Topic |
Frequency |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
97 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
53 |
dharma |
53 |
Sāṃkhya |
51 |
śruti, Veda |
51 |
Bhakti |
51 |
varṇas, castes |
48 |
prāyaścitta |
48 |
(Im-)purity |
46 |
King, rājanīti |
45 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
43 |
Giving, dāna |
42 |
Dharmaśāstra |
36 |
Brahmā |
32 |
war |
32 |
āśrama |
32 |
Tīrthas |
30 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
30 |
upanayana, initiation |
29 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
27 |
Cosmogony |
27 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
26 |
gṛhastha, householder |
26 |
vānaprastha |
25 |
saṃnyāsa |
24 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
24 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
24 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
24 |
Alchemy |
24 |
karman doctrine |
24 |
origin of the Vedas |
23 |
good behaviour |
23 |
saṃskāras |
23 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
22 |
marriage, wedding |
22 |
Brahmin |
21 |
Genealogies |
20 |
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
19 |
Mahābhārata |
19 |
Astronomy |
19 |
dāna, giving |
18 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
18 |
ātman |
18 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
16 |
kṛcchra |
16 |
yuga theory |
16 |
vrata |
16 |
Creation of the world |
15 |
śrāddha |
15 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
15 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
14 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
14 |
Asceticism, tapas |
14 |
eating, food, anna |
13 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
13 |
avatāras |
12 |
narrative literature |
12 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
12 |
Buddha's life |
12 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
11 |
Kṣatriya |
11 |
worship |
11 |
Dāruvana |
11 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
10 |
brahmacarya |
10 |
Women |
10 |
rebirth, transmigration |
10 |
Medicine |
9 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
9 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
9 |
cow |
9 |
Cosmology |
9 |
Yoga |
8 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
8 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
8 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
8 |
sahasranāman |
8 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
7 |
pravargya |
7 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
7 |
priest, ṛtvij |
7 |
prāṇa etc. |
7 |
Brideship and marriage |
7 |
inundation |
7 |
jātaka, avadāna |
6 |
linguistic speculation |
6 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
6 |
Varāha |
6 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
6 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
6 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
6 |
rājasūya |
5 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
5 |
godāna |
5 |
Criminal law |
5 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
5 |
svādhyāya |
5 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
5 |
pātaka |
5 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
5 |
Lexicography |
5 |
Pregnancy |
5 |
snāna, bathing |
5 |
Vasiṣṭha |
5 |
gold |
5 |
Technique of Yoga |
5 |
brahman priest |
5 |
saṃsāra |
4 |
long live, āyus |
4 |
friendship |
4 |
botany, plants |
4 |
Buddha |
4 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
4 |
mantra |
4 |
Kalki(n) |
4 |
Matsyāvatāra |
4 |
systematics |
4 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
4 |
Senses and world |
4 |
hathayoga |
4 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
4 |
alms, bhikṣā |
4 |
errors in sacrifice |
4 |
mahāvrata |
4 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
4 |
Astrology |
4 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
4 |
Śvetadvīpa |
4 |
samāvartana |
4 |
medhājanana |
3 |
jātakarman |
3 |
Manu, manvantara |
3 |
sāvitrī |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
odana |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
3 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
3 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
3 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
3 |
Pārvatī |
3 |
parivrājaka |
3 |
dīkṣā |
3 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
3 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
3 |
Time |
3 |
Mahāyāna |
3 |
Property |
3 |
dhanurveda |
3 |
Architecture |
3 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
Soma sacrifice |
2 |
Cosmography |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
triguṇa |
2 |
brahman |
2 |
for the birth of sons |
2 |
Trade |
2 |
Kaṃsa |
2 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
2 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
sacrifice and time |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
atharvan priest |
2 |
svāhā |
2 |
usury, lending money |
2 |
daśahotra |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
2 |
Grammar |
2 |
year |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
Law |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
puṃsavana |
2 |
ācamana |
2 |
Nandin |
2 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
2 |
rasāyana |
2 |
theft, stealing |
2 |
japa |
2 |
hunting |
2 |
subhāṣita |
2 |
Agni |
2 |
Meditation |
2 |
sāman |
2 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
2 |
kālacakra |
2 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
āśā, hope |
2 |
water, rain |
1 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
vrātya |
1 |
Phonetics |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
ahīna |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
Buddhism |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
lobha, greed |
1 |
aghamarṣaṇa |
1 |
nirukti |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
keśavapaṇīya |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
ābhyudayika |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
āplavana |
1 |
Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
children |
1 |
Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
selling children, adoption |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
vyāhṛtis |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
unsteadiness of life |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
Rāji |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
Indra's capital |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
punishment for crime |
1 |
murder |
1 |
Bhṛgu |
1 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
sexuality |
1 |