| Topic |
Frequency |
| agniṣṭoma |
916 |
| agnicayana |
353 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
291 |
| (mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
286 |
| agnihotra |
280 |
| sāman |
184 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
179 |
| dīkṣā |
154 |
| prāṇa etc. |
151 |
| Soma sacrifice |
147 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
142 |
| prāyaścitta |
140 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
136 |
| rājasūya |
135 |
| third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
134 |
| war |
133 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
130 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
123 |
| ātman |
106 |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
105 |
| mahāvrata |
105 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
82 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
78 |
| Indra |
76 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
74 |
| ekāha |
71 |
| Agni |
69 |
| brahman |
62 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
59 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
59 |
| brahman priest, brahmatva |
58 |
| pṛṣṭha |
57 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
56 |
| Cyavana |
54 |
| Aśvins |
51 |
| udgītha |
50 |
| spoons |
49 |
| twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
49 |
| eating, food, anna |
48 |
| Genealogies |
48 |
| sacrificial fire |
45 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
44 |
| atirātra |
41 |
| midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
41 |
| vājapeya |
40 |
| ukhā |
40 |
| uktha |
38 |
| nakṣatras |
38 |
| Bhṛgu |
38 |
| cremation ground, śmaśāna |
38 |
| Tīrthas |
37 |
| pravara, choosing the priest |
37 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
37 |
| errors, mistakes in sacrifice |
36 |
| gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
36 |
| sattra |
35 |
| dakṣiṇā |
35 |
| Giving, dāna |
35 |
| midday pavamāna |
34 |
| Keśin Dārbhya |
33 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
33 |
| Creation of the world |
32 |
| Vedic metres, prosody |
32 |
| Kṣatriya |
31 |
| Vṛtra |
31 |
| Vṛtra and Indra |
31 |
| year |
31 |
| brahmacarya |
29 |
| gāyatrī |
29 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
29 |
| ahīna |
29 |
| virāj |
28 |
| altar, vedi |
28 |
| puruṣa, primeval man |
28 |
| Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
28 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
28 |
| King, rājanīti |
27 |
| dharma |
27 |
| Vedic metres in sacrifice |
26 |
| sacrifice and time |
26 |
| rejuvenation |
26 |
| hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
26 |
| bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
25 |
| Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
25 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
25 |
| cātvāla |
25 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
24 |
| Viśvāmitra |
24 |
| ṣaḍaha |
24 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
24 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
24 |
| pravargya |
24 |
| mahābhiṣeka |
24 |
| marriage, wedding |
23 |
| Prajāpati creates the world |
23 |
| śruti, Veda |
23 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
23 |
| ṣoḍaśin |
23 |
| vaśā |
22 |
| good behaviour |
22 |
| Manu, manvantara |
22 |
| cow |
22 |
| prayāja |
21 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
21 |
| fable |
21 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
20 |
| Brideship and marriage |
19 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
19 |
| punarabhiṣeka |
19 |
| Rudra |
19 |
| aponaptrīya |
19 |
| Brahmin |
19 |
| deluge, Manu |
18 |
| Prajāpati |
18 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
18 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
17 |
| agniṣṭut |
17 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
17 |
| Maruts |
17 |
| human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
17 |
| Mahābhārata |
17 |
| uttaravedi |
16 |
| snāna, bathing |
16 |
| Medicine |
16 |
| daśahotra |
16 |
| linguistic speculation |
16 |
| jyotiṣṭoma |
15 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
15 |
| tanūnaptra |
15 |
| varṇas, castes |
15 |
| parimara |
15 |
| upasad |
15 |
| soma graha |
15 |
| vrata |
15 |
| anuyāja, after-offering |
15 |
| for a king |
14 |
| udgātṛ |
14 |
| agnyupasthāna |
14 |
| avadāna |
14 |
| Prajāpati and his daughter |
14 |
| bricks |
14 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
14 |
| Bhakti |
14 |
| sautrāmaṇī |
14 |
| Kaṃsa |
14 |
| Tvaṣṭṛ |
14 |
| sun and sacrifice |
13 |
| vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
13 |
| avatāras |
13 |
| raising the yūpa |
13 |
| prātaranuvāka |
13 |
| subrahmaṇyā |
13 |
| Paraśurāma |
13 |
| sexuality |
13 |
| avāntaradīkṣā |
13 |
| sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
12 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
12 |
| āpyāyana |
12 |
| Varuṇa |
12 |
| has the hide of man |
12 |
| āghāra |
12 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
12 |
| son, advantage of having sons |
12 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
12 |
| punarādheya, punarādhāna |
12 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
12 |
| Kaśyapa |
11 |
| Structure of the world |
11 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
11 |
| paridhi enclosings |
11 |
| evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 |
10 |
| Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
10 |
| dāna, giving |
10 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
10 |
| Sāṃkhya |
10 |
| ukthya |
10 |
| Mahāyāna |
10 |
| somakrayaṇī |
9 |
| botany, plants |
9 |
| svaru |
9 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
9 |
| binding the animal to the yūpa |
9 |
| abhiplava |
9 |
| travelling, making a journey |
9 |
| Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
9 |
| paśupuroḍāśa |
9 |
| Cosmography |
9 |
| vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
8 |
| somakraya, -vikraya, buying Soma |
8 |
| samiṣṭayajus |
8 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
8 |
| Atharvaveda |
8 |
| immortality, amṛta |
8 |
| Yoga |
8 |
| mantra |
8 |
| avabhṛtha |
8 |
| Buddha's life |
8 |
| upanayana, initiation |
8 |
| saṃskāras |
7 |
| śrāddha |
7 |
| ekādaśinī |
7 |
| Apālā |
7 |
| ājya hymns |
7 |
| pregnancy |
7 |
| āśrama |
7 |
| Women |
7 |
| (Im-)purity |
7 |
| bṛhaspatisava |
7 |
| cāturmāsya |
7 |
| somaparivahaṇa, śakaṭaparivahaṇa |
7 |
| anatomy, human body |
7 |
| for success, authority |
7 |
| agnihotrī |
7 |
| Vasiṣṭha |
7 |
| Soma |
7 |
| āśvina |
7 |
| varuṇapraghāsa |
6 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
6 |
| viṣuvat |
6 |
| sākamedha |
6 |
| measuring the vedi, vedivimāna |
6 |
| trirātra |
6 |
| Materia medica |
6 |
| kṣatra and brahman |
6 |
| saṃsāra |
6 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
6 |
| Travel |
6 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
6 |
| senses, indriya |
6 |
| ātithyeṣṭi |
6 |
| Peace and war |
6 |
| Mitra |
6 |
| Marutta |
6 |
| kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
6 |
| kṛcchra |
5 |
| reaching svarga |
5 |
| female ascetics |
5 |
| Cosmogony |
5 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
5 |
| Devala and Asita |
5 |
| karman doctrine |
5 |
| svādhyāya |
5 |
| Nahuṣa |
5 |
| Bṛhaspati |
5 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
5 |
| driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
5 |
| human meat, cannibalism |
5 |
| āgrayaṇa |
5 |
| pediatrics, child diseases |
5 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
| Balarāma |
5 |
| Tāraka |
5 |
| Manu Vaivasvata |
5 |
| Tripura |
5 |
| introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
5 |
| Grammar |
5 |
| patnīvata |
5 |
| consent of the animal |
5 |
| āptoryāman |
5 |
| religious speculation, mystic |
5 |
| saṃpāta, sampāta |
5 |
| Skanda |
5 |
| dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
4 |
| haviryajña |
4 |
| purohita, house priest |
4 |
| murder |
4 |
| odana |
4 |
| śūlagava |
4 |
| Nala and Damayantī |
4 |
| space, ākāśa |
4 |
| Māṇḍavya |
4 |
| avakīrṇaprāyaścitta |
4 |
| Pūru |
4 |
| Senses and world |
4 |
| sarvamedha |
4 |
| āpaddharma |
4 |
| bad behaviour |
4 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
| differences between women and men |
4 |
| brahmahatyā |
4 |
| gold |
4 |
| Sagara, Sāgara |
4 |
| anointing the animal, añjana |
4 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
4 |
| sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
4 |
| ekāṣṭakā |
4 |
| Aditi |
4 |
| dogs |
4 |
| against rivals |
4 |
| sorcery |
4 |
| against sorcery |
4 |
| for love, love charms |
4 |
| sahasranāman |
3 |
| Moral literature |
3 |
| pavitra, purifier |
3 |
| usury, lending money |
3 |
| gambling |
3 |
| Trade |
3 |
| sāvitrī |
3 |
| prātaḥsavana |
3 |
| Purāṇa |
3 |
| keśavapaṇīya |
3 |
| sacrificial horse |
3 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
3 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
3 |
| yuga theory |
3 |
| Matsyāvatāra |
3 |
| army |
3 |
| Nandin |
3 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
| mṛtyusava |
3 |
| interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
3 |
| saṃnyāsa |
3 |
| narrative literature |
3 |
| abhiṣeka |
3 |
| Pralamba |
3 |
| rudrabhāga |
3 |
| Lexicography |
3 |
| Alchemy |
3 |
| riddle hymns |
3 |
| Mount Govardhana |
3 |
| Yama |
3 |
| theft, stealing |
3 |
| poverty, renunciation |
3 |
| getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
3 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
| praṇayana |
3 |
| Property of Brahmins |
3 |
| havirdhāna |
3 |
| bali |
3 |
| Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
3 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
| Trita and his brothers |
3 |
| chandoma |
3 |
| pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
3 |
| prauga śastra |
3 |
| prāśitra, prāśita |
3 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
3 |
| for political power |
3 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
3 |
| stomabhāga |
3 |
| correct behaviour |
2 |
| Mīmāṃsā |
2 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
| vasatīvarī |
2 |
| aṣṭakā |
2 |
| samāvartana |
2 |
| ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
| Agni's bodies |
2 |
| paryagnikaraṇa |
2 |
| piṇḍapitṛyajña |
2 |
| blood rain |
2 |
| saṃdhistotra, sandhistotra |
2 |
| yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
2 |
| brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
2 |
| vaiśvadeva |
2 |
| vāstuśamana |
2 |
| pākayajña |
2 |
| caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
| vaśīkaraṇa |
2 |
| aptoryāman |
2 |
| patnīsaṃyāja |
2 |
| adhrigupraiṣa |
2 |
| Astronomy |
2 |
| puṃsavana |
2 |
| Pulomā/an |
2 |
| against death, Nirṛti |
2 |
| high position of Brahmins |
2 |
| dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
2 |
| Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
2 |
| Āpri hymn |
2 |
| Uṣas |
2 |
| Ādityas |
2 |
| birth, pregnancy |
2 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
2 |
| Pradyumna |
2 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
| svarga, heaven |
2 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
| fighting |
2 |
| deities of the moon, nights |
2 |
| worship |
2 |
| Politics |
2 |
| Law |
2 |
| Witness |
2 |
| Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
| Time |
2 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
| Kurukṣetra |
2 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
2 |
| dama |
2 |
| digestion |
2 |
| Psychology |
2 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
| nivid |
2 |
| against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
| penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma |
2 |
| atharvan priest |
2 |
| fetters of death |
2 |
| caturviṃśa day |
2 |
| Agni sāṃtapana |
2 |
| origin of the Vedas |
2 |
| vālakhilyā |
1 |
| snātaka |
1 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
| raktapitta |
1 |
| weapons, arms |
1 |
| pātaka |
1 |
| piṇḍa |
1 |
| ācamana |
1 |
| ājyabhāga |
1 |
| bṛhatī |
1 |
| Language |
1 |
| dūrohaṇa |
1 |
| urinary diseases |
1 |
| odanasava |
1 |
| milk |
1 |
| kālacakra |
1 |
| lobha, greed |
1 |
| abhyuddhṛtā |
1 |
| Pārvatī |
1 |
| manas |
1 |
| abhyuditā |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| yamastoma |
1 |
| udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
| kūśmāṇḍahoma |
1 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
| kuṣṭha |
1 |
| gulma |
1 |
| Property |
1 |
| Vena |
1 |
| Customs and taxes |
1 |
| sadyaskrī |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Keśin |
1 |
| Zoology |
1 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
| monsoon |
1 |
| Etymology |
1 |
| Kālanemi |
1 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
1 |
| Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| somaprāyaścitta |
1 |
| hāriyojana |
1 |
| maitrāvaruṇaśastra |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| sava |
1 |
| Criminal law |
1 |
| Cosmology |
1 |
| Dāruvana |
1 |
| raising the udumbara pillar |
1 |
| process, jurisdiction |
1 |
| Harivaṃśa |
1 |
| Rāma(candra) |
1 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
| king Aṇuha |
1 |
| Nosology |
1 |
| indrastut |
1 |
| vihāra, transposition |
1 |
| Ordeal |
1 |
| missiles of Agni |
1 |
| sthapatisava |
1 |
| sūtasava |
1 |
| Debts and interest |
1 |
| upākaraṇa |
1 |
| dākṣāyaṇayajña |
1 |
| Himālaya |
1 |
| against evil |
1 |
| hotṛ priest |
1 |
| vapāhoma |
1 |
| Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
| sunbeams |
1 |
| meteor, ulkā |
1 |
| creates fever |
1 |
| ṛc |
1 |
| weaving |
1 |
| frogs as omen |
1 |
| Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
1 |
| court live |
1 |
| Brahmā |
1 |
| Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
| vyāhṛtis |
1 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
| Aryaman |
1 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
| strophes used in sacrifice |
1 |
| recitation during sacrifice |
1 |
| paśupati |
1 |
| Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
| Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
| for success in discussions |
1 |
| for a good birth |
1 |
| for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
| for the birth of sons |
1 |
| prevention |
1 |
| frogs |
1 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
1 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
| madhuparka |
1 |
| adhvaryu |
1 |
| sun is fastened to the sky |
1 |
| ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
1 |
| destruction of Dvārakā |
1 |
| attacks Prajāpati |
1 |
| samṛtayajña |
1 |
| raurava |
1 |
| prasthita libation, prasthitahoma |
1 |
| sadas |
1 |
| mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
| long live, āyus |
1 |
| third eye |
1 |
| Śrīvidyā |
1 |
| killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
| Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
| non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
1 |
| maitrāvaruṇa |
1 |
| Bali and Indra |
1 |
| Agastya |
1 |
| Pūṣan |
1 |
| Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
| seasons |
1 |
| death of a sacrificer |
1 |
| Pūtanā |
1 |
| against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
| water, rain |
1 |
| studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
| Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
| śravaṇākarman |
1 |
| pṛṣātaka |
1 |
| navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
1 |
| arghya |
1 |
| Tilottamā |
1 |
| 21-fold, ekaviṃśa |
1 |
| saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
