Topic |
Frequency |
marriage, wedding |
35 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
28 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
27 |
upanayana, initiation |
27 |
śrāddha |
27 |
amulets |
24 |
for political power |
24 |
Brideship and marriage |
22 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
19 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
16 |
pākayajña |
14 |
prāyaścitta |
13 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
13 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
12 |
sīmantonnayana |
12 |
agnicayana |
11 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
11 |
punarādheya |
10 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
10 |
dīkṣā |
10 |
anvaṣṭakya |
9 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
9 |
agnihotra |
9 |
Bhakti |
8 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
8 |
godāna |
8 |
sacrificial fire |
7 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
7 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
7 |
māsiśrāddha |
7 |
Medicine |
7 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
7 |
birth, pregnancy |
6 |
botany, plants |
6 |
vaśā |
6 |
Dharmaśāstra |
6 |
vājapeya |
6 |
daśahotra |
6 |
puṃsavana |
6 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
5 |
for the birth of sons |
5 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
5 |
aṣṭakā |
5 |
medhājanana |
5 |
avāntaradīkṣā |
5 |
Alchemy |
5 |
Zoology |
4 |
cow |
4 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
4 |
snāna, bathing |
4 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
4 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
4 |
Soma sacrifice |
4 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
4 |
svādhyāya |
4 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
4 |
rājasūya |
4 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
4 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
4 |
śravaṇākarman |
3 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
3 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
3 |
āśrama |
3 |
Pregnancy |
3 |
milk |
3 |
varṇas, castes |
3 |
against serpents, snakebites |
3 |
sthālīpāka |
3 |
ṣoḍaśin |
3 |
piṇḍa |
3 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
3 |
caula |
3 |
worship |
3 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
3 |
Giving, dāna |
3 |
vrata |
3 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
Materia medica |
2 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
śūlagava |
2 |
mahāvrata |
2 |
agricultural rites |
2 |
gṛhya rituals |
2 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
2 |
(Im-)purity |
2 |
saṃnyāsa |
2 |
Tīrthas |
2 |
Buddha's life |
2 |
āplavana |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
has the hide of man |
2 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
2 |
bali |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
war |
2 |
gṛhapraveśa |
2 |
brahmayajña |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
āghāra |
2 |
sautrāmaṇī |
2 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
2 |
Genealogies |
2 |
five mahāyajñas |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
2 |
pravargya |
2 |
Vāstoṣpati |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
against anger, wrath, fury |
2 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
2 |
rasāyana |
2 |
kaukilī |
1 |
alcohol |
1 |
ṣaṣṭhī |
1 |
producing surā |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
against kṛtyās |
1 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
1 |
nāndīmukha |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
ābhyudayika |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
svaru |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
Rudra |
1 |
Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
Varāha |
1 |
selling children, adoption |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
against poison, venom |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
against possession |
1 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
Brahmin |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
King, rājanīti |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
pavitra, purifier |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
Mahābhārata |
1 |
saṃskāras |
1 |
alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
priest, ṛtvij |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |