Topic |
Frequency |
vājapeya |
124 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
96 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
90 |
agnihotra |
63 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
62 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
57 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
55 |
Soma sacrifice |
55 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
54 |
marriage, wedding |
51 |
rājasūya |
50 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
49 |
Brideship and marriage |
43 |
Prajāpati |
41 |
agnicayana |
33 |
sāman |
32 |
vaśā |
30 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
28 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
28 |
pravargya |
27 |
avadāna |
26 |
dīkṣā |
25 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
25 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
24 |
Creation of the world |
23 |
mahāvrata |
23 |
bricks |
23 |
altar, vedi |
22 |
prāyaścitta |
22 |
daśahotra |
22 |
ṣaḍaha |
19 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
19 |
vaiśvadeva |
18 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
18 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
18 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
18 |
ātman |
16 |
upanayana, initiation |
15 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
15 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
15 |
Genealogies |
15 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
15 |
pṛṣṭha |
15 |
cāturmāsya |
14 |
Tīrthas |
14 |
King, rājanīti |
14 |
agniṣṭoma |
14 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
14 |
Giving, dāna |
13 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
13 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
12 |
eating, food, anna |
12 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
12 |
prāṇa etc. |
12 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
12 |
Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
11 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
11 |
Bhakti |
10 |
Sāṃkhya |
10 |
sexuality |
10 |
cow |
10 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
10 |
puṃsavana |
9 |
udgātṛ |
9 |
varṇas, castes |
9 |
Dharmaśāstra |
9 |
Pregnancy |
9 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
9 |
vrata |
9 |
Indra |
9 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
8 |
nakṣatras |
8 |
Women |
8 |
karman doctrine |
8 |
sahasranāman |
8 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
8 |
for success, authority |
8 |
āhavanīya |
8 |
birth, pregnancy |
8 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
7 |
Aśvins |
7 |
Time |
7 |
Cosmography |
7 |
saṃskāras |
7 |
atharvan priest |
7 |
brahman priest |
7 |
Bhṛgu |
7 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
7 |
ukhā |
7 |
(Im-)purity |
7 |
brahman |
7 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
6 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
6 |
paśupati |
6 |
attacks Prajāpati |
6 |
bali |
6 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
6 |
sīmantonnayana |
6 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
6 |
Vṛtra |
6 |
good behaviour |
6 |
āghāra |
6 |
Cosmology |
6 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
6 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
6 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
6 |
seasons |
6 |
errors in sacrifice |
6 |
śruti, Veda |
6 |
Pārvatī |
5 |
Varāha |
5 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
5 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
5 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
5 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
5 |
third pressing |
5 |
war |
5 |
Tripura |
5 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
5 |
aṣṭakā |
5 |
agnyupasthāna |
5 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
5 |
śrāddha |
5 |
Rudra |
5 |
yajus verses |
5 |
āśrama |
5 |
mantra |
4 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
4 |
kṛcchra |
4 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
4 |
ukthya |
4 |
sacrifice and time |
4 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
4 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
4 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
4 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
4 |
for the birth of sons |
4 |
gold |
4 |
Pracetas |
4 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
4 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
4 |
senses, indriya |
4 |
stomabhāga |
4 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
4 |
pākayajña |
4 |
for political power |
4 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
4 |
Paraśurāma |
4 |
brahmacarya |
4 |
dharma |
4 |
Mahābhārata |
4 |
Cosmogony |
4 |
godāna |
4 |
svarasāman days |
4 |
Tāraka |
4 |
sacrificial fire |
4 |
Structure of the world |
4 |
gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
upākaraṇa |
4 |
ājya hymns |
4 |
placing the somakalaśa |
4 |
āvāpa, insertion |
4 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
4 |
sattra |
4 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
4 |
against rivals |
3 |
paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers |
3 |
against bad omina and presigns |
3 |
punarādheya |
3 |
amulets |
3 |
aptoryāman |
3 |
śunāsīrya |
3 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
3 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
3 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
3 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
3 |
prayāja |
3 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
3 |
vrātya |
3 |
garbhādhāna |
3 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
3 |
abhiṣeka |
3 |
viṣuvat |
3 |
priest, ṛtvij |
3 |
āgrayaṇa |
3 |
Astronomy |
3 |
Stories |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
3 |
Technique of Yoga |
3 |
rebirth, transmigration |
3 |
linguistic speculation |
3 |
Aditi |
3 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
Purāṇa |
3 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
3 |
narrative literature |
3 |
avatāras |
3 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
Marutta |
3 |
Yoga |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
Medicine |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
Matsyāvatāra |
2 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
Senses and world |
2 |
viṣṭuti |
2 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
spoons |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
Family law |
2 |
Sleeping |
2 |
inundation |
2 |
high position of Brahmins |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
ukhya |
2 |
botany, plants |
2 |
uktha |
2 |
saṃnyāsa |
2 |
snātaka |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
soma graha |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
āptoryāman |
2 |
Lexicography |
2 |
Asceticism, tapas |
2 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
2 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
2 |
mekhalābandhana |
2 |
ṛc |
2 |
Buddha's life |
2 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma |
2 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
2 |
Family |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
Rituals |
2 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
2 |
year |
2 |
udgītha |
2 |
Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
dvīpa |
2 |
against sorcery |
2 |
Āpri hymn |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
odana |
2 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
2 |
Kurukṣetra |
2 |
gāyatrī |
2 |
against death, Nirṛti |
2 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
creates fever |
2 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
2 |
for love, love charms |
2 |
for cattle, cows |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
for success in discussions |
2 |
Himālaya |
2 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
for potency |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
Dhātṛ |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
1 |
death of a sacrificer |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
midday pavamāna |
1 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
ahaṃkāra |
1 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
for fame, glory |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
for water and rain |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
Alchemy |
1 |
brahmodya |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
atyagniṣṭoma |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
for success at court, in a juridicial process |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
against (dangerous) animals |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
Law |
1 |
Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
Witness |
1 |
childhood rites |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
ants, termites |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
caula |
1 |
worship |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
grahas |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
vātavyādhi |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
fable |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
life, jīva |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
India |
1 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
kṣatra and brahman |
1 |
fetters of death |
1 |
ahīna |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
agnihotrī |
1 |
haviryajña |
1 |
vāmadevya |
1 |
Dakṣa |
1 |
alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
1 |
āstāva |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
Agni |
1 |
dvadaśāha |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
Mahāyāna |
1 |
Debt |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
milk |
1 |
garbharakṣaṇa |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
Prajāpati's children |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
origin of the sacrifice |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |