Topic |
Frequency |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
720 |
Soma sacrifice |
517 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
496 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
394 |
agnihotra |
381 |
war |
346 |
sāman |
319 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
296 |
dīkṣā |
288 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
280 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
236 |
ṣaḍaha |
184 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
166 |
sacrificial fire |
165 |
prāyaścitta |
165 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
164 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
154 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
153 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
138 |
Tīrthas |
136 |
Giving, dāna |
129 |
dharma |
124 |
King, rājanīti |
123 |
kāmyapaśubandha |
116 |
cow |
115 |
Bhakti |
112 |
vaśā |
108 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
99 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
96 |
agnicayana |
94 |
cāturmāsya |
93 |
prāṇa etc. |
91 |
midday pavamāna |
91 |
pṛṣṭha |
89 |
agniṣṭoma |
86 |
ātman |
85 |
Astronomy |
85 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
84 |
varṇas, castes |
83 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
82 |
sākamedha |
79 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
78 |
Rudra |
76 |
ukhā |
75 |
vaiśvadeva |
72 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
71 |
uktha |
68 |
Genealogies |
67 |
Creation of the world |
66 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
66 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
65 |
avadāna |
64 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
63 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
63 |
fable |
63 |
Alchemy |
62 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
61 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
60 |
brahman priest |
59 |
Prajāpati |
58 |
Kṣatriya |
58 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
57 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
56 |
raising the yūpa |
55 |
Manu, manvantara |
55 |
vājapeya |
55 |
eating, food, anna |
53 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
53 |
Cosmogony |
52 |
vrata |
49 |
karman doctrine |
49 |
odana |
48 |
bricks |
48 |
good behaviour |
47 |
viṣṭuti |
47 |
chandoma |
46 |
Cosmography |
46 |
sacrifice and time |
46 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
45 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
44 |
śrāddha |
44 |
yuga theory |
43 |
Time |
43 |
year |
42 |
rājasūya |
42 |
Agni |
41 |
udgātṛ |
41 |
worship |
40 |
Brahmin |
39 |
pravargya |
38 |
deluge, Manu |
37 |
sexuality |
37 |
mahāvrata |
35 |
punarādheya |
35 |
priest, ṛtvij |
34 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika |
34 |
mahābhiṣeka |
33 |
svaru |
33 |
cātvāla |
33 |
āpyāyana |
33 |
Geography |
33 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
33 |
ājya hymns |
32 |
rebirth, transmigration |
32 |
Śunaḥśepa |
32 |
Indra |
31 |
Āpri hymn |
30 |
sattra |
30 |
Cosmology |
29 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
29 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
29 |
Women |
29 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
29 |
linguistic speculation |
29 |
saṃsāra |
28 |
caturviṃśa day |
28 |
has the hide of man |
28 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
28 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
27 |
spoons |
27 |
gāyatrī |
27 |
Asceticism, tapas |
26 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
26 |
altar, vedi |
26 |
Skanda |
25 |
gavām ayana |
25 |
gold |
25 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
25 |
dāna, giving |
24 |
avatāras |
24 |
anatomy, human body |
24 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
24 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
24 |
Soma |
24 |
śruti, Veda |
24 |
Atharvaveda |
24 |
ṣoḍaśin |
23 |
(Im-)purity |
22 |
botany, plants |
22 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
22 |
Yoga |
22 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
22 |
brahman |
22 |
viṣuvat |
22 |
errors in sacrifice |
21 |
nivid |
21 |
upākaraṇa |
21 |
mantra |
21 |
āpaddharma |
21 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
21 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
21 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
20 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
20 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
19 |
Sāṃkhya |
19 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
19 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
19 |
Law |
19 |
samiṣṭayajus |
18 |
agnihotrī |
18 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
18 |
Dharmaśāstra |
18 |
āśvina |
18 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
18 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
18 |
snāna, bathing |
17 |
rejuvenation |
17 |
upasad |
17 |
śunāsīrya |
17 |
for a king |
17 |
Marutta |
17 |
Bhṛgu |
17 |
Moral literature |
17 |
saṃskāras |
17 |
