Topic |
Frequency |
war |
189 |
narrative literature |
144 |
Buddhism |
130 |
Mahāyāna |
127 |
Alchemy |
67 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
51 |
jātaka, avadāna |
51 |
Politics |
49 |
Mahābhārata |
46 |
Buddha's life |
41 |
prāyaścitta |
38 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
37 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
36 |
King, rājanīti |
36 |
Bhakti |
34 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
32 |
Giving, dāna |
31 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
27 |
Tīrthas |
27 |
dharma |
27 |
Yogācāra |
27 |
fable |
26 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
26 |
Genealogies |
22 |
Military science |
21 |
Yoga |
20 |
karman doctrine |
19 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
19 |
varṇas, castes |
19 |
Medicine |
19 |
Asceticism, tapas |
18 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
17 |
Soma sacrifice |
16 |
Creation of the world |
15 |
āpaddharma |
13 |
rebirth, transmigration |
13 |
Poetology |
13 |
eating, food, anna |
12 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
12 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
11 |
Peace and war |
11 |
Women |
11 |
saṃsāra |
10 |
Marutta |
10 |
śrāddha |
10 |
Kṛṣṇa |
10 |
agniṣṭoma |
9 |
(Im-)purity |
9 |
Sāṃkhya |
9 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
9 |
cow |
9 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
9 |
agnihotra |
8 |
hathayoga |
8 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
8 |
Cosmogony |
8 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
8 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
8 |
agnicayana |
8 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
8 |
children |
7 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
7 |
female ascetics |
7 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
7 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
7 |
army |
7 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
7 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
6 |
differences between women and men |
6 |
marman |
6 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
6 |
Pārvatī |
6 |
dīkṣā |
6 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
6 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
6 |
Nala and Damayantī |
6 |
life, jīva |
6 |
botany, plants |
6 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
6 |
unsteadiness of life |
6 |
vānaprastha |
6 |
mahāvrata |
6 |
ukthya |
6 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
6 |
riddle hymns |
6 |
theft, stealing |
5 |
Tāraka |
5 |
Trita and his brothers |
5 |
Kalki(n) |
5 |
ahīna |
5 |
Tripura |
5 |
Kāmaśāstra |
5 |
ghost, monster, demon |
5 |
Kṣatriya |
5 |
dāna, giving |
5 |
prāṇa etc. |
5 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
5 |
Dynasties |
5 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
5 |
āśrama |
4 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
4 |
Dāruvana |
4 |
avatāras |
4 |
Śvetadvīpa |
4 |
bad behaviour |
4 |
senses, indriya |
4 |
Brahmin |
4 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
4 |
Skanda |
4 |
mantra |
4 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
4 |
Viśvāmitra |
4 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
4 |
Love |
4 |
Nahuṣa |
4 |
Indra |
4 |
Moral literature |
4 |
atirātra |
4 |
pṛṣṭha |
3 |
Bharata |
3 |
Grammar |
3 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
3 |
Religion and Philosophy |
3 |
Dharmaśāstra |
3 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
3 |
weapons, arms |
3 |
dūrohaṇa |
3 |
ṣoḍaśin |
3 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
3 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
3 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
sacrificial fire |
3 |
sattra |
3 |
brahman priest |
3 |
altar, vedi |
3 |
spoons |
3 |
Pradyumna |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
3 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
2 |
gāyatrī |
2 |
Manu Vaivasvata |
2 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
2 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
2 |
Bali and Indra |
2 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
2 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
Kaṃsa |
2 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
2 |
errors in sacrifice |
2 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
2 |
Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
deluge, Manu |
2 |
Gandharva |
2 |
Manu, manvantara |
2 |
śruti, Veda |
2 |
midday pavamāna |
2 |
Varuṇa |
2 |
linguistic speculation |
2 |
Soma |
2 |
Māndhātṛ |
2 |
measuring the vedi, vedivimāna |
2 |
Purāṇa |
2 |
hunting |
2 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
poverty, renunciation |
2 |
Andhaka |
2 |
Customs and taxes |
2 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
digestion |
2 |
piṇḍa |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
Vṛtra |
2 |
inundation |
2 |
Matsyāvatāra |
2 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
gold |
2 |
Devala and Asita |
2 |
selling children, adoption |
2 |
Property of Brahmins |
2 |
bali |
2 |
vaśā |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
upanayana, initiation |
1 |
prayāja |
1 |
subrahmaṇyā |
1 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
rājasūya |
1 |
Agni's bodies |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
Rāma(candra) |
1 |
samiṣṭayajus |
1 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
sava |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
king Aṇuha |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
Vena |
1 |
ekādaśinī |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
āptoryāman |
1 |
cātvāla |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
marriage, wedding |
1 |
svaru |
1 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
1 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
1 |
vyākaraṇa |
1 |
abhiplava |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
Law |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
vāmadevya |
1 |
Time |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
dvadaśāha |
1 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
Śiśupāla |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
Balarāma |
1 |
ātman |
1 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
non-attachment |
1 |
advaita philosophy |
1 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
all-unity |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
India |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
Māṇḍavya |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
svadharma |
1 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
good behaviour |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
sāman |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
prauga śastra |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
meteorology, weather |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
aponaptrīya |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
gulma |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |