Topic |
Frequency |
Pashupata Shaivism |
388 |
Mahāyāna |
341 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
286 |
jātaka, avadāna |
274 |
pravargya |
217 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
198 |
narrative literature |
186 |
Alchemy |
183 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
173 |
Medicine |
154 |
Buddha's life |
123 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
112 |
prāyaścitta |
108 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
108 |
Soma sacrifice |
100 |
rājasūya |
96 |
dīkṣā |
89 |
agnihotra |
88 |
Politics |
62 |
mahāvrata |
61 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
57 |
punarādheya |
55 |
Buddhism |
53 |
Genealogies |
51 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
49 |
errors in sacrifice |
49 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
49 |
cow |
48 |
vaśā |
47 |
vājapeya |
45 |
dharma |
45 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
44 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
43 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
42 |
sacrificial fire |
41 |
King, rājanīti |
40 |
war |
39 |
avadāna |
38 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
34 |
Giving, dāna |
34 |
āpyāyana |
34 |
agniṣṭoma |
33 |
sāman |
33 |
Yoga |
32 |
upākaraṇa |
32 |
Mahābhārata |
31 |
Military science |
30 |
Kṛṣṇa |
29 |
Indra |
29 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
28 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
28 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
28 |
ātman |
28 |
Poetology |
27 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
27 |
agnicayana |
26 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
26 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
26 |
Brideship and marriage |
26 |
altar, vedi |
26 |
marriage, wedding |
25 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
25 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
25 |
raising the yūpa |
24 |
odana |
22 |
brahman priest |
22 |
prāṇa etc. |
22 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
22 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
22 |
Dharmaśāstra |
21 |
anvārambhana |
21 |
botany, plants |
21 |
varṇas, castes |
20 |
Agni |
20 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
19 |
spoons |
19 |
Bhakti |
19 |
(Im-)purity |
18 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
18 |
eating, food, anna |
17 |
good behaviour |
17 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
17 |
fable |
17 |
ukthya |
17 |
cātvāla |
17 |
Kṣatriya |
17 |
upanayana, initiation |
16 |
dāna, giving |
16 |
Āpri hymn |
15 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
15 |
Cosmogony |
15 |
senses, indriya |
15 |
Law |
15 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
14 |
bricks |
14 |
Soma |
14 |
Senses and world |
14 |
saṃsāra |
14 |
Sāṃkhya |
14 |
udgātṛ |
13 |
linguistic speculation |
13 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
13 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
13 |
āghāra |
13 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
13 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
13 |
svaru |
13 |
Tīrthas |
13 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
13 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
12 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
12 |
vasāhoma |
12 |
brahman |
12 |
paridhi enclosings |
12 |
Time |
11 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
11 |
Rudra |
11 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
11 |
ṣaḍaha |
11 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
11 |
prayāja |
10 |
urinary diseases |
10 |
dakṣiṇā |
10 |
brahmacarya |
10 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
9 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
9 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
9 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
9 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
9 |
Peace and war |
9 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
9 |
consent of the animal |
9 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
9 |
samiṣṭayajus |
9 |
karman doctrine |
9 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
9 |
ukhya |
9 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
9 |
Criminal law |
8 |
agnihotrī |
8 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
8 |
Kaṃsa |
8 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
8 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
8 |
Women |
8 |
Prajāpati |
8 |
Creation of the world |
8 |
sexuality |
8 |
Viśve devāḥ |
8 |
pavitra, purifier |
8 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
8 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
8 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
7 |
cāturmāsya |
7 |
śrāddha |
7 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
7 |
Asceticism, tapas |
7 |
has the hide of man |
7 |
recitation during sacrifice |
7 |
Brahmin |
7 |
upasad |
7 |
Pārvatī |
7 |
gṛhastha, householder |
7 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
7 |
rebirth, transmigration |
7 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
7 |
āpaddharma |
7 |
purohita, house priest |
7 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
7 |
abhiṣeka |
7 |
śruti, Veda |
6 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
6 |
Viśvāmitra |
6 |
Manu, manvantara |
6 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
6 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
6 |
Aśvins |
6 |
Debt |
6 |
deluge, Manu |
6 |
ahīna |
6 |
bhasmasnāna, ashes |
6 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
6 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
6 |
army |
6 |
avatāras |
6 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
6 |
fever, jvara, takman |
6 |
vrātya |
6 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
6 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
6 |
Witness |
6 |
hathayoga |
6 |
mantra |
6 |
against sorcery |
5 |
vapāhoma |
5 |
gambling |
5 |
Astronomy |
5 |
vyavahāra |
5 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
5 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
5 |
Pregnancy |
5 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
5 |
Andhaka |
5 |
prasthita libation |
5 |
Rituals |
5 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
5 |
Balarāma |
5 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
5 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
5 |
prauga śastra |
5 |
Atharvaveda |
5 |
āśvina |
5 |
sīmantonnayana |
5 |
seasons |
5 |
