Topic |
Frequency |
jātaka, avadāna |
56 |
Alchemy |
53 |
Mahāyāna |
49 |
narrative literature |
41 |
Buddha's life |
37 |
botany, plants |
33 |
war |
29 |
Dharmaśāstra |
23 |
dharma |
22 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
20 |
marriage, wedding |
20 |
Politics |
19 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
18 |
Medicine |
17 |
Giving, dāna |
16 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
15 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
14 |
fable |
14 |
King, rājanīti |
14 |
Brideship and marriage |
13 |
vānaprastha |
11 |
Indra |
11 |
saṃnyāsa |
11 |
Mahābhārata |
10 |
vrata |
10 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
10 |
Asceticism, tapas |
10 |
Kāmaśāstra |
9 |
Materia medica |
9 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
9 |
cow |
8 |
(Im-)purity |
8 |
Military science |
8 |
Buddhism |
7 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
7 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
7 |
saṃsāra |
7 |
good behaviour |
7 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
7 |
upanayana, initiation |
7 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
6 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
6 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
6 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
6 |
ātman |
6 |
godāna |
6 |
Cosmography |
6 |
varṇas, castes |
6 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
6 |
Aśvins |
6 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
5 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
5 |
sīmantonnayana |
5 |
Bhakti |
5 |
samāvartana |
5 |
Sāṃkhya |
5 |
subhāṣita |
5 |
Skanda |
5 |
sāman |
5 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
5 |
gṛhastha, householder |
5 |
Rudra |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
puṃsavana |
4 |
Himālaya |
4 |
mahāvrata |
4 |
against sorcery |
4 |
Zoology |
4 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
4 |
agnicayana |
4 |
Brahmin |
4 |
Law |
4 |
Grammar |
4 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
4 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
4 |
amulets |
4 |
Pregnancy |
4 |
eating, food, anna |
4 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
4 |
Lexicography |
4 |
prāyaścitta |
4 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
4 |
Women |
4 |
sorcery |
3 |
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
3 |
against bad omina and presigns |
3 |
Geography |
3 |
vaśā |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa |
3 |
viṣṭuti |
3 |
altar, vedi |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
for luck in gambling |
3 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
3 |
Bharata |
3 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
3 |
against serpents, snakebites |
3 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
3 |
cāturmāsya |
3 |
against rivals |
3 |
for love, love charms |
3 |
rasāyana |
3 |
India |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
āśrama |
3 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
3 |
Tīrthas |
3 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
3 |
Aphrodisiacs |
3 |
Genealogies |
3 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
3 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
worship |
3 |
Nyāya |
3 |
Yoga |
3 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
3 |
Religion and Philosophy |
3 |
dvīpa |
2 |
for cattle, cows |
2 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
2 |
Maruts |
2 |
Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
Yama |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
2 |
Soma |
2 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
Ordeal |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
Viśvāmitra |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
brahman |
2 |
snātaka |
2 |
hathayoga |
2 |
against curses |
2 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
2 |
mantra |
2 |
worship of the Buddha |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
bali |
2 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
2 |
travelling, making a journey |
2 |
Travel |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
Cosmology |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
svaru |
2 |
Tripura |
2 |
rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
Creation of the world |
2 |
correct behaviour |
2 |
śūlagava |
2 |
garbharakṣaṇa |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
garbhādhāna |
2 |
poison, antidotes |
2 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
2 |
gambling |
2 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
pṛṣṭha |
2 |
Vaiśeṣika |
2 |
upāyakauśalya |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
chariot |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
fracture, broken bone |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |
Garuḍa |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
parivrājaka |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
vapāhoma |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
cātvāla |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
rājasūya |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
against bad luck |
1 |
punishment for crime |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
agniṣṭoma |
1 |
deluge, Manu |
1 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
1 |
agnihotra |
1 |
for success, authority |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
robbery |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
against possession |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
Poetology |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
pāṇḍuroga |
1 |
śotha |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
Reduplication |
1 |
Accents |
1 |
army |
1 |
sexuality |
1 |
Prostitution |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
Time |
1 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
Witness |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
inundation |
1 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
life, jīva |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
Manu, manvantara |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
Agni |
1 |
ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
Parjanya, rain |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
high position of Brahmins |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
Burning of Kāma |
1 |
burnt by Śiva |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
unsteadiness of life |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
1 |
differences between women and men |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
Vāmadeva |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
avāntaradīkṣā |
1 |