Topic |
Frequency |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
68 |
war |
57 |
Soma sacrifice |
49 |
Indra |
37 |
agnicayana |
36 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
36 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
32 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
28 |
agniṣṭoma |
28 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
27 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
25 |
Agni |
23 |
sāman |
20 |
pravargya |
20 |
altar, vedi |
17 |
prāyaścitta |
16 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
16 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
15 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
15 |
Viśve devāḥ |
14 |
raising the yūpa |
13 |
Soma |
13 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
12 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
12 |
avadāna |
12 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
12 |
āpyāyana |
12 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
12 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
12 |
agnihotra |
11 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
11 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
11 |
against bad omina and presigns |
11 |
bricks |
11 |
ātman |
10 |
Aśvins |
10 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
10 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
10 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
10 |
rājasūya |
10 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
9 |
mahāvrata |
9 |
śrāddha |
9 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
9 |
pṛṣṭha |
9 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
8 |
dīkṣā |
8 |
Varuṇa |
8 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
8 |
upākaraṇa |
8 |
Aditi |
8 |
cow |
7 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
7 |
Āpri hymn |
7 |
prāṇa etc. |
7 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
7 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
7 |
vājapeya |
7 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
7 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
7 |
ṣaḍaha |
7 |
upasad |
7 |
Tīrthas |
7 |
mantra |
7 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
6 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
6 |
Rudra |
6 |
midday pavamāna |
6 |
against sorcery |
6 |
jātaka, avadāna |
6 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
6 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
6 |
śruti, Veda |
6 |
sacrificial fire |
6 |
vaśā |
5 |
Creation of the world |
5 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
5 |
Uṣas |
5 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
5 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
5 |
āhavanīya |
5 |
chandoma |
5 |
daśahotra |
5 |
uktha |
4 |
arrow |
4 |
brahman priest |
4 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
4 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
4 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
4 |
punarādheya |
4 |
ukhā |
4 |
grahagrahaṇa |
4 |
prātaranuvāka |
4 |
karman doctrine |
4 |
ukhya |
4 |
Maruts |
4 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
4 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
4 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
4 |
yajus verses |
3 |
māsiśrāddha |
3 |
for political power |
3 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
3 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
3 |
Cosmography |
3 |
ahīna |
3 |
atirātra |
3 |
Structure of the world |
3 |
gambling |
3 |
origin of the Vedas |
3 |
priest, ṛtvij |
3 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
3 |
marriage, wedding |
3 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
3 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
3 |
gāyatrī |
3 |
for luck in gambling |
3 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
3 |
pākayajña |
3 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
Buddha's life |
3 |
Bhakti |
3 |
Pūṣan |
3 |
svaru |
3 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
3 |
vaiśvadeva |
3 |
errors in sacrifice |
3 |
dharma |
3 |
Devala and Asita |
3 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
2 |
dvadaśāha |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
vasāhoma |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
2 |
sattra |
2 |
odana |
2 |
space, ākāśa |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
vapāhoma |
2 |
upanayana, initiation |
2 |
cātvāla |
2 |
raurava |
2 |
sadas |
2 |
darbha grass |
2 |
vrātya |
2 |
Marutta |
2 |
Dharmaśāstra |
2 |
deluge, Manu |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
Asceticism, tapas |
2 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
2 |
Buddhism |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
ājya hymns |
2 |
against sins, misdeeds |
2 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
anatomy, human body |
2 |
eating, food, anna |
2 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
2 |
Mitra |
2 |
udgītha |
2 |
avatāras |
2 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
linguistic speculation |
2 |
consecration |
2 |
Ṛbhus |
2 |
ekāha |
2 |
Brideship and marriage |
2 |
Nala and Damayantī |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
bali |
2 |
earthquake |
2 |
ṛc |
2 |
vāmadevya |
2 |
agnyupasthāna |
2 |
against natural disasters |
2 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
Manu, manvantara |
2 |
agnīṣomīya |
2 |
varṇas, castes |
2 |
fighting |
2 |
prātaḥsavana |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
samiṣṭayajus |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
agricultural rites |
1 |
spoons |
1 |
aupāsana |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
1 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
for prestige, influence |
1 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
1 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
1 |
nāndīmukha |
1 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
somapariṇayana |
1 |
viṣṭuti |
1 |
sapiṇḍīkaraṇa |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
omina with fire |
1 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
upāyakauśalya |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
manas |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
against possession |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
good behaviour |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
1 |
Kubera |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
Alchemy |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
King, rājanīti |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
mankind |
1 |
Family |
1 |
brahmacarya |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
dāna, giving |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Mahābhārata |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
Mahāyāna |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
immortality, amṛta |
1 |
ṣoḍaśin |
1 |
urination |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
ācamana |
1 |
brahmagavī |
1 |
sava |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
sacrificial horse |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
cāturmāsya |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
Balarāma |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
Nirṛti |
1 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
vyāhṛtis |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
against rivals |
1 |
for success, authority |
1 |
Medicine |
1 |
against fear |
1 |
against anger, wrath, fury |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
saṃdhistotra, sandhistotra |
1 |