Topic |
Frequency |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
173 |
Tīrthas |
169 |
Alchemy |
121 |
Bhakti |
112 |
brahman priest |
94 |
jātaka, avadāna |
82 |
varṇas, castes |
74 |
Genealogies |
73 |
war |
63 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
63 |
Creation of the world |
61 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
58 |
rājasūya |
57 |
Cosmogony |
57 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
54 |
worship |
53 |
Giving, dāna |
52 |
dharma |
51 |
King, rājanīti |
50 |
marriage, wedding |
50 |
priest, ṛtvij |
49 |
Buddha's life |
49 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
48 |
Mahāyāna |
46 |
Sāṃkhya |
45 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
45 |
prāyaścitta |
44 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
43 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
41 |
Indra |
40 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
37 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
36 |
Dharmaśāstra |
35 |
Mahābhārata |
34 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
29 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
29 |
Brideship and marriage |
29 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
26 |
cow |
26 |
vājapeya |
25 |
(Im-)purity |
25 |
Time |
25 |
avatāras |
24 |
karman doctrine |
24 |
Kṣatriya |
23 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
23 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
22 |
śrāddha |
21 |
good behaviour |
20 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
20 |
rebirth, transmigration |
20 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
20 |
errors in sacrifice |
20 |
yuga theory |
19 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
19 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
19 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
19 |
Religion and Philosophy |
19 |
Brahmin |
19 |
pātaka |
18 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
18 |
Astronomy |
18 |
dāna, giving |
17 |
Brahmā |
17 |
Soma sacrifice |
16 |
mantra |
16 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
16 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
16 |
saṃskāras |
15 |
pṛṣṭha |
15 |
ātman |
15 |
vānaprastha |
15 |
Asceticism, tapas |
15 |
dakṣiṇā |
14 |
dīkṣā |
14 |
pravargya |
14 |
saṃsāra |
14 |
cāturmāsya |
14 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
14 |
Pulomā/an |
13 |
Agni |
13 |
upāyakauśalya |
13 |
inundation |
13 |
Skanda |
13 |
gold |
13 |
agniṣṭoma |
13 |
Cosmology |
13 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
12 |
śruti, Veda |
12 |
Dāruvana |
12 |
Criminal law |
12 |
upanayana, initiation |
12 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
12 |
linguistic speculation |
12 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
12 |
gṛhastha, householder |
12 |
eating, food, anna |
11 |
Bhṛgu |
11 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
11 |
Varāha |
11 |
brahmahatyā |
11 |
vrata |
11 |
Cosmography |
11 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
10 |
fable |
10 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
10 |
āśrama |
10 |
Paraśurāma |
10 |
Geography |
10 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
10 |
Prajāpati |
10 |
Tripura |
10 |
vaśā |
10 |
Property of Brahmins |
10 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
9 |
Yoga |
9 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
9 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
9 |
Kaṃsa |
9 |
theft, stealing |
9 |
Bali and Indra |
9 |
Tāraka |
9 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
8 |
playing dice |
8 |
brahmagavī |
8 |
Grammar |
8 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
8 |
Andhaka |
8 |
Rituals |
8 |
uktha |
8 |
Travel |
8 |
Śvetadvīpa |
8 |
mahāvrata |
8 |
pūjā |
8 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
8 |
Viśve devāḥ |
8 |
sahasranāman |
8 |
Women |
8 |
Viśvāmitra |
7 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
7 |
botany, plants |
7 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
7 |
Prajāpati's children |
7 |
nakṣatras |
7 |
Kṛṣṇa |
7 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
7 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
7 |
Lexicography |
7 |
Buddhism |
7 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
7 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
7 |
tulāpuruṣa |
7 |
Medicine |
7 |
saṃnyāsa |
7 |
stomabhāga |
7 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
7 |
narrative literature |
7 |
bali |
6 |
Himālaya |
6 |
Maruts |
6 |
snāna, bathing |
6 |
vaiśvadeva |
6 |
pākayajña |
6 |
piṇḍa |
6 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
6 |
Astrology |
6 |
weapons, arms |
5 |
Nahuṣa |
5 |
India |
5 |
Nandin |
5 |
brahman |
5 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
5 |
Tilottamā |
5 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
5 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
5 |
travelling, making a journey |
5 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
5 |
prāṇa etc. |
5 |
triguṇa |
5 |
sāman |
5 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
5 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
5 |
kṛcchra |
5 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
5 |
poverty, renunciation |
5 |
Law |
5 |
Pārvatī |
5 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
5 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
4 |
advaita philosophy |
4 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
