Topic |
Frequency |
war |
579 |
narrative literature |
361 |
Mahābhārata |
147 |
Politics |
108 |
dharma |
93 |
sāman |
90 |
King, rājanīti |
88 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
84 |
Tīrthas |
69 |
Soma sacrifice |
67 |
Rudra |
64 |
Giving, dāna |
62 |
Indra |
58 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
57 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
55 |
agnihotra |
55 |
brahman |
54 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
54 |
varṇas, castes |
53 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
52 |
Dharmaśāstra |
51 |
fable |
51 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
50 |
cow |
47 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
46 |
good behaviour |
46 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
45 |
Military science |
42 |
prāṇa etc. |
41 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
40 |
Law |
39 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
37 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
36 |
Agni |
36 |
prāyaścitta |
35 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
34 |
marriage, wedding |
32 |
Buddha's life |
32 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
31 |
altar, vedi |
30 |
bricks |
29 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
29 |
Prajāpati |
28 |
karman doctrine |
28 |
ājya hymns |
28 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
28 |
Women |
28 |
sexuality |
27 |
Paraśurāma |
27 |
vyavahāra |
27 |
ātman |
27 |
eating, food, anna |
27 |
Alchemy |
27 |
pravargya |
26 |
Brideship and marriage |
26 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
25 |
Bhakti |
25 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
25 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
25 |
mahāvrata |
25 |
Buddhism |
24 |
pṛṣṭha |
23 |
Creation of the world |
22 |
fever, jvara, takman |
21 |
dīkṣā |
21 |
Genealogies |
20 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
20 |
udgītha |
20 |
udgātṛ |
20 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
20 |
dāna, giving |
19 |
prayāja |
19 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
19 |
Vāmadeva |
19 |
army |
19 |
Medicine |
19 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
19 |
uktha |
18 |
agniṣṭoma |
18 |
Tāraka |
17 |
Tripura |
17 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
17 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
17 |
agnicayana |
17 |
āpaddharma |
17 |
Asceticism, tapas |
16 |
Peace and war |
16 |
Brahmin |
15 |
linguistic speculation |
15 |
vaśā |
15 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
15 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
15 |
Viśve devāḥ |
15 |
Witness |
15 |
Sāṃkhya |
14 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
14 |
śrāddha |
14 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
14 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
14 |
for a king |
14 |
Moral literature |
13 |
Kṣatriya |
13 |
Vṛtra |
13 |
Skanda |
13 |
Criminal law |
13 |
Varuṇa |
13 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
12 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
12 |
Marutta |
12 |
ghost, monster, demon |
12 |
(Im-)purity |
12 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
12 |
gāyatrī |
12 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
12 |
Soma |
12 |
priest, ṛtvij |
11 |
avatāras |
11 |
brahman priest |
11 |
Manu, manvantara |
11 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
11 |
rebirth, transmigration |
11 |
Yoga |
11 |
Viśvāmitra |
11 |
Nala and Damayantī |
11 |
Kāmaśāstra |
10 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
10 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
10 |
parimara |
10 |
Ṛbhus |
10 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
10 |
āśā, hope |
9 |
upasad |
9 |
saṃsāra |
9 |
sacrificial fire |
9 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
9 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
9 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
9 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
9 |
Kṛṣṇa |
9 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
9 |
saṃskāras |
9 |
Rāma(candra) |
9 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
9 |
Travel |
9 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
9 |
Ordeal |
9 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
8 |
Bhṛgu |
8 |
Poetology |
8 |
Time |
8 |
Matsyāvatāra |
8 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
8 |
Nahuṣa |
8 |
yuga theory |
8 |
Mitra |
8 |
Aditi |
8 |
process, jurisdiction |
8 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
8 |
rājasūya |
8 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
8 |
āśvina |
8 |
ṛc |
8 |
āśrama |
8 |
ukthya |
8 |
gṛhastha, householder |
8 |
ṣaḍaha |
7 |
errors in sacrifice |
7 |
Cyavana |
7 |
cāturmāsya |
7 |
Grammar |
7 |
rejuvenation |
7 |
long live, āyus |
7 |
snātaka |
7 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
7 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
7 |
punarādheya |
7 |
Maruts |
7 |
botany, plants |
7 |
Aśvins |
7 |
female ascetics |
7 |
birth, pregnancy |
7 |
Cosmography |
7 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
6 |
alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
6 |
for success, authority |
6 |
agnyupasthāna |
6 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
6 |
gold |
6 |
mahābhiṣeka |
6 |
Mahāyāna |
6 |
Astronomy |
6 |
Psychology |
6 |
Trade |
6 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
5 |
water, rain |
5 |
Purāṇa |
5 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
5 |
robbery |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
Geography |
5 |
theft, stealing |
5 |
Kaