Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
160 |
brahman |
118 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
107 |
ātman |
93 |
rājasūya |
70 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
65 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
63 |
Yoga |
59 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
56 |
pravargya |
55 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
55 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
53 |
Alchemy |
52 |
Soma sacrifice |
49 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
46 |
Sāṃkhya |
39 |
dīkṣā |
39 |
kṣatra and brahman |
39 |
Kṣatriya |
38 |
mahāvrata |
37 |
King, rājanīti |
37 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
37 |
Agni |
36 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
35 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
34 |
marriage, wedding |
33 |
Asceticism, tapas |
32 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
31 |
agnihotra |
31 |
Bhakti |
30 |
varṇas, castes |
30 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
30 |
war |
30 |
Viśve devāḥ |
30 |
prāṇa etc. |
29 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
27 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
27 |
Genealogies |
26 |
upanayana, initiation |
25 |
saṃnyāsa |
24 |
dāna, giving |
24 |
dharma |
23 |
Brideship and marriage |
23 |
Aśvins |
23 |
āśrama |
23 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
23 |
anatomy, human body |
21 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
21 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
20 |
vājapeya |
20 |
Mahābhārata |
20 |
Dharmaśāstra |
20 |
vaśā |
19 |
Varuṇa |
19 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
18 |
Cosmogony |
18 |
Brahmin |
18 |
rebirth, transmigration |
18 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
18 |
eating, food, anna |
17 |
cow |
17 |
worship |
17 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
17 |
agnicayana |
17 |
Creation of the world |
17 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
17 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
17 |
priest, ṛtvij |
16 |
Tīrthas |
16 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
16 |
Soma |
16 |
(Im-)purity |
16 |
sāman |
16 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
16 |
prāyaścitta |
16 |
Giving, dāna |
15 |
uktha |
14 |
śruti, Veda |
14 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
14 |
vānaprastha |
14 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
14 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
13 |
parimara |
13 |
karman doctrine |
13 |
gṛhastha, householder |
12 |
Bṛhaspati |
12 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
12 |
brahmacarya |
12 |
pṛṣṭha |
12 |
vrātya |
11 |
against sorcery |
11 |
Cosmology |
11 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
11 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
11 |
religious speculation, mystic |
11 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
11 |
agniṣṭoma |
10 |
triguṇa |
10 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
10 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
10 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
10 |
hathayoga |
10 |
senses, indriya |
10 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
10 |
sāvitrī |
9 |
raising the yūpa |
9 |
immortality, amṛta |
9 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
9 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
9 |
against evil |
9 |
saṃsāra |
9 |
Mitra |
9 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
9 |
viṣṭuti |
8 |
Time |
8 |
manas |
8 |
Maruts |
8 |
Brahmā |
8 |
Rudra |
8 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
8 |
for political power |
8 |
mantra |
8 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
7 |
Zoology |
7 |
unsteadiness of life |
7 |
Pārvatī |
7 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
7 |
Lexicography |
7 |
Technique of Yoga |
7 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
7 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
7 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
7 |
kṛcchra |
7 |
abhiṣeka |
7 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
7 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
7 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
7 |
Buddha's life |
7 |
brahman priest |
6 |
non-attachment |
6 |
Viśvāmitra |
6 |
Astronomy |
6 |
snāna, bathing |
6 |
Dāruvana |
6 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
6 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
6 |
Śvetadvīpa |
6 |
Kṛṣṇa |
6 |
botany, plants |
6 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
6 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
6 |
daśahotra |
6 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
6 |
avatāras |
6 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
5 |
for a king |
5 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
5 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
5 |
sorcery |
5 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
5 |
Prajāpati |
5 |
odana |
5 |
against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
śrāddha |
5 |
Medicine |
5 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
5 |
Family |
5 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
5 |
Paraśurāma |
5 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
5 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
5 |
for success, authority |
5 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
4 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
4 |
poverty, renunciation |
4 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
4 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
4 |
sexuality |
4 |
sahasranāman |
4 |
Travel |
4 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
4 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
4 |
travelling, making a journey |
4 |
ājyabhāga |
4 |
vyāhṛtis |
4 |
inundation |
4 |
praṇayana |
4 |
brahmagavī |
4 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
4 |
sacrificial fire |
4 |
Vṛtra |
4 |
upākaraṇa |
4 |
Bhṛgu |
4 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
4 |
ṣaḍaha |
4 |
Varāha |
4 |
Marutta |
4 |
Pulomā/an |
4 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
4 |
alms, bhikṣā |
4 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
3 |
Apsaras |
3 |
Uṣas |
3 |
ghost, monster, demon |
3 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
3 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
3 |
for success in discussions |
3 |
Senses and world |
3 |
Trita and his brothers |
3 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
3 |
punarādheya |
3 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
3 |
Himālaya |
3 |
Religion and Philosophy |
3 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
3 |
usury, lending money |
3 |
svādhyāya |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
3 |
spoons |
3 |
Trade |
3 |
Architecture |
3 |
āpyāyana |
3 |
punarabhiṣeka |
3 |
Vasiṣṭha |
3 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
3 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
3 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
nivid |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
3 |
diseases |
3 |
anvārambhana |
3 |
vrata |
3 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
3 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
3 |
consent of the animal |
3 |
Cosmography |
3 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
3 |
linguistic speculation |
3 |
weapons, arms |
3 |
altar, vedi |
2 |
against bad dreams |
2 |
sattra |
2 |
errors in sacrifice |
2 |
medhājanana |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
against death, Nirṛti |
2 |
subrahmaṇyā |
2 |
amulets |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
chandoma |
2 |
third pressing |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
leprosy, kilāsa |
2 |
grahas |
2 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
2 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
Tāraka |
2 |
burnt by Śiva |
2 |
Burning of Kāma |
2 |
agnīṣomīya |
2 |
calmness of mind |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
2 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
2 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
2 |
fever, jvara, takman |
2 |
Behaviour, politeness |
2 |
bali |
2 |
Sleeping |
2 |
Mahāyāna |
2 |
agnyupasthāna |
2 |
Tripura |
2 |
Pregnancy |
2 |
Matsyāvatāra |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
Rituals |
2 |
nāndīmukha |
2 |
mankind |
2 |
Politics |
2 |
Grammar |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
gold |
2 |
conflicting worldviews |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
2 |
midday pavamāna |
2 |
against rivals |
2 |
frogs |
2 |
skin diseases |
2 |
reaching svarga |
2 |
Gandharva |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
Aditi |
2 |
nakṣatras |
2 |
Śiśupāla |
2 |
yajus verses |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
Kaṃsa |
2 |
sadas |
2 |
Śrīvidyā |
2 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
2 |
grahagrahaṇa |
1 |
frogs as omen |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
parivrājaka |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
year |
1 |
garbharakṣaṇa |
1 |
udgītha |
1 |
paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers |
1 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
sthālīpāka |
1 |
samiṣṭayajus |
1 |
droṇakalaśa |
1 |
āghāra |
1 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
brahmodya |
1 |
sarvamedha |
1 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
1 |
for prestige, influence |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
Devala and Asita |
1 |
marman |
1 |
kṣetrajña |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
all-unity |
1 |
hunting |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
India |
1 |
Nahuṣa |
1 |
japa |
1 |
third eye |
1 |
Dakṣa |
1 |
Vāmadeva |
1 |
Pracetas |
1 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
Jayadratha |
1 |
Māṇḍavya |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
narrative literature |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Love |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
fable |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
life, jīva |
1 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
Agni sāṃtapana |
1 |
punishment for crime |
1 |
sacrifice and time |
1 |
for victory in battle |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
ācamana |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
prayāja |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
cāturmāsya |
1 |
haviryajña |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
gāyatrī |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
Ṛbhus |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
advaita philosophy |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
consecration |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
1 |
chariot |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
Bhaga |
1 |
for luck in gambling |
1 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
chastity |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |