Topic |
Frequency |
vājapeya |
78 |
Bṛhaspati |
69 |
rājasūya |
45 |
Marutta |
43 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
36 |
Indra |
35 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
29 |
Viśve devāḥ |
27 |
yajus verses |
26 |
marriage, wedding |
26 |
Soma sacrifice |
24 |
King, rājanīti |
21 |
pravargya |
20 |
amulets |
20 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
19 |
dharma |
18 |
war |
18 |
Genealogies |
18 |
agnicayana |
18 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
16 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
16 |
Bhakti |
15 |
brahman priest |
15 |
agniṣṭoma |
15 |
Brideship and marriage |
15 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
14 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
14 |
upanayana, initiation |
14 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
14 |
prāyaścitta |
13 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
12 |
Astronomy |
11 |
Law |
10 |
sāman |
10 |
Śvetadvīpa |
10 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
10 |
bad behaviour |
9 |
Astrology |
9 |
theft, stealing |
9 |
grahas |
9 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
9 |
for success, authority |
9 |
saṃsāra |
9 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
9 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
8 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
8 |
Agni |
8 |
narrative literature |
8 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
8 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
7 |
long live, āyus |
7 |
godāna |
7 |
Tīrthas |
7 |
for political power |
7 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
7 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
7 |
dāna, giving |
6 |
Soma |
6 |
altar, vedi |
6 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
6 |
abhiṣeka |
6 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
6 |
against bad omina and presigns |
6 |
Vala myth |
6 |
varṇas, castes |
6 |
āhavanīya |
6 |
vaśā |
6 |
Varuṇa |
5 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
5 |
cow |
5 |
Buddha's life |
5 |
Pūṣan |
5 |
Politics |
5 |
Prajāpati |
5 |
Mitra |
5 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
5 |
vrātya |
5 |
worship |
5 |
Dharmaśāstra |
5 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
5 |
ukhya |
4 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
4 |
mahāvrata |
4 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
4 |
stomabhāga |
4 |
kṣatra and brahman |
4 |
nakṣatras |
4 |
birth, pregnancy |
4 |
upākaraṇa |
4 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
4 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
4 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
4 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
4 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
4 |
Giving, dāna |
4 |
saṃskāras |
4 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
4 |
dīkṣā |
4 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
3 |
spoons |
3 |
Women |
3 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
3 |
prātaranuvāka |
3 |
against possession |
3 |
brahmacarya |
3 |
against bad dreams |
3 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
3 |
Rudra |
3 |
for cattle, cows |
3 |
against sorcery |
3 |
uktha |
3 |
Mahābhārata |
3 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
snāna, bathing |
3 |
against rivals |
3 |
sahasranāman |
3 |
purohita, house priest |
3 |
punarādheya |
3 |
manas |
3 |
Nahuṣa |
3 |
consent of the animal |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
3 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
3 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
3 |
water, rain |
3 |
placing the somakalaśa |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
Creation of the world |
2 |
rudrabhāga |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
Medicine |
2 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
2 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
anvārambhana |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
odana |
2 |
kṛcchra |
2 |
soma graha |
2 |
udgātṛ |
2 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
2 |
Alchemy |
2 |
Sāṃkhya |
2 |
for prestige, influence |
2 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
2 |
grahagrahaṇa |
2 |
midday pavamāna |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
agnihotra |
2 |
correct behaviour |
2 |
arghya |
2 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
karman doctrine |
2 |
mekhalābandhana |
2 |
caula |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
udgītha |
2 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
2 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
2 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
botany, plants |
2 |
brahman |
2 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
friendship |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
fable |
2 |
consecration |
2 |
Devala and Asita |
2 |
Rāji |
2 |
Trita and his brothers |
2 |
errors in sacrifice |
2 |
army |
2 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
Military science |
1 |
kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
Yama |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
āpyāyana |
1 |
mixing of sacrificial fires |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
good behaviour |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
droṇakalaśa |
1 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
taptakṛcchra |
1 |
brahmodya |
1 |
somapariṇayana |
1 |
daśapeya |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
āghāra |
1 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
1 |
atyagniṣṭoma |
1 |
gold |
1 |
tānūnaptra |
1 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
1 |
bali |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
mantra |
1 |
agnīdh(ra) |
1 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
Time |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
upasad |
1 |
Ṛbhus |
1 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Āpri hymn |
1 |
vaiśvadeva |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |