Topic |
Frequency |
Alchemy |
172 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
165 |
Bhakti |
147 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
115 |
war |
107 |
Mahābhārata |
105 |
dīkṣā |
80 |
Dharmaśāstra |
79 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
60 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
58 |
prāyaścitta |
49 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
47 |
dharma |
44 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
43 |
(Im-)purity |
40 |
āśrama |
40 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
38 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
36 |
good behaviour |
33 |
worship |
30 |
narrative literature |
30 |
King, rājanīti |
29 |
Women |
28 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
26 |
varṇas, castes |
25 |
marriage, wedding |
24 |
vānaprastha |
24 |
Brideship and marriage |
23 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
22 |
Buddha's life |
22 |
brahmacarya |
18 |
upanayana, initiation |
18 |
karman doctrine |
17 |
dāna, giving |
17 |
Medicine |
16 |
gṛhastha, householder |
16 |
Law |
16 |
hathayoga |
15 |
Astrology |
15 |
Genealogies |
15 |
Criminal law |
15 |
Sāṃkhya |
14 |
saṃnyāsa |
14 |
Brahmin |
13 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
13 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
13 |
Professions |
13 |
Giving, dāna |
12 |
saṃsāra |
12 |
Buddhism |
12 |
Tīrthas |
12 |
saṃskāras |
12 |
eating, food, anna |
11 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
11 |
mantra |
11 |
pātaka |
11 |
Politics |
11 |
Asceticism, tapas |
10 |
cow |
10 |
dhanurveda |
10 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
10 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
9 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
9 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
9 |
Mahāyāna |
9 |
Pārvatī |
9 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
9 |
long live, āyus |
8 |
vrata |
8 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
8 |
godāna |
8 |
Śrīvidyā |
7 |
bad behaviour |
7 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
7 |
Lexicography |
7 |
Māndhātṛ |
6 |
avatāras |
6 |
theft, stealing |
6 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
6 |
snāna, bathing |
6 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
6 |
Family law |
6 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
6 |
rebirth, transmigration |
6 |
Family |
6 |
botany, plants |
6 |
Marutta |
6 |
āpaddharma |
6 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
5 |
Rituals |
5 |
ghost, monster, demon |
5 |
Creation of the world |
5 |
jātaka, avadāna |
5 |
alms, bhikṣā |
5 |
samāvartana |
5 |
Poetology |
5 |
Yoga |
5 |
Witness |
4 |
Zoology |
4 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
Ordeal |
4 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
4 |
eldest brother |
4 |
Debts and interest |
4 |
Kāmaśāstra |
4 |
kṛcchra |
4 |
Cosmogony |
4 |
svadharma |
4 |
linguistic speculation |
4 |
vyavahāra |
4 |
Astronomy |
4 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
4 |
Kṣatriya |
4 |
punishment for crime |
4 |
sexuality |
4 |
Behaviour, politeness |
4 |
Agriculture |
4 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
4 |
Tantrism |
3 |
Pregnancy |
3 |
tulāpuruṣa |
3 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
3 |
murder |
3 |
Nyāya |
3 |
Peace and war |
3 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
3 |
fable |
3 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
Moral literature |
3 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
subhāṣita |
3 |
advaita philosophy |
3 |
śrāddha |
3 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
3 |
creates fever |
2 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
mahāvrata |
2 |
Manu, manvantara |
2 |
court live |
2 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
Property of Brahmins |
2 |
divorce |
2 |
fighting |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
son, advantage of having sons |
2 |
Kaṃsa |
2 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
2 |
arghya |
2 |
usury, lending money |
2 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
grahas |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
Meditation |
2 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
2 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
2 |
Dāruvana |
2 |
piṇḍa |
2 |
Trade |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
Tāraka |
1 |
Love |
1 |
Vaiśeṣika |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
1 |
agnihotra |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
for cattle, cows |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
āplavana |
1 |
Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
1 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
1 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
caula |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
Cosmography |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
dama |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
ātman |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
India |
1 |
senses, indriya |
1 |
all-unity |
1 |
Burning of Kāma |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
kṣetrajña |
1 |
burnt by Śiva |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
army |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
prāṇa etc. |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
Logic |
1 |
Prophesy |
1 |
Minister |
1 |
against possession |
1 |
Bharata |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
1 |
robbery |
1 |