Property of Brahmins |
5 |
son, advantage of having sons |
5 |
dūrohaṇa |
5 |
gāyatrī |
5 |
nivid |
5 |
subrahmaṇyā |
5 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
5 |
Māndhātṛ |
4 |
sacrifice and time |
4 |
placing the somakalaśa |
4 |
priest, ṛtvij |
4 |
worship of the Buddha |
4 |
hole for the yūpa |
4 |
milk |
4 |
Agni's bodies |
4 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
4 |
amulets |
4 |
svarasāman days |
4 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
4 |
sākamedha |
4 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
4 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
4 |
Yama |
4 |
Himālaya |
4 |
Grammar |
4 |
Religion and Philosophy |
4 |
Kāmaśāstra |
4 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
4 |
āśrama |
4 |
saṃskāras |
4 |
Materia medica |
4 |
yuga theory |
4 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
4 |
bad behaviour |
4 |
kṣetrajña |
4 |
ahaṃkāra |
4 |
low castes |
4 |
Bharata |
4 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
3 |
kṣatra and brahman |
3 |
riddle hymns |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
3 |
Nandin |
3 |
against death, Nirṛti |
3 |
children |
3 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
3 |
upāyakauśalya |
3 |
midday pavamāna |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
3 |
Varuṇa |
3 |
Rāji |
3 |
fetters of death |
3 |
for success, authority |
3 |
triguṇa |
3 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
3 |
vātavyādhi |
3 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
3 |
Vṛtra |
3 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
3 |
arghya |
3 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
atirātra |
3 |
manas |
3 |
viṣuvat |
3 |
against bad omina and presigns |
3 |
gold |
3 |
haviryajña |
3 |
Administration |
3 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
3 |
for political power |
3 |
Cosmography |
3 |
Bhaga |
3 |
Vasiṣṭha |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice |
3 |
unsteadiness of life |
3 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
3 |
ukhā |
3 |
Ṛbhus |
3 |
uktha |
3 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
3 |
State finances |
2 |
poverty, renunciation |
2 |
friendship |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
Family law |
2 |
travelling, making a journey |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
nirmālya |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
anvaṣṭakya |
2 |
Aditi |
2 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
Paraśurāma |
2 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
2 |
Moral literature |
2 |
Prophesy |
2 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
2 |
gulma |
2 |
abhiplava |
2 |
year |
2 |
pṛṣṭha |
2 |
rudrabhāga |
2 |
worship |
2 |
pātaka |
2 |
Geography |
2 |
udgītha |
2 |
puṃsavana |
2 |
vrata |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
Nosology |
2 |
Nahuṣa |
2 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
2 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
religious speculation, mystic |
2 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
mankind |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
selling children, adoption |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
2 |
Lexicography |
2 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
sautrāmaṇī |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
2 |
daśahotra |
2 |
Gandharva |
2 |
Apsaras |
2 |
human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
mekhalābandhana |
2 |
aponaptrīya |
2 |
Marutta |
2 |
Yogācāra |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
2 |
sun and sacrifice |
2 |
creates fever |
2 |
Family |
2 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
Vaiśeṣika |
1 |
Love |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
brahmodya |
1 |
agnīdh(ra) |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
agnyupasthāna |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
Professions |
1 |
Property |
1 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
maitrāvaruṇa |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
cooking the animal |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
Pradyumna |
1 |
āptoryāman |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
dhanurveda |
1 |
nakṣatras |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
yajus verses |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
blood rain |
1 |
aptoryāman |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
vāmadevya |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
āgnīdhra priest |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
paramārtha |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
paśupati |
1 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma |
1 |
attacks Prajāpati |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
caturviṃśa day |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
dvadaśāha |
1 |
life, jīva |
1 |
Police |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
murder |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
brahmahatyā |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
high position of Brahmins |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
Māṇḍavya |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
Jayadratha |
1 |
takman |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
svadharma |
1 |
Pracetas |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
dogs |
1 |
Vāmadeva |
1 |
prevention |
1 |
eldest brother |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
punishment for crime |
1 |
rape, sexual harassment |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
kṣatradharma |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
missiles of Agni |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
āgrayaṇa |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
vaiśvadeva |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
Kaśyapa |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
madhuparka |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
raktapitta |
1 |
immortality, amṛta |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
dama |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
Economy |
1 |
Anti-social behaviour |
1 |
sattra |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
ācamana |
1 |
Minister |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
kuṣṭha |
1 |
śotha |
1 |
pāṇḍuroga |
1 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
1 |
grahaṇīdoṣa |
1 |
atisāra, flux, diarrhea |
1 |
punarabhiṣeka |
1 |
arśas |
1 |