Topic |
Frequency |
prāṇa etc. |
280 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
173 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
168 |
war |
122 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
100 |
Soma sacrifice |
97 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
83 |
linguistic speculation |
82 |
ātman |
76 |
sāman |
75 |
mantra |
72 |
mahāvrata |
68 |
pravargya |
65 |
Alchemy |
60 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
57 |
narrative literature |
56 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
55 |
dīkṣā |
55 |
prāyaścitta |
51 |
udgītha |
47 |
agnihotra |
47 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
46 |
āpyāyana |
46 |
hathayoga |
43 |
agnicayana |
42 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
41 |
eating, food, anna |
38 |
brahman |
36 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
35 |
avadāna |
34 |
upanayana, initiation |
33 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
32 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
30 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
30 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
29 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
29 |
long live, āyus |
28 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
27 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
27 |
Giving, dāna |
27 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
26 |
Tīrthas |
26 |
gāyatrī |
26 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
26 |
immortality, amṛta |
25 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
24 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
24 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
24 |
jātaka, avadāna |
24 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
24 |
dāna, giving |
23 |
anatomy, human body |
23 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
23 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
23 |
Mahābhārata |
22 |
Yoga |
22 |
senses, indriya |
22 |
(Im-)purity |
21 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
21 |
ukhā |
20 |
against death, Nirṛti |
20 |
Medicine |
19 |
dharma |
19 |
rājasūya |
18 |
marriage, wedding |
18 |
udgātṛ |
18 |
King, rājanīti |
18 |
botany, plants |
18 |
Creation of the world |
17 |
bricks |
17 |
Genealogies |
17 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
17 |
year |
17 |
Āpri hymn |
16 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
16 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
16 |
rebirth, transmigration |
16 |
Bhakti |
16 |
parimara |
16 |
Senses and world |
16 |
fable |
15 |
good behaviour |
15 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
15 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
15 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
15 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
15 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
15 |
altar, vedi |
14 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
14 |
āpaddharma |
14 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
14 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
13 |
daśahotra |
13 |
Politics |
13 |
fever, jvara, takman |
13 |
digestion |
13 |
Brideship and marriage |
13 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
13 |
prauga śastra |
12 |
saṃskāras |
12 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
12 |
travelling, making a journey |
12 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
12 |
against rivals |
11 |
gṛhastha, householder |
11 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
11 |
vrātya |
11 |
karman doctrine |
11 |
prayāja |
11 |
vaśā |
11 |
Asceticism, tapas |
11 |
sexuality |
11 |
sacrificial fire |
11 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
10 |
Dharmaśāstra |
10 |
Agni |
10 |
viṣṭuti |
10 |
vālakhilyā |
9 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
9 |
Indra |
9 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
9 |
uktha |
9 |
brahman priest |
9 |
vājapeya |
9 |
vihāra, transposition |
9 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
9 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
9 |
agniṣṭoma |
9 |
odana |
9 |
cow |
9 |
fetters of death |
8 |
priest, ṛtvij |
8 |
brahmacarya |
8 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
8 |
varṇas, castes |
8 |
vātarakta |
8 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
8 |
saṃnyāsa |
8 |
vānaprastha |
8 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
7 |
Psychology |
7 |
Manu, manvantara |
7 |
yajus verses |
7 |
sahasranāman |
7 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
7 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
7 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
6 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
6 |
nirukti |
6 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
6 |
Peace and war |
6 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
6 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
6 |
pātaka |
6 |
deluge, Manu |
6 |
ghost, monster, demon |
6 |
reaching svarga |
6 |
soma graha |
6 |
Criminal law |
6 |
ṣaḍaha |
6 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
6 |
kṛcchra |
6 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
6 |
Bṛhaspati |
5 |
Prajāpati |
5 |
Kaṃsa |
5 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
5 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
5 |
vaiśvadeva |
5 |
śunāsīrya |
5 |
aṣṭakā |
5 |
Religion and Philosophy |
5 |
Poetology |
5 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
5 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
5 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
5 |
worship |
5 |
Aditi |
5 |
Military science |
5 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
