Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
423 |
Agni |
334 |
Soma |
162 |
Viśve devāḥ |
141 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
140 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
103 |
Soma sacrifice |
99 |
agnicayana |
94 |
Varuṇa |
78 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
71 |
Aśvins |
66 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
65 |
marriage, wedding |
60 |
Maruts |
52 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
51 |
Uṣas |
45 |
Mitra |
45 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
44 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
42 |
mahāvrata |
38 |
Brideship and marriage |
36 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
34 |
rājasūya |
32 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
31 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
29 |
agnihotra |
28 |
Bhakti |
27 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
27 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
26 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
26 |
prāyaścitta |
26 |
Sāṃkhya |
26 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
25 |
agniṣṭoma |
25 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
25 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
24 |
āhavanīya |
24 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
24 |
vājapeya |
23 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
23 |
pravargya |
23 |
Ādityas |
22 |
Rudra |
21 |
mantra |
21 |
linguistic speculation |
21 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
21 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
20 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
20 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
19 |
water, rain |
19 |
cow |
19 |
dīkṣā |
19 |
sacrificial fire |
19 |
ātman |
19 |
Bṛhaspati |
19 |
altar, vedi |
18 |
Pūṣan |
18 |
Cosmogony |
17 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
17 |
upanayana, initiation |
17 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
16 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
16 |
ukhya |
16 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
16 |
grahagrahaṇa |
16 |
saṃsāra |
16 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
16 |
against bad omina and presigns |
15 |
ṣaḍaha |
15 |
Mahābhārata |
15 |
for success, authority |
15 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
15 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
14 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
14 |
bali |
13 |
Aditi |
13 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
13 |
Yoga |
12 |
religious speculation, mystic |
11 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
11 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
11 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
11 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
11 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
11 |
against sorcery |
11 |
Creation of the world |
11 |
long live, āyus |
11 |
Grammar |
10 |
upasad |
10 |
prāṇa etc. |
10 |
śrāddha |
10 |
sāman |
10 |
amulets |
10 |
vaiśvadeva |
10 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
10 |
Tīrthas |
10 |
for political power |
9 |
war |
9 |
Genealogies |
9 |
Dāruvana |
9 |
Alchemy |
9 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
9 |
Āpri hymn |
9 |
ekāha |
9 |
mahābhiṣeka |
9 |
against rivals |
9 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
9 |
Viśvakarman |
8 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
8 |
aṣṭakā |
8 |
birth, pregnancy |
8 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
8 |
against death, Nirṛti |
8 |
vrata |
8 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
8 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
8 |
Brahmin |
8 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
8 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
7 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
7 |
Ṛbhus |
7 |
Nirṛti |
7 |
for love, love charms |
7 |
ukhā |
7 |
against bad dreams |
7 |
Pārvatī |
7 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
7 |
punarādheya |
7 |
karman doctrine |
7 |
pregnancy |
6 |
brahman |
6 |
consecration |
6 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
6 |
āpyāyana |
6 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
6 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
6 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
6 |
paridhi enclosings |
6 |
for battle fury |
6 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
6 |
Parjanya, rain |
6 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
6 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
6 |
non-attachment |
6 |
dānastuti |
6 |
Medicine |
6 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
6 |
against poison, venom |
6 |
Dharmaśāstra |
6 |
Asceticism, tapas |
6 |
agnyupasthāna |
6 |
for a king |
5 |
chandoma |
5 |
āgrayaṇa |
5 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
5 |
puṃsavana |
5 |
dāna, giving |
5 |
vrātya |
5 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
5 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
5 |
milk |
5 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
5 |
vaśā |
5 |
King, rājanīti |
5 |
Vṛtra |
5 |
Architecture |
5 |
pākayajña |
5 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
5 |
abhiṣeka |
5 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
5 |
fever, jvara, takman |
5 |
nakṣatras |
5 |
against evil |
4 |
godāna |
4 |
Buddhism |
4 |
for cattle, cows |
4 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
4 |
has the hide of man |
4 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
4 |
for prestige, influence |
4 |
Vāstoṣpati |
4 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
4 |
stotriyavikāra |
4 |
ṣoḍaśin |
4 |
Religion and Philosophy |
4 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
4 |
Himālaya |
4 |
all-unity |
4 |
varṇas, castes |
4 |
Poetology |
4 |
Kṣatriya |
4 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
4 |
bricks |
4 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
4 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
4 |
Prajāpati |
4 |
against sins, misdeeds |
4 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
4 |
Aryaman |
4 |
sexuality |
4 |
sahasranāman |
4 |
takman |
4 |
avatāras |
4 |
yajus verses |
4 |
saṃskāras |
4 |
Śunaḥśepa |
3 |
Dhātṛ |
3 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
3 |
punarabhiṣeka |
3 |
for fame, glory |
3 |
brahman priest |
3 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
3 |
Amāvāsyā |
3 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
3 |
sava |
3 |
priest, ṛtvij |
3 |
sattra |
3 |
Astronomy |
3 |
sīmantonnayana |
3 |
Geography |
3 |
Materia medica |
3 |
five mahāyajñas |
3 |
placing the somakalaśa |
3 |
inundation |
3 |
mekhalābandhana |
3 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
3 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
3 |
eating, food, anna |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
3 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
3 |
abhiplava |
3 |
garbhādhāna |
3 |
aptoryāman |
3 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
3 |
uktha |
3 |
Varāha |
3 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
3 |
vapāhoma |
3 |
Śvetadvīpa |
3 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
3 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
3 |
praṇayana |
3 |
good behaviour |
3 |
Paraśurāma |
3 |
kṛcchra |
2 |
caturviṃśa day |
2 |
against bad luck |
2 |
apavargya |
2 |
nāndīmukha |
2 |
āśvina |
2 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
2 |
āghāra |
2 |
nirukti |
2 |
odanasava |
2 |
atirātra |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya |
2 |
agnīṣomīya |
2 |
stepping on the stone |
2 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
2 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
2 |
arghya |
2 |
alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
meteor, ulkā |
2 |
pṛṣṭha |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
sākamedha |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
prayāja |
2 |
havirdhāna |
2 |
dikpālas, guardians of the quarters |
2 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
manas |
2 |
Marutta |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
saṃnyāsa |
2 |
botany, plants |
2 |
āśrama |
2 |
Tāraka |
2 |
mahant |
2 |
for water and rain |
2 |
errors in sacrifice |
2 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
2 |
Time |
2 |
Mahāyāna |
2 |
Therapy |
2 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
dakṣiṇā |
2 |
brahmacarya |
2 |
tulāpuruṣa |
2 |
arrow |
2 |
Vala myth |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
Giving, dāna |
2 |
for aid, support |
2 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
2 |
against possession |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
Anumati |
2 |
worship |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa |
2 |
for hair, against palita etc. |
2 |
madness, unmāda, insanity |
2 |
Agni in the water |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
stomabhāga |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
Cosmography |
1 |
sadas |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
samārohaṇa of the fire |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
1 |
tānūnaptra |
1 |
sthālīpāka |
1 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
ukthya |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
soma graha |
1 |
agniṣṭut |
1 |
against pest |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
sutyā |
1 |
prātaḥsavana |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
nāndīśrāddha |
1 |
aupāsana |
1 |
māsiśrāddha |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
narrative literature |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
atyagniṣṭoma |
1 |
sautrāmaṇī |
1 |
mankind |
1 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
Family |
1 |
dharma |
1 |
sarvamedha |
1 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
1 |
kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
1 |
year |
1 |
against anger, wrath, fury |
1 |
Brahmā |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
Bhava |
1 |
Śarva |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
for luck in gambling |
1 |
dogs |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
Vācaspati |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
horses |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
origin of the sacrifice |
1 |
against bad weather |
1 |
prauga śastra |
1 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
1 |
against fever |
1 |
Kuhū |
1 |
sacrifice and time |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
birds as omen |
1 |
ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
Yama |
1 |
midday pavamāna |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
People |
1 |
against natural disasters |
1 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
1 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
Accents |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
avadāna |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
India |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
1 |
Pracetas |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
Indra's capital |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
madhuparka |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
Manu, manvantara |
1 |
indrastut |
1 |