle hymns |
3 |
| Ṛbhus |
3 |
| brahman priest, brahmatva |
3 |
| for sufficient food |
3 |
| against sorcery |
3 |
| rape, sexual harassment |
3 |
| Police |
3 |
| Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
| Varuṇa |
3 |
| Astronomy |
3 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
| Sāṃkhya |
3 |
| Trade |
3 |
| senses, indriya |
3 |
| nāḍīvijñāna |
3 |
| Debt |
3 |
| Administration |
3 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
3 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
| Palmistry |
3 |
| vānaprastha |
3 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
3 |
| poison, antidotes |
3 |
| Crime |
3 |
| Shivaite Tantrism |
3 |
| Grammar |
3 |
| Prostitution |
2 |
| Business law |
2 |
| mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
| varuṇapraghāsa |
2 |
| sava |
2 |
| playing dice |
2 |
| Noun derivation |
2 |
| purification of gold |
2 |
| sexuality |
2 |
| sāvitrī |
2 |
| bricks |
2 |
| vaśā |
2 |
| Senses and world |
2 |
| Sleeping |
2 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
| Nāga |
2 |
| pūjā |
2 |
| childhood rites |
2 |
| for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
| Tripura |
2 |
| jātakarman |
2 |
| śunāsīrya |
2 |
| cātvāla |
2 |
| yajñāyudhāni, utensils for the sacrifice |
2 |
| (mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
2 |
| alcohol |
2 |
| soma graha |
2 |
| agnyupasthāna |
2 |
| nirūḍhapaśubandha |
2 |
| Cosmogony |
2 |
| paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
| saṃnyāsa |
2 |
| sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
2 |
| darbha grass |
2 |
| sthālīpāka |
2 |
| Creation of the world |
2 |
| cremation |
2 |
| binding the animal to the yūpa |
2 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
| year |
2 |
| twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
2 |
| medhājanana |
2 |
| Materia medica |
2 |
| punarādheya, punarādhāna |
2 |
| Kalki(n) |
2 |
| havirdhāna |
2 |
| svādhyāya |
2 |
| Prophesy |
2 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
2 |
| arrow |
2 |
| Peace and war |
2 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
2 |
| for love, love charms |
2 |
| hunting |
2 |
| fable |
2 |
| Vāmadeva |
2 |
| saṃsāra |
2 |
| sāman |
2 |
| treasure, kośa, treasury |
2 |
| bad behaviour |
2 |
| pravargya |
2 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
| Vṛtra |
2 |
| ātman |
2 |
| Vṛtra and Indra |
2 |
| Śeṣa |
2 |
| Tāraka |
2 |
| Pūtanā |
2 |
| Pūṣan |
2 |
| vātarakta |
2 |
| unsteadiness of life |
2 |
| gold |
2 |
| worship of relics, stūpas |
2 |
| vrata |
2 |
| cow |
2 |
| Gaṇeśa |
2 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
2 |
| for success, authority |
2 |
| upayāja |
1 |
| iḍā |
1 |
| stepping on the stone |
1 |
| diachronic developments |
1 |
| sadas |
1 |
| āśrama |
1 |
| sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
1 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
| killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
| anointing the animal, añjana |
1 |
| pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
| sthapatisava |
1 |
| water, rain |
1 |
| monsoon |
1 |
| Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
| preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Keśin |
1 |
| svaru |
1 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
| arghya |
1 |
| yajus verses |
1 |
| correct behaviour |
1 |
| Jarāsandha |
1 |
| Yogācāra |
1 |
| studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
| prāśitra, prāśita |
1 |
| Marutta |
1 |
| children |
1 |
| prāṇa etc. |
1 |
| jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
1 |
| sūtasava |
1 |
| bṛhaspatisava |
1 |
| bali |
1 |
| prātaḥsavana |
1 |
| pṛthisava |
1 |
| ājyatantra |
1 |
| gosava |
1 |
| parivrājaka |
1 |
| mantrasnāna |
1 |
| snātaka |
1 |
| third eye |
1 |
| daśahotra |
1 |
| mṛtyusava |
1 |
| Śrīvidyā |
1 |
| Military science |
1 |
| brahmayajña |
1 |
| Balarāma |
1 |
| sautrāmaṇī |
1 |
| agnīṣomīya |
1 |
| anvārambhana |
1 |
| somaparivahaṇa, śakaṭaparivahaṇa |
1 |
| droṇakalaśa |
1 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
| pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
1 |
| five mahāyajñas |
1 |
| placing the somakalaśa |
1 |
| somasava |
1 |
| Kālanemi |
1 |
| ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
| altar, vedi |
1 |
| uktha |
1 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
| army |
1 |
| against evil |
1 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
| travelling, making a journey |
1 |
| Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
1 |
| Minister |
1 |
| anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
| Brahmā |
1 |
| punarabhiṣeka |
1 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
| rudrabhāga |
1 |
| Professions |
1 |
| puṃsavana |
1 |
| Anti-social behaviour |
1 |
| against bad luck |
1 |
| sīmantonnayana |
1 |
| Prajāpati and his daughter |
1 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
| against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
| for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
| subhāṣita |
1 |
| puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
| robbery |
1 |
| for a good birth |
1 |
| bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
| kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
| ṣaḍaha |
1 |
| Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
| Merchants |
1 |
| against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
| criminal investigation |
1 |
| torture |
1 |
| Syntax |
1 |
| Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
| pṛṣṭha |
1 |
| Śiśupāla |
1 |
| Mitra |
1 |
| pākayajña |
1 |
| feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
| seven steps |
1 |
| avadāna |
1 |
| Prajāpati |
1 |
| Dāruvana |
1 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
| japa |
1 |
| samiṣṭayajus |
1 |
| against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
1 |
| third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
1 |
| mahāvrata |
1 |
| āhavanīya |
1 |
| ukhya |
1 |
| upasad |
1 |
| Viśvāmitra |
1 |
| rasāyana |
1 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
| patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
| Therapy |
1 |
| āgrayaṇa |
1 |
| Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| Aditi |
1 |
| yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
| Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
| godāna |
1 |
| haviryajña |
1 |
| madhuparka |
1 |
| aṣṭakā |
1 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
| Meditation |
1 |
| annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