5 |
āśrama |
5 |
for love, love charms |
5 |
Law |
5 |
creates fever |
5 |
midday pavamāna |
5 |
Mahāyāna |
5 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
5 |
paridhi enclosings |
5 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
5 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
5 |
śrāddha |
5 |
Rudra |
5 |
ukthya |
4 |
sacrifice and time |
4 |
Soma |
4 |
śruti, Veda |
4 |
dūrohaṇa |
4 |
Astronomy |
4 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
4 |
subhāṣita |
4 |
saṃpradāna |
4 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
4 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
4 |
friendship |
4 |
śvāsa |
4 |
Kṛṣṇa |
4 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
4 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
4 |
dhanurveda |
4 |
Women |
4 |
sautrāmaṇī |
4 |
Kṣatriya |
4 |
arghya |
4 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
4 |
Sleeping |
4 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
4 |
āhavanīya |
4 |
life, jīva |
4 |
Sāṃkhya |
4 |
upasad |
4 |
saṃsāra |
4 |
Cosmogony |
4 |
spoons |
4 |
for success, authority |
3 |
āstāva |
3 |
punarabhiṣeka |
3 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
3 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
3 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
3 |
grahagrahaṇa |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
Prophesy |
3 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
3 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
3 |
snāna, bathing |
3 |
Professions |
3 |
Zoology |
3 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
3 |
pākayajña |
3 |
Vaiśeṣika |
3 |
viṣuvat |
3 |
marman |
3 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
3 |
Buddha's life |
3 |
agnyupasthāna |
3 |
ācamana |
3 |
for prestige, influence |
3 |
Property of Brahmins |
3 |
Dakṣa |
3 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
3 |
theft, stealing |
3 |
adhvaryu |
3 |
abhiplava |
3 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
3 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
3 |
upākaraṇa |
2 |
stomabhāga |
2 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
2 |
sāvitrī |
2 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
2 |
vapāhoma |
2 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
2 |
svarasāman days |
2 |
Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
2 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
praṇayana |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
āgrayaṇa |
2 |
adhrigupraiṣa |
2 |
jātakarman |
2 |
raurava |
2 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
2 |
Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice |
2 |
ājya hymns |
2 |
sīmantonnayana |
2 |
riddle hymns |
2 |
haviryajña |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
brahmagavī |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
agnihotrī |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
Gandharva |
2 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
2 |
Materia medica |
2 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
2 |
Śrīvidyā |
2 |
putting to sleep |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
India |
2 |
Apsaras |
2 |
Nyāya |
2 |
vyāhṛtis |
2 |
Bhṛgu |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
avatāras |
2 |
Aśvins |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
Structure of the world |
2 |
Rituals |
2 |
Moral literature |
2 |
Pregnancy |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
Amāvāsyā |
2 |
army |
2 |
Māṇḍavya |
2 |
dvadaśāha |
2 |
Kāma |
2 |
caturviṃśa day |
2 |
Kāmaśāstra |
2 |
atirātra |
2 |
religious speculation, mystic |
2 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
Buddhism |
2 |
Debts and interest |
2 |
Witness |
2 |
triguṇa |
2 |
Ordeal |
2 |
Technique of Yoga |
2 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
āplavana |
1 |
People |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
raktapitta |
1 |
madātyaya |
1 |
plīhan |
1 |
udara |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
Business law |
1 |
origin of the sacrifice |
1 |
maitrāvaruṇa |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
1 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
Yogācāra |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
vasāhoma |
1 |
Nandin |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
1 |
samārohaṇa of the fire |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
1 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
Nirṛti |
1 |
court live |
1 |
pavitra, purifier |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
for water and rain |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
takman |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
Pūtanā |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
sacrificial horse |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
Agni sāṃtapana |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
ahīna |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
punishment for crime |
1 |
atharvan priest |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
japa |
1 |
Marutta |
1 |
Burning of Kāma |
1 |
burnt by Śiva |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
third pressing |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
hunting |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
punarādheya |
1 |
Kurukṣetra |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
caula |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
children |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
destruction of Dvārakā |
1 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
human meat, cannibalism |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
Bharata |
1 |
parivrājaka |
1 |