| Topic |
Frequency |
| vājapeya |
124 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
90 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
71 |
| agnihotra |
63 |
| Prajāpati creates the world |
62 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
57 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
55 |
| Soma sacrifice |
55 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
54 |
| rājasūya |
50 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
49 |
| marriage, wedding |
47 |
| Prajāpati |
41 |
| Brideship and marriage |
39 |
| agnicayana |
33 |
| sāman |
32 |
| vaśā |
29 |
| twelve-day Soma rite |
28 |
| kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
28 |
| avadāna |
26 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
25 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
24 |
| Creation of the world |
23 |
| bricks |
23 |
| mahāvrata |
23 |
| altar, vedi |
22 |
| daśahotra |
22 |
| prāyaścitta |
22 |
| ṣaḍaha |
19 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
19 |
| dīkṣā |
19 |
| bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
18 |
| vaiśvadeva |
18 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
18 |
| varuṇapraghāsa |
18 |
| ātman |
16 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
15 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
15 |
| pṛṣṭha |
15 |
| upanayana, initiation |
15 |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
15 |
| Genealogies |
15 |
| cāturmāsya |
14 |
| Tīrthas |
14 |
| King, rājanīti |
14 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
14 |
| agniṣṭoma |
14 |
| Vedic metres in sacrifice |
13 |
| Giving, dāna |
13 |
| pravargya |
12 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
12 |
| prāṇa etc. |
12 |
| jyotiṣṭoma |
12 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
12 |
| eating, food, anna |
11 |
| Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
11 |
| cow |
10 |
| Sāṃkhya |
10 |
| sexuality |
10 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
10 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
10 |
| Bhakti |
10 |
| varṇas, castes |
9 |
| Indra |
9 |
| puṃsavana |
9 |
| udgātṛ |
9 |
| Prajāpati and his daughter |
9 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
9 |
| vrata |
9 |
| for success, authority |
8 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
8 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
8 |
| sahasranāman |
8 |
| karman doctrine |
8 |
| nakṣatras |
8 |
| Pregnancy |
8 |
| āhavanīya |
8 |
| Women |
8 |
| Aśvins |
7 |
| brahman |
7 |
| brahman priest |
7 |
| Cosmography |
7 |
| atharvan priest |
7 |
| Time |
7 |
| ukhā |
7 |
| Bhṛgu |
7 |
| saṃskāras |
7 |
| nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
7 |
| (Im-)purity |
7 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
7 |
| Cosmology |
6 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
6 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
6 |
| seasons |
6 |
| birth, pregnancy |
6 |
| caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
6 |
| fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
6 |
| attacks Prajāpati |
6 |
| Vṛtra |
6 |
| āghāra |
6 |
| errors in sacrifice |
6 |
| sīmantonnayana |
6 |
| paśupati |
6 |
| śruti, Veda |
6 |
| house building, correct residence, śālākarman |
5 |
| aṣṭakā |
5 |
| Varāha |
5 |
| good behaviour |
5 |
| third pressing |
5 |
| Pārvatī |
5 |
| cūḍākaraṇa |
5 |
| ārbhava pavamāna |
5 |
| Rudra |
5 |
| śrāddha |
5 |
| war |
5 |
| Tripura |
5 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
5 |
| yajus verses |
5 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
5 |
| āśrama |
5 |
| raising the udumbara pillar |
5 |
| Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
5 |
| agnyupasthāna |
5 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
| getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
4 |
| bali |
4 |
| pralaya, destruction of the world |
4 |
| placing the somakalaśa |
4 |
| sacrifice and time |
4 |
| pākayajña |
4 |
| brahmacarya |
4 |
| Pracetas |
4 |
| Cosmogony |
4 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
4 |
| kṛcchra |
4 |
| mantra |
4 |
| ukthya |
4 |
| Vedic metres, prosody |
4 |
| dharma |
4 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
4 |
| svarasāman days |
4 |
| upākaraṇa |
4 |
| saṃpāta, sampāta |
4 |
| Paraśurāma |
4 |
| gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
4 |
| senses, indriya |
4 |
| Tāraka |
4 |
| sacrificial fire |
4 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
4 |
| Mahābhārata |
4 |
| Structure of the world |
4 |
| āvāpa, insertion |
4 |
| gold |
4 |
| stomabhāga |
4 |
| for children, offspring, progeny |
4 |
| sattra |
4 |
| āgrayaṇa |
3 |
| udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
3 |
| for the birth of sons |
3 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
3 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
3 |
| prayāja |
3 |
| abhiṣeka |
3 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
3 |
| for material success, riches, wealth |
3 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
3 |
| niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
| annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
3 |
| amulets |
3 |
| vrātya |
3 |
| Astronomy |
3 |
| Aditi |
3 |
| avatāras |
3 |
| śunāsīrya |
3 |
| paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers |
3 |
| saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
3 |
| Purāṇa |
3 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
3 |
| Technique of Yoga |
3 |
| brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
3 |
| Stories |
3 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
| aptoryāman |
3 |
| pravara, choosing the priest |
3 |
| yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
3 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
3 |
| narrative literature |
3 |
| Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
3 |
| Yoga |
3 |
| Medicine |
3 |
| garbhādhāna |
3 |
| Agriculture |
3 |
| viṣuvat |
3 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
| Vṛtra and Indra |
3 |
| Marutta |
3 |
| Skanda |
3 |
| punarādheya |
3 |
| linguistic speculation |
3 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
| godāna |
3 |
| somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
| āptoryāman |
2 |
| vaśīkaraṇa |
2 |
| soma graha |
2 |
| utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
| ukhya |
2 |
| odana |
2 |
| vāstuśamana |
2 |
| agārapraveśa, entering the house |
2 |
| felling the tree for the yūpa |
2 |
| ṛc |
2 |
| fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
| mekhalābandhana |
2 |
| viṣṭuti |
2 |
| sāyaṃprātarhoma |
2 |
| for political power |
2 |
| driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
2 |
| ājya hymns |
2 |
| upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
| uktha |
2 |
| hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
2 |
| Keśin Dārbhya |
2 |
| year |
2 |
| mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
| udgītha |
2 |
| spoons |
2 |
| high position of Brahmins |
2 |
| Senses and world |
2 |
| Brahmin |
2 |
| water, rain |
2 |
| for success in discussions |
2 |
| Kurukṣetra |
2 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
| Kṣatriya |
2 |
| botany, plants |
2 |
| inundation |
2 |
| Matsyāvatāra |
2 |
| Churning of the Milk Ocean |
2 |
| for love, love charms |
2 |
| Rituals |
2 |
| against sorcery |
2 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
| long live, āyus |
2 |
| Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
| Āpri hymn |
2 |
| Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
2 |
| Sleeping |
2 |
| Family law |
2 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas |
2 |
| dvīpa |
2 |
| dāna, giving |
2 |
| svarga, heaven |
2 |
| for cattle, cows |
2 |
| creates fever |
2 |
| Lexicography |
2 |
| Inheritance |
2 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
2 |
| vānaprastha |
2 |
| puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
| Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
| saṃnyāsa |
2 |
| Buddha's life |
2 |
| against death, Nirṛti |
2 |
| Candra, Candramas, moon |
2 |
| Himālaya |
2 |
| Family |
2 |
| Astrology |
2 |
| śravaṇākarman |
1 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
| correct behaviour |
1 |
| grahas |
1 |
| snāna, bathing |
1 |
| meteor, ulkā |
1 |
| Travel |
1 |
| ants, termites |
1 |
| death of a sacrificer |
1 |
| Geography |
1 |
| Architecture |
1 |
| worship |
1 |
| ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
| midday pavamāna |
1 |
| dvadaśāha |
1 |
| navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
1 |
| for success at court, in a juridicial process |
1 |
| Zoology |
1 |
| Alchemy |
1 |
| Grammar |
1 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
| brahmodya |
1 |
| nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
| Law |
1 |
| Witness |
1 |
| atyagniṣṭoma |
1 |
| five mahāyajñas |
1 |
| travelling, making a journey |
1 |
| tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
| vātavyādhi |
1 |
| anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
| Mahāyāna |
1 |
| killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
| binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
| Debt |
1 |
| āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
| arghya |
1 |
| vāmadevya |
1 |
| India |
1 |
| midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
1 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
| for water and rain |
1 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
| against rivals |
1 |
| rudrabhāga |
1 |
| for a good birth |
1 |
| anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
| kṣatra and brahman |
1 |
| fetters of death |
1 |
| human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
| against bad dreams |
1 |
| for fame, glory |
1 |
| ahīna |
1 |
| Gandharva |
1 |
| anatomy, human body |
1 |
| against (dangerous) animals |
1 |
| childhood rites |
1 |
| agnihotrī |
1 |
| Dhātṛ |
1 |
| milk |
1 |
| origin of the sacrifice |
1 |
| ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
| religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
| āstāva |
1 |
| āśvina |
1 |
| Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
| for potency |
1 |
| Apsaras |
1 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
| garbharakṣaṇa |
1 |
| fable |
1 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
| Peace and war |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| friendship |
1 |
| life, jīva |
1 |
| Psychology |
1 |
| ahaṃkāra |
1 |
| against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
| Trita and his brothers |
1 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
| mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
| seven steps |
1 |
| Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
| Prajāpati's children |
1 |
| śūlagava |
1 |
| Dakṣa |
1 |
| samāvartana |
1 |
| svādhyāya |
1 |
| introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
| haviryajña |
1 |
| Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
| Kaṃsa |
1 |
| caula |
1 |
| Bṛhaspati |
1 |
| sorcery |
1 |
| snātaka |
1 |
