Topic |
Frequency |
war |
127 |
Alchemy |
108 |
against death, Nirṛti |
54 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
51 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
43 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
39 |
Buddha's life |
39 |
Mahābhārata |
33 |
narrative literature |
30 |
sāman |
29 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
29 |
udgātṛ |
27 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
26 |
prāṇa etc. |
24 |
karman doctrine |
24 |
fetters of death |
23 |
Mahāyāna |
22 |
prāyaścitta |
21 |
marriage, wedding |
18 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
18 |
Bhakti |
18 |
long live, āyus |
18 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
18 |
hathayoga |
17 |
ātman |
17 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
16 |
āśrama |
16 |
agnihotra |
16 |
King, rājanīti |
16 |
Buddhism |
15 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
15 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
15 |
Brideship and marriage |
14 |
jātaka, avadāna |
14 |
brahmahatyā |
13 |
Politics |
13 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
13 |
murder |
13 |
Creation of the world |
12 |
Medicine |
12 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
12 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
12 |
varṇas, castes |
11 |
immortality, amṛta |
11 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
11 |
udgītha |
11 |
Giving, dāna |
11 |
Genealogies |
11 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
11 |
dharma |
10 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
10 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
10 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
10 |
Sāṃkhya |
10 |
Agni |
9 |
Kaṃsa |
9 |
saṃsāra |
9 |
linguistic speculation |
9 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
9 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
9 |
Dharmaśāstra |
8 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
8 |
cow |
8 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
8 |
Prophesy |
7 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
7 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
7 |
rājasūya |
7 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
7 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
7 |
Military science |
7 |
Women |
6 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
6 |
worship |
6 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
6 |
Indra |
6 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
6 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
6 |
Tīrthas |
5 |
poverty, renunciation |
5 |
Yoga |
5 |
Time |
5 |
Asceticism, tapas |
5 |
against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
5 |
brahmacarya |
5 |
Astrology |
5 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
5 |
upanayana, initiation |
5 |
botany, plants |
5 |
Law |
4 |
mantra |
4 |
alms, bhikṣā |
4 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
4 |
gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
4 |
brahman |
4 |
vaśā |
4 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
4 |
Skanda |
4 |
(Im-)purity |
4 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
4 |
subhāṣita |
4 |
Kṣatriya |
4 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
4 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
4 |
Family |
4 |
against rivals |
4 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
4 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
4 |
brahmagavī |
4 |
pravargya |
4 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
4 |
Palmistry |
4 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
4 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
agnyupasthāna |
3 |
sacrificial fire |
3 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
3 |
Prajāpati |
3 |
Soma sacrifice |
3 |
Nirṛti |
3 |
against evil |
3 |
agnicayana |
3 |
against bad dreams |
3 |
prātaranuvāka |
3 |
gāyatrī |
3 |
atirātra |
3 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
3 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
3 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
3 |
Astronomy |
3 |
eating, food, anna |
3 |
good behaviour |
3 |
Minister |
3 |
Ordeal |
3 |
fable |
3 |
Witness |
3 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
3 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
pātaka |
3 |
Nandin |
3 |
Tāraka |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
pūjā |
3 |
Marutta |
3 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
2 |
Āpri hymn |
2 |
religious speculation, mystic |
2 |
Tripura |
2 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
consecration |
2 |
kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
amulets |
2 |
Paraśurāma |
2 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
2 |
dīkṣā |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
Dynasties |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
punarādheya |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
Cosmogony |
2 |
unsteadiness of life |
2 |
India |
2 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
2 |
āpaddharma |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
non-attachment |
2 |
Prajāpati's children |
2 |
āpyāyana |
2 |
Debts and interest |
2 |
upākaraṇa |
2 |
army |
2 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
2 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
paridhikarman |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
urination |
1 |
Debt |
1 |
Poetology |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
sattra |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
vaiśvadeva |
1 |
against wounds |
1 |
flies, fly |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
saṃskāras |
1 |
śunāsīrya |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
for political power |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
dvīpa |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
bali |
1 |
gold |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
lobha, greed |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
bhasmasnāna, ashes |
1 |
Rudra |
1 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
birds as omen |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
1 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
1 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
against curses |
1 |
theft, stealing |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
against sorcery |
1 |
urinary diseases |
1 |
vātavyādhi |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |