| Topic |
Frequency |
| jātaka, avadāna |
291 |
| Mahāyāna |
250 |
| Genealogies |
143 |
| narrative literature |
135 |
| Buddha's life |
122 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
76 |
| Alchemy |
71 |
| Mahābhārata |
67 |
| agniṣṭoma |
61 |
| Medicine |
60 |
| Buddhism |
54 |
| Cosmography |
50 |
| Tīrthas |
49 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
47 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
45 |
| war |
42 |
| worship |
41 |
| upāyakauśalya |
34 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
32 |
| Politics |
30 |
| King, rājanīti |
28 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
27 |
| Bhakti |
26 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
26 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
24 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
22 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
21 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
21 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
20 |
| Mīmāṃsā |
20 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
20 |
| dvīpa |
19 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
19 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
18 |
| ātman |
18 |
| agnihotra |
17 |
| Poetology |
17 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
16 |
| Indra |
16 |
| avatāras |
16 |
| rājasūya |
16 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
16 |
| Creation of the world |
15 |
| agnicayana |
15 |
| upanayana, initiation |
15 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
15 |
| Geography |
14 |
| mantra |
14 |
| prāṇa etc. |
14 |
| yuga theory |
13 |
| fable |
13 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
13 |
| varṇas, castes |
13 |
| Military science |
12 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
12 |
| Himālaya |
12 |
| aṃśāvatāra |
12 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
12 |
| worship of relics, stūpas |
12 |
| twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
12 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
12 |
| Soma sacrifice |
11 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
11 |
| Peace and war |
11 |
| dharma |
11 |
| Skanda |
11 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
11 |
| dīkṣā |
11 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
11 |
| vājapeya |
11 |
| Yoga |
10 |
| Viśvāmitra |
10 |
| āpaddharma |
10 |
| Materia medica |
10 |
| Brideship and marriage |
10 |
| Manu, manvantara |
10 |
| Kaṃsa |
10 |
| Manu Vaivasvata |
10 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
10 |
| botany, plants |
10 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
9 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
9 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
9 |
| Paraśurāma |
9 |
| cātvāla |
9 |
| Sagara, Sāgara |
9 |
| Women |
9 |
| śrāddha |
8 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
8 |
| Marutta |
8 |
| Language |
8 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
8 |
| Astrology |
8 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
8 |
| Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
8 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
8 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
8 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
7 |
| Rituals |
7 |
| marriage, wedding |
7 |
| prāyaścitta |
7 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
7 |
| against serpents, snakebites |
7 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
7 |
| vrātya |
7 |
| sāman |
7 |
| for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
7 |
| āśrama |
6 |
| third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
6 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
6 |
| Cosmogony |
6 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
6 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
6 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
6 |
| vānaprastha |
6 |
| Giving, dāna |
6 |
| Balarāma |
6 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
6 |
| pravargya |
6 |
| pūjā |
6 |
| Kalki(n) |
6 |
| Māndhātṛ |
6 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
6 |
| vrata |
6 |
| bali |
6 |
| India |
6 |
| meteorology, weather |
6 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
6 |
| Tripura |
6 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
5 |
| daśahotra |
5 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
5 |
| raising the yūpa |
5 |
| Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
5 |
| pṛṣṭha |
5 |
| gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
5 |
| Prajāpati creates the world |
5 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
| Astronomy |
5 |
| Sāṃkhya |
5 |
| (Im-)purity |
5 |
| Law |
5 |
| Pārvatī |
4 |
| vaśā |
4 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
4 |
| puruṣa, primeval man |
4 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
4 |
| army |
4 |
| leprosy, kilāsa |
4 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
4 |
| eating, food, anna |
4 |
| worship of the Buddha |
4 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
4 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
4 |
| Love |
4 |
| Agni |
4 |
| Durgā |
4 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
4 |
| saṃskāras |
4 |
| cremation ground, śmaśāna |
4 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
4 |
| Pulomā/an |
4 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
4 |
| ekāha |
4 |
| subhāṣita |
4 |
| Nāga |
4 |
| Bhṛgu |
4 |
| hathayoga |
4 |
| poison, antidotes |
4 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
| serpent worship, snake worship |
4 |
| saṃsāra |
4 |
| weapons, arms |
4 |
| Vṛtra |
4 |
| spoons |
4 |
| Vāmadeva |
3 |
| linguistic speculation |
3 |
| Nala and Damayantī |
3 |
| advaita philosophy |
3 |
| snāna, bathing |
3 |
| Purāṇa |
3 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
3 |
| Witness |
3 |
| paribhāṣā, general rules |
3 |
| karman doctrine |
3 |
| hole for the yūpa |
3 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
3 |
| svaru |
3 |
| dhanurveda |
3 |
| midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
3 |
| mahāvrata |
3 |
| altar, vedi |
3 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
3 |
| āgrayaṇa |
3 |
| Matsyāvatāra |
3 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
3 |
| female ascetics |
3 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
3 |
| birth, pregnancy |
3 |
| Dynasties |
3 |
| Soma |
3 |
| gold |
3 |
| Māṇḍavya |
3 |
| āśā, hope |
3 |
| Kṣatriya |
3 |
| Anti-social behaviour |
3 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
3 |
| Palmistry |
3 |
| Architecture |
3 |
| Psychology |
3 |
| kuṣṭha |
3 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
3 |
| good behaviour |
3 |
| vaśīkaraṇa |
2 |
| takman |
2 |
| Harivaṃśa |
2 |
| uttaravedi |
2 |
| for the birth of sons |
2 |
| Buddha |
2 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
2 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
2 |
| for success at court, in a juridicial process |
2 |
| process, jurisdiction |
2 |
| skin diseases |
2 |
| pediatrics, child diseases |
2 |
| Candra, Candramas, moon |
2 |
| Prophesy |
2 |
| pravara, choosing the priest |
2 |
| sautrāmaṇī |
2 |
| brahman |
2 |
| nakṣatras |
2 |
| vyākaraṇa |
2 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
2 |
| bricks |
2 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
2 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
| upasad |
2 |
| anuyāja, after-offering |
2 |
| avadāna |
2 |
| Time |
2 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
| samiṣṭayajus |
2 |
| subrahmaṇyā |
2 |
| Family |
2 |
| Śiśupāla |
2 |
| against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
| kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
2 |
| inundation |
2 |
| ājya hymns |
2 |
| getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
2 |
| religious speculation, mystic |
2 |
| udgītha |
2 |
| anatomy, human body |
2 |
| midday pavamāna |
2 |
| kṛcchra |
2 |
| bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
2 |
| cāturmāsya |
2 |
| Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
2 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
2 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
| Budha, Mercury |
2 |
| Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
| human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
| Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
2 |
| Burning of Kāma |
2 |
| Kubera |
2 |
| burnt by Śiva |
2 |
| Tāraka |
2 |
| king Aṇuha |
2 |
| Vṛtra and Indra |
2 |
| Grammar |
2 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
| Tantrism |
2 |
| Travel |
2 |
| sahasranāman |
2 |
| Moral literature |
2 |
| Brahmin |
2 |
| cow |
2 |
| differences between women and men |
2 |
| Maruts |
2 |
| somaparivahaṇa, śakaṭaparivahaṇa |
2 |
| Vena |
2 |
| Family law |
2 |
| rasāyana |
2 |
| Cosmology |
2 |
| avāntaradīkṣā |
2 |
| soma graha |
2 |
| Pradyumna |
2 |
| authority of the Veda |
1 |
| Ṛṣi |
1 |
| urinary diseases |
1 |
| meaninglessness |
1 |
| grahagrahaṇa |
1 |
| diseases |
1 |
| medhājanana |
1 |
| Zoology |
1 |
| grahaṇīdoṣa |
1 |
| Criminal law |
1 |
| vāṇa |
1 |
| atisāra, flux, diarrhea |
1 |
| gulma |
1 |
| Pralamba |
1 |
| usury, lending money |
1 |
| ukhya |
1 |
| śotha |
1 |
| godāna |
1 |
| Jarāsandha |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa kills Keśin |
1 |
| pāṇḍuroga |
1 |
| samāvartana |
1 |
| vidradhi |
1 |
| nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
| pākayajña |
1 |
| ātithyeṣṭi |
1 |
| feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
| keśavapaṇīya |
1 |
| Mount Govardhana |
1 |
| ukhā |
1 |
| āhavanīya |
1 |
| madātyaya |
1 |
| arśas |
1 |
| yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
| against possession |
1 |
| arocaka |
1 |
| kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
1 |
| tānūnaptra |
1 |
| avabhṛtha |
1 |
| agniṣṭut |
1 |
| śvāsa |
1 |
| śravaṇākarman |
1 |
| paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
| killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
| Pūru |
1 |
| raktapitta |
1 |
| paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
| Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
| yajus verses |
1 |
| explanation of the Soma sacrifice, somapravacana |
1 |
| cough, kāsa |
1 |
| against kṛtyās |
1 |
| frogs as omen |
1 |
| amlapitta |
1 |
| bṛhatī |
1 |
| against kṣetriya |
1 |
| meteor, ulkā |
1 |
| upākaraṇa |
1 |
| general or default rules for the sacrifice |
1 |
| grahas |
1 |
| nāḍīvijñāna |
1 |
| mekhalābandhana |
1 |
| keśānta |
1 |
| vasatīvarī |
1 |
| paridhi enclosings |
1 |
| prāśitra, prāśita |
1 |
| saṃnyāsa |
1 |
| taptakṛcchra |
1 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
| vaiśvadeva |
1 |
| Rudra |
1 |
| dakṣiṇā |
1 |
| Prajāpati |
1 |
| Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
| Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
| People |
1 |
| Aditi |
1 |
| Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
| Ādityas |
1 |
| Āpri hymn |
1 |
| Deposit |
1 |
| Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
| Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
| Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
| Apsaras |
1 |
| Gandharva |
1 |
| against sorcery |
1 |
| Prostitution |
1 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
| against poison, venom |
1 |
| Debt |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| Senses and world |
1 |
| Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
| Administration |
1 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
| Nahuṣa |
1 |
| Deities and cults |
1 |
| hunting |
1 |
| Pracetas |
1 |
| pātaka |
1 |
| svadharma |
1 |
| Agastya |
1 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
| Customs and taxes |
1 |
| vyavahāra |
1 |
| senses, indriya |
1 |
| svarga, heaven |
1 |
| water, rain |
1 |
| manas |
1 |
| śruti, Veda |
1 |
| travelling, making a journey |
1 |
| Trade |
1 |
| Pūtanā |
1 |
| dogs |
1 |
| frogs |
1 |
| varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
| atirātra |
1 |
| Nandin |
1 |
| creates fever |
1 |
| for sufficient food |
1 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
1 |
| sattra |
1 |
| Stories |
1 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
| Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
1 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
1 |
| sava |
1 |
| abhiṣeka |
1 |
| mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
| dāna, giving |
1 |
| sīmantonnayana |
1 |
| nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
| pavitra, purifier |
1 |
| brahmacarya |
1 |
| visarpa |
1 |
| fighting |
1 |
| paśupati |
1 |
| against rivals |
1 |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
1 |
| Gaṇeśa |
1 |
| against jealousy |
1 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
| for success in discussions |
1 |
| poverty, renunciation |
1 |
| for success, authority |
1 |
| Rāma(candra) |
1 |
| dānastuti |
1 |
| against bad dreams |
1 |
| against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
| attacks Prajāpati |
1 |
| amulets |
1 |
| against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
| piṇḍa |
1 |
| vātavyādhi |
1 |
| worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
| gāyatrī |
1 |
| deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
| Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
| Prajāpati and his daughter |
1 |
| for a good birth |
1 |