4 |
Manu, manvantara |
4 |
Māṇḍavya |
4 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
4 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
4 |
senses, indriya |
4 |
Devala and Asita |
4 |
hathayoga |
4 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
4 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
4 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
4 |
brahmacarya |
4 |
paridhi enclosings |
4 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
4 |
Durgā |
4 |
avadāna |
4 |
subhāṣita |
4 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
4 |
Ṛṣi |
4 |
āpaddharma |
4 |
svādhyāya |
4 |
son, advantage of having sons |
4 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
4 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
4 |
for political power |
3 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
3 |
Architecture |
3 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
3 |
against wounds |
3 |
against bad omina and presigns |
3 |
Soma |
3 |
Aśvins |
3 |
Ordeal |
3 |
Structure of the world |
3 |
Senses and world |
3 |
punishment for crime |
3 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
3 |
birth, pregnancy |
3 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
3 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
3 |
Matsyāvatāra |
3 |
ghost, monster, demon |
3 |
sthālīpāka |
3 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
Trita and his brothers |
3 |
against sorcery |
3 |
Politics |
3 |
āghāra |
3 |
vyavahāra |
3 |
godāna |
3 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
3 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
3 |
Śunaḥśepa |
3 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
3 |
agnihotra |
3 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
3 |
Vasiṣṭha |
3 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
3 |
Vāmadeva |
3 |
Marutta |
3 |
bad behaviour |
3 |
female ascetics |
3 |
brahmodya |
2 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
2 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
2 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
2 |
high position of Brahmins |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
āgrayaṇa |
2 |
murder |
2 |
caula |
2 |
atharvan priest |
2 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
2 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
2 |
for the birth of sons |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
2 |
midday pavamāna |
2 |
five mahāyajñas |
2 |
vasāhoma |
2 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
2 |
purohita, house priest |
2 |
ahīna |
2 |
aponaptrīya |
2 |
deluge, Manu |
2 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
for a king |
2 |
army |
2 |
Dakṣa |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
differences between women and men |
2 |
ahaṃkāra |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
japa |
2 |
Meditation |
2 |
manas |
2 |
Psychology |
2 |
digestion |
2 |
rasāyana |
2 |
dama |
2 |
Gaṇeśa |
2 |
svadharma |
2 |
Crime |
2 |
Nāga |
2 |
Deities and cults |
2 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
Poetology |
2 |
Purāṇa |
2 |
Technique of Yoga |
2 |
Harivaṃśa |
2 |
Pregnancy |
2 |
Witness |
2 |
dhanurveda |
2 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
2 |
parivrājaka |
2 |
Rāji |
2 |
Māndhātṛ |
2 |
Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
2 |
Bharata |
2 |
Rudra |
2 |
human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
sorcery |
2 |
Bṛhaspati |
2 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
svāhā |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
Love |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
against rivals |
1 |
Balarāma |
1 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
for cattle, cows |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
blood rain |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
Vāstoṣpati |
1 |
aptoryāman |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
mantrasnāna |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
1 |
daśahotra |
1 |
against poison, venom |
1 |
meteorology, weather |
1 |
mankind |
1 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
Military science |
1 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
cātvāla |
1 |
hole for the yūpa |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
upayāja |
1 |
iḍā |
1 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
1 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
punarādheya |
1 |
Palmistry |
1 |
Prophesy |
1 |
hunting |
1 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
lobha, greed |
1 |
kṣetrajña |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
mahant |
1 |
kālacakra |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
Atharvaveda |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
chandoma |
1 |
children |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
recitation during sacrifice |
1 |
Pracetas |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
paristaraṇa |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
against possession |
1 |
grahas |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
haviryajña |
1 |
for success, authority |
1 |
vapāhoma |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
Cities |
1 |
śunāsīrya |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
State finances |
1 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
systematics |
1 |
prayāja |
1 |
life, jīva |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |