| Topic |
Frequency |
| jātaka, avadāna |
161 |
| marriage, wedding |
100 |
| narrative literature |
95 |
| Buddha's life |
92 |
| Brideship and marriage |
75 |
| rājasūya |
56 |
| Mahāyāna |
51 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
45 |
| dharma |
44 |
| agnihotra |
39 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
35 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
34 |
| Women |
34 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
33 |
| (Im-)purity |
31 |
| Mahābhārata |
30 |
| war |
30 |
| Law |
29 |
| King, rājanīti |
28 |
| Giving, dāna |
24 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
23 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
23 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
22 |
| Indra |
22 |
| Bhakti |
22 |
| āśrama |
21 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
21 |
| prāyaścitta |
21 |
| Buddhism |
20 |
| Soma sacrifice |
20 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
20 |
| for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
19 |
| Alchemy |
19 |
| good behaviour |
19 |
| Brahmin |
19 |
| Agni |
19 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
18 |
| Architecture |
17 |
| dāna, giving |
17 |
| travelling, making a journey |
17 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
17 |
| fable |
16 |
| eating, food, anna |
16 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas |
16 |
| Politics |
16 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
16 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
16 |
| varṇas, castes |
15 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
15 |
| vānaprastha |
15 |
| agnyupasthāna |
15 |
| cow |
14 |
| Tripura |
14 |
| Aśvins |
14 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
14 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
14 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
13 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
13 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
13 |
| bali |
13 |
| Genealogies |
12 |
| Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
12 |
| Medicine |
12 |
| Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
11 |
| vrata |
11 |
| Kaṃsa |
11 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
11 |
| agnicayana |
10 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
10 |
| Astronomy |
10 |
| punarādheya |
9 |
| vrātya |
9 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
9 |
| sexuality |
9 |
| śrāddha |
9 |
| botany, plants |
9 |
| Lexicography |
9 |
| Witness |
8 |
| Travel |
8 |
| saṃnyāsa |
8 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
8 |
| Pārvatī |
8 |
| karman doctrine |
8 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
8 |
| saṃskāras |
8 |
| worship |
7 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
7 |
| piṇḍapitṛyajña |
7 |
| dīkṣā |
7 |
| agniṣṭoma |
7 |
| Poetology |
7 |
| sorcery |
7 |
| unsteadiness of life |
7 |
| Criminal law |
7 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
7 |
| mantra |
7 |
| Tīrthas |
7 |
| annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
6 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
6 |
| Military science |
6 |
| against sorcery |
6 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
6 |
| ṣoḍaśin |
6 |
| Family |
6 |
| Kṣatriya |
6 |
| Māndhātṛ |
6 |
| for cattle, cows |
6 |
| cāturmāsya |
6 |
| vyavahāra |
6 |
| upanayana, initiation |
6 |
| Zoology |
6 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
6 |
| saṃsāra |
6 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
6 |
| Professions |
6 |
| agārapraveśa, entering the house |
6 |
| Rudra |
5 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
5 |
| Debts and interest |
5 |
| Śrī, Lakṣmī |
5 |
| Ordeal |
5 |
| Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
5 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
5 |
| Peace and war |
5 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
5 |
| Soma |
5 |
| friendship |
5 |
| Uṣas |
5 |
| long live, āyus |
5 |
| vaśā |
5 |
| udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
5 |
| Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
5 |
| son, advantage of having sons |
5 |
| domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
4 |
| Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
4 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
| vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
4 |
| vaiśvadeva |
4 |
| for success, authority |
4 |
| Varuṇa |
4 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
4 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
4 |
| āpaddharma |
4 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
4 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
4 |
| Sāṃkhya |
4 |
| Family law |
4 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
4 |
| strophes used in sacrifice |
4 |
| Property of Brahmins |
4 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
4 |
| bad behaviour |
4 |
| Nala and Damayantī |
3 |
| sāman |
3 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
3 |
| gṛhapraveśa |
3 |
| Grammar |
3 |
| takman |
3 |
| samāvartana |
3 |
| upasad |
3 |
| Sunda and Upasunda |
3 |
| advaita philosophy |
3 |
| Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
3 |
| rudrabhāga |
3 |
| bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
3 |
| Ṛbhus |
3 |
| birds as omen |
3 |
| against evil |
3 |
| punarabhiṣeka |
3 |
| Cattle as property |
3 |
| avatāras |
3 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
