Topic |
Frequency |
jātaka, avadāna |
431 |
Mahāyāna |
323 |
war |
205 |
Buddha's life |
163 |
Indra |
123 |
Alchemy |
120 |
Tīrthas |
87 |
Bhakti |
63 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
62 |
cow |
61 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
59 |
Soma |
56 |
upāyakauśalya |
51 |
Genealogies |
49 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
49 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
47 |
Buddhism |
46 |
Astronomy |
41 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
37 |
Dharmaśāstra |
37 |
Mahābhārata |
34 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
34 |
Giving, dāna |
34 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
34 |
yuga theory |
33 |
agnihotra |
28 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
27 |
vaśā |
25 |
mahāvrata |
25 |
prāyaścitta |
24 |
Cosmography |
24 |
Agni |
24 |
Rudra |
23 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
23 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
21 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
21 |
Cosmogony |
20 |
Geography |
19 |
Time |
18 |
Medicine |
18 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
18 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
18 |
Aśvins |
18 |
narrative literature |
17 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
16 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
16 |
prāṇa etc. |
16 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
16 |
mantra |
16 |
dharma |
15 |
rājasūya |
15 |
King, rājanīti |
15 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
15 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
14 |
army |
14 |
Soma sacrifice |
14 |
linguistic speculation |
14 |
varṇas, castes |
13 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
13 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
12 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
12 |
agnicayana |
12 |
Kṛṣṇa |
12 |
travelling, making a journey |
12 |
(Im-)purity |
12 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
12 |
dāna, giving |
12 |
rasāyana |
12 |
Creation of the world |
11 |
Varuṇa |
11 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
11 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
11 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
10 |
worship |
10 |
vyākaraṇa |
10 |
India |
10 |
Maruts |
9 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
9 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
9 |
Law |
9 |
āhavanīya |
9 |
vyavahāra |
9 |
ātman |
9 |
mahābhiṣeka |
9 |
āśrama |
8 |
sāman |
8 |
sahasranāman |
8 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
8 |
Politics |
8 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
8 |
vānaprastha |
8 |
Sāṃkhya |
8 |
Śvetadvīpa |
8 |
Witness |
8 |
Brideship and marriage |
8 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
7 |
gambling |
7 |
dīkṣā |
7 |
for sufficient food |
7 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
7 |
fable |
7 |
dhanurveda |
7 |
udgītha |
7 |
marriage, wedding |
7 |
Lexicography |
7 |
Viśvāmitra |
7 |
brahman |
6 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
6 |
hathayoga |
6 |
Viśve devāḥ |
6 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
6 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
6 |
śrāddha |
6 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
6 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
6 |
pātaka |
6 |
tulāpuruṣa |
6 |
inundation |
6 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
6 |
dānastuti |
5 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
5 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
5 |
brahmacarya |
5 |
water, rain |
5 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
5 |
Vṛtra |
5 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
5 |
against sorcery |
5 |
Brahmin |
5 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
5 |
for political power |
5 |
vājapeya |
5 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
5 |
Grammar |
4 |
Religion and Philosophy |
4 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
4 |
Bali and Indra |
4 |
punarādheya |
4 |
Harivaṃśa |
4 |
rebirth, transmigration |
4 |
Balarāma |
4 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
4 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
4 |
kṛcchra |
4 |
ekāha |
4 |
saṃsāra |
4 |
Debt |
4 |
Dāruvana |
4 |
karman doctrine |
4 |
arrow |
4 |
Nāga |
4 |
Criminal law |
4 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
4 |
Āpri hymn |
4 |
agniṣṭoma |
4 |
weapons, arms |
4 |
snāna, bathing |
4 |
Mitra |
4 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
3 |
against death, Nirṛti |
3 |
placing the somakalaśa |
3 |
agnyupasthāna |
3 |
unsteadiness of life |
3 |
for success in discussions |
3 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
3 |
for the birth of sons |
3 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
3 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
3 |
Śiśupāla |
3 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
3 |
amulets |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
3 |
year |
3 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
3 |
falls on Śivas head |
3 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
3 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
3 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
3 |
Śeṣa |
3 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
3 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
3 |
āśvina |
3 |
Pracetas |
3 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
3 |
Tāraka |
3 |
Business law |
3 |
sexuality |
3 |
process, jurisdiction |
3 |
Travel |
3 |
Tripura |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
pūjā |
3 |
Pregnancy |
3 |
avatāras |
3 |
vrata |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
Paraśurāma |
3 |
Women |
3 |
Marutta |
3 |
Customs and taxes |
3 |
Asceticism, tapas |
3 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
vaiśvadeva |
2 |
for cattle, cows |
2 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
2 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
2 |
against rivals |
2 |
ukhya |
2 |
Sūrya's chariot |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
samiṣṭayajus |
2 |
Śarva |
2 |
Tilottamā |
2 |
Nandin |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
against possession |
2 |
children |
2 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
Technique of Yoga |
2 |
Varāha |
2 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
Merchants |
2 |
creates fever |
2 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
2 |
Trade |
2 |
Cosmology |
2 |
ahīna |
2 |
botany, plants |
2 |
kṣatradharma |
2 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
2 |
Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
Śrīvidyā |
2 |
religious speculation, mystic |
2 |
Moral literature |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
Yoga |
2 |
pṛṣṭha |
2 |
Bhava |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
dakṣiṇā |
2 |
Military science |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
Pūṣan |
2 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
2 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
2 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
2 |
advaita philosophy |
2 |
Noun derivation |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
against blood loss |
2 |
saṃnyāsa |
2 |
Dynasties |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
Rituals |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
2 |
ṛc |
2 |
gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
third pressing |
1 |
branding |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
grahagrahaṇa |
1 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
sattra |
1 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
1 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
milk |
1 |
saṃskāras |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
rejuvenation |
1 |
altar, vedi |
1 |
order of sacrifices, yajñakrama |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Weights, measures |
1 |
Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
against natural disasters |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
keśavapaṇīya |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
punarabhiṣeka |
1 |
eclipse |
1 |
Cyavana |
1 |
upanayana, initiation |
1 |
for prestige, influence |
1 |
chariot |
1 |
chandoma |
1 |
kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
1 |
Minister |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
atisāra, flux, diarrhea |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
1 |
Nirṛti |
1 |
Brahmā |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
āsrāva |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
Palmistry |
1 |
ahaṃkāra |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
Property of Brahmins |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
Kubera |
1 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
kṣetrajña |
1 |
japa |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
Manu, manvantara |
1 |
dvīpa |
1 |
burnt by Śiva |
1 |
Burning of Kāma |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
murder |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Dakṣa |
1 |
cattle |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
Deities and cults |
1 |
Sinīvalī |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
ṣoḍaśin |
1 |
Cattle as property |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
for fame, glory |
1 |
putting to sleep |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
against poison, venom |
1 |
Prophesy |
1 |
takman |
1 |
Vāstoṣpati |
1 |
dogs |
1 |
robbery |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
for success, authority |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
against curses |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
prāṇāyāma |
1 |