Topic |
Frequency |
war |
53 |
marriage, wedding |
51 |
jātaka, avadāna |
37 |
Tīrthas |
36 |
Mahāyāna |
35 |
Brideship and marriage |
30 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
25 |
Gandharva |
25 |
Genealogies |
23 |
Apsaras |
23 |
Mahābhārata |
17 |
Cosmography |
17 |
Alchemy |
16 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
16 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
14 |
Soma sacrifice |
13 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
13 |
Skanda |
12 |
Buddha's life |
12 |
mantra |
11 |
cow |
10 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
10 |
Bhakti |
10 |
King, rājanīti |
10 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
9 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
9 |
Giving, dāna |
9 |
Kubera |
8 |
vājapeya |
8 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
8 |
Buddhism |
8 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
7 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
7 |
Soma |
7 |
Lexicography |
7 |
Māndhātṛ |
6 |
pūjā |
6 |
Geography |
6 |
against bad omina and presigns |
6 |
pravargya |
6 |
upanayana, initiation |
6 |
Marutta |
6 |
dāna, giving |
6 |
prāṇa etc. |
6 |
weapons, arms |
6 |
Indra |
5 |
Indra's capital |
5 |
Kṛṣṇa |
5 |
India |
5 |
Himālaya |
5 |
agnihotra |
5 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
5 |
botany, plants |
5 |
Creation of the world |
5 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
5 |
pṛṣṭha |
5 |
Vasiṣṭha |
5 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
4 |
Brahmin |
4 |
sahasranāman |
4 |
pākayajña |
4 |
ātman |
4 |
sāman |
4 |
Kirātārjunīya |
4 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
4 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
midday pavamāna |
4 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
4 |
Asceticism, tapas |
4 |
narrative literature |
4 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
4 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
4 |
Dharmaśāstra |
4 |
upāyakauśalya |
4 |
dharma |
4 |
varṇas, castes |
4 |
Zoology |
4 |
human meat, cannibalism |
3 |
Viśvāmitra |
3 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
Women |
3 |
prāyaścitta |
3 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
Time |
3 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
3 |
fable |
3 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
3 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
3 |
sadas |
3 |
rājasūya |
3 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
3 |
for success, authority |
3 |
brahman |
3 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
3 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
3 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
Medicine |
3 |
Yoga |
2 |
for potency |
2 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
2 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
2 |
Nala and Damayantī |
2 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
2 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
2 |
Religion and Philosophy |
2 |
Cosmogony |
2 |
Sāṃkhya |
2 |
apavargya |
2 |
Maruts |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
dvīpa |
2 |
amulets |
2 |
Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
bali |
2 |
Travel |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
Nandin |
2 |
Materia medica |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
2 |
Structure of the world |
2 |
dīkṣā |
2 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
2 |
upasad |
2 |
(Im-)purity |
2 |
fighting |
2 |
Nahuṣa |
2 |
gold |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
1 |
for political power |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
sacrificial horse |
1 |
against natural disasters |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
frogs as omen |
1 |
blood rain |
1 |
aponaptrīya |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
altar, vedi |
1 |
agnicayana |
1 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
yajus verses |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
āplavana |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
vaśā |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
worship |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
brahmacarya |
1 |
saṃskāras |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
frogs |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
for luck in gambling |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
against sorcery |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
Yama |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
Śeṣa |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
third eye |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
divorce |
1 |