3 |
| pūjā |
3 |
| Debt |
3 |
| yuga theory |
3 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
3 |
| snāna, bathing |
3 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
3 |
| poison, antidotes |
3 |
| Landed property |
3 |
| pākayajña |
2 |
| Agriculture |
2 |
| anuyāja, after-offering |
2 |
| gṛhya rituals |
2 |
| Dynasties |
2 |
| twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
2 |
| for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
| ants, termites |
2 |
| Kalki(n) |
2 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
| vājapeya |
2 |
| anatomy, human body |
2 |
| punishment for crime |
2 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
| Candra, Candramas, moon |
2 |
| purohita, house priest |
2 |
| Bṛhaspati |
2 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
2 |
| pravargya |
2 |
| anvaṣṭakya |
2 |
| somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
| upaniṣkramaṇa |
2 |
| subhāṣita |
2 |
| mankind |
2 |
| against poison, venom |
2 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
| ṣaḍaha |
2 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
| five mahāyajñas |
2 |
| Nahuṣa |
2 |
| atirātra |
2 |
| Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
| Śrīvidyā |
2 |
| svadharma |
2 |
| caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
| Viśvāmitra |
2 |
| Trita and his brothers |
2 |
| Love |
2 |
| Astrology |
2 |
| agnihotrī |
2 |
| hathayoga |
2 |
| process, jurisdiction |
2 |
| robbery |
2 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
2 |
| Time |
2 |
| Pūṣan |
2 |
| ātman |
2 |
| deities of the moon, nights |
2 |
| Pradyumna |
2 |
| Harivaṃśa |
2 |
| nakṣatras |
2 |
| Rāma(candra) |
2 |
| Cosmogony |
2 |
| sacrificial fire |
1 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
| Deposit |
1 |
| Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
| mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
| dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
1 |
| nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
| puṃsavana |
1 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
| kṣatra and brahman |
1 |
| Yoga |
1 |
| Dāruvana |
1 |
| Cosmography |
1 |
| varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
1 |
| serpent worship, snake worship |
1 |
| saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
| sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
1 |
| pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
| Business law |
1 |
| Customs and taxes |
1 |
| agricultural rites |
1 |
| paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
| brahmayajña |
1 |
| yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
| kṛcchra |
1 |
| salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
| vāstuśamana |
1 |
| āpyāyana |
1 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
| Moral literature |
1 |
| śūlagava |
1 |
| Nāga |
1 |
| godāna |
1 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
| svādhyāya |
1 |
| Cosmology |
1 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
| Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
| ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
| Nature poetry |
1 |
| third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
1 |
| ājya hymns |
1 |
| pṛṣṭha |
1 |
| flies, fly |
1 |
| upāyakauśalya |
1 |
| cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
| childhood rites |
1 |
| Amāvāsyā |
1 |
| dakṣiṇā |
1 |
| Marutta |
1 |
| brahmacarya |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
1 |
| Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
1 |
| Śiśupāla |
1 |
| (prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
| Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
| Mitra |
1 |
| dama |
1 |
| tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
| Aditi |
1 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
| Burning of Kāma |
1 |
| burnt by Śiva |
1 |
| Minister |
1 |
| Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
| children |
1 |
| selling children, adoption |
1 |
| daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
| Skanda |
1 |
| Māṇḍavya |
1 |
| Agastya |
1 |
| Bharata |
1 |
| hunting |
1 |
| Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
| prāṇa etc. |
1 |
| Tilottamā |
1 |
| Tāraka |
1 |
| Maruts |
1 |
| svarga, heaven |
1 |
| army |
1 |
| theft, stealing |
1 |
| Technique of Yoga |
1 |
| Stories |
1 |
| for concord, harmony |
1 |
| amulets |
1 |
| against fire, incendy |
1 |
| against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
| for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
| for hair, against palita etc. |
1 |
| puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
| against bad dreams |
1 |
| micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
| religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
| gāyatrī |
1 |
| Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
| pātaka |
1 |
| Creation of the world |
1 |
| Prajāpati creates the world |
1 |
| errors in sacrifice |
1 |
| against curses |
1 |
| court live |
1 |
| Gaṇeśa |
1 |
| Paraśurāma |
1 |
| Brahmā |
1 |
| Apsaras |
1 |
| Gandharva |
1 |
| Budha, Mercury |
1 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
| for love, love charms |
1 |
| worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
| dhanurveda |
1 |
| high position of Brahmins |
1 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
| against rivals |
1 |
| piṇḍa |
1 |
| chastity |
1 |
| Pregnancy |
1 |
| māsiśrāddha |
1 |