marriage, wedding |
17 |
recitation during sacrifice |
17 |
for success, authority |
17 |
Cyavana |
17 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
17 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
17 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
16 |
Buddhism |
16 |
punarabhiṣeka |
16 |
Astrology |
16 |
consent of the animal |
16 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
16 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
16 |
Agni's bodies |
16 |
Vṛtra |
15 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
15 |
udgītha |
15 |
rudrabhāga |
15 |
Viśvāmitra |
15 |
Mahābhārata |
15 |
subhāṣita |
15 |
against death, Nirṛti |
14 |
theft, stealing |
14 |
dakṣiṇā |
14 |
āśrama |
14 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
14 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
14 |
vrātya |
14 |
Nahuṣa |
13 |
kṣatra and brahman |
13 |
purohita, house priest |
13 |
Aditi |
13 |
India |
13 |
for political power |
13 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
13 |
Kṛṣṇa |
13 |
fever, jvara, takman |
13 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
13 |
svarasāman days |
13 |
meteorology, weather |
12 |
prauga śastra |
12 |
Medicine |
12 |
Kaṃsa |
12 |
inundation |
12 |
Paraśurāma |
12 |
stomabhāga |
12 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
12 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
12 |
Kaśyapa |
12 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
12 |
sun and sacrifice |
11 |
Yama |
11 |
gṛhastha |
11 |
dvadaśāha |
11 |
Peace and war |
11 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
11 |
Himālaya |
11 |
brahmacarya |
11 |
Tripura |
11 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
11 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
11 |
ukhya |
11 |
Pregnancy |
11 |
female ascetics |
11 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
11 |
dūrohaṇa |
10 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
10 |
ukthya |
10 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
10 |
praṇayana |
10 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
10 |
ṛc |
10 |
pavitra, purifier |
10 |
Śvetadvīpa |
10 |
anvārambhana |
10 |
Rituals |
10 |
subrahmaṇyā |
10 |
seasons |
10 |
Aśvins |
10 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
10 |
bad behaviour |
10 |
Religion and Philosophy |
10 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
9 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
9 |
aponaptrīya |
9 |
jātaka, avadāna |
9 |
high position of Brahmins |
9 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
9 |
immortality, amṛta |
9 |
abhiplava |
9 |
differences between women and men |
9 |
paridhi enclosings |
9 |
ājyabhāga |
9 |
āgrayaṇa |
9 |
rasāyana |
9 |
vāmadevya |
9 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
8 |
long live, āyus |
8 |
Brahmā |
8 |
correct behaviour |
8 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
8 |
Trita and his brothers |
8 |
pātaka |
8 |
samāvartana |
8 |
atirātra |
8 |
Ordeal |
8 |
tulāpuruṣa |
8 |
gambling |
8 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
8 |
adhrigupraiṣa |
8 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
8 |
Brideship and marriage |
8 |
Prophesy |
8 |
piṇḍa |
8 |
Tāraka |
8 |
havirdhāna |
8 |
Poetology |
8 |
fetters of death |
8 |
travelling, making a journey |
8 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
8 |
Maruts |
8 |
daṇḍa |
8 |
unsteadiness of life |
8 |
Travel |
8 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
8 |
pūjā |
7 |
sahasranāman |
7 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
7 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman |
7 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
7 |
prasthita libation |
7 |
dvīpa |
7 |
Kalki(n) |
7 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
7 |
Matsyāvatāra |
7 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
7 |
Property of Brahmins |
7 |
sadas |
7 |
Psychology |
7 |
sunbeams |
7 |
paśupati |
7 |
attacks Prajāpati |
7 |
dhanurveda |
7 |
senses, indriya |
7 |
sun is fastened to the sky |
7 |
strophes used in sacrifice |
7 |
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 |
7 |
Buddha's life |
7 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
7 |
milk |
7 |
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
6 |
Palmistry |
6 |
vānaprastha |
6 |
weapons, arms |
6 |
for cattle, cows |
6 |
against bad omina and presigns |
6 |
vālakhilyā |
6 |
raurava |
6 |
children |
6 |
vyāhṛtis |
6 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
6 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
6 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
6 |
haviryajña |
6 |
vihāra, transposition |
6 |
birth, pregnancy |
6 |
dākṣāyaṇayajña |
6 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
5 |
against rivals |
5 |
Bṛhaspati |
5 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
5 |
Vāmadeva |
5 |
digestion |
5 |
army |
5 |
Agni sāṃtapana |
5 |
svarga, heaven |
5 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
5 |
Witness |
5 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
5 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
5 |
āvāpa, insertion |
5 |
Nala and Damayantī |
5 |
svadharma |
5 |
hathayoga |
5 |
Mahāyāna |
5 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
5 |
reaching svarga |
5 |
brahmagavī |
5 |
placing the somakalaśa |
5 |
sāvitrī |
5 |
Materia medica |
5 |
Grammar |
5 |
Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
4 |
sad-asad, real and non-existent |
4 |
human sacrifice |
4 |
prayāja |
4 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
4 |
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice |
4 |
nakṣatras |
4 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
4 |
atharvan priest |
4 |
abhyuddhṛtā |
4 |
abhyuditā |
4 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
4 |
Viśve devāḥ |
4 |
Sleeping |
4 |
Agastya |
4 |
manas |
4 |
Meditation |
4 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
4 |
Balarāma |
4 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
4 |
lobha, greed |
4 |
Bharata |
4 |
Kirātārjunīya |
4 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
4 |
State finances |
4 |
Māṇḍavya |
4 |
hunting |
4 |
Pulomā/an |
4 |
kṣatradharma |
4 |
Prajāpati's children |
4 |
fighting |
4 |
Nāga |
4 |
bali |
4 |
Politics |
4 |
friendship |
4 |
Dynasties |
4 |
narrative literature |
4 |
against serpents, snakebites |
4 |
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma |
4 |
religious speculation, mystic |
4 |
deities of the moon, nights |
4 |
Inheritance |
4 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
3 |
Pārvatī |
3 |
marman |
3 |
advaita philosophy |
3 |
āśā, hope |
3 |
Andhaka |
3 |
vyavahāra |
3 |
prātaranuvāka |
3 |
kṣetrajña |
3 |
ahaṃkāra |
3 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
3 |
missiles of Agni |
3 |
pākayajña |
3 |
anunirvāpyā |
3 |
Sūrya's chariot |
3 |
Devala and Asita |
3 |
āstāva |
3 |
sacrificial horse |
3 |
Māndhātṛ |
3 |
poverty, renunciation |
3 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
for the birth of sons |
3 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
3 |
life, jīva |
3 |
ahīna |
3 |
medhājanana |
3 |
against sorcery |
3 |
japa |
3 |
against evil |
3 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
3 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
3 |
Minister |
3 |
triguṇa |
3 |
Criminal law |
3 |
Nandin |
3 |
Senses and world |
3 |
upanayana, initiation |
3 |
samṛtayajña |
3 |
Kurukṣetra |
2 |
svāhā |
2 |
tānūnaptra |
2 |
saṃnyāsa |
2 |
brahmahatyā |
2 |
vidradhi |
2 |
paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers |
2 |
non-attachment |
2 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
2 |
robbery |
2 |
gulma |
2 |
crying |
2 |
jātakarman |
2 |
blood rain |
2 |
śravaṇākarman |
2 |
vātarakta |
2 |
Widow |
2 |
poison, antidotes |
2 |
Phonetics |
2 |
Gaṇeśa |
2 |
selling children |
2 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
systematics |
2 |
military formation |
2 |
Purāṇa |
2 |
Dāruvana |
2 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
Gandharva |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
Buddha |
2 |
origin of the Vedas |
2 |
for material success, riches, wealth |
2 |
Harivaṃśa |
2 |
against poison, venom |
2 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
2 |
paramārtha |
2 |
Tilottamā |
2 |
origin of the sacrifice |
2 |
for concord, harmony |
2 |
Debt |
2 |
Process |
2 |
Varāha |
2 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
2 |
Dakṣa |
2 |
āgnīdhra priest |
2 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
2 |
creates fever |
2 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
2 |
human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
Stories |
2 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
Vāstoṣpati |
2 |
Family |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
order of sacrifices, yajñakrama |
1 |
Military science |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
Rāma(candra) |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
Therapy |
1 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
Vaiśeṣika |
1 |
Deities and cults |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
grahas |
1 |
court live |
1 |
Kubera |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
daughter |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
sava |
1 |
Pūtanā |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
Varuṇa |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
third eye |
1 |
ācamana |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
1 |
for success in discussions |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
falls on Śivas head |
1 |
Pracetas |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
adhvaryu |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
hotṛ priest |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
amlapitta |
1 |
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
mankind |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
mahant |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
vapāhoma |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
Pradyumna |
1 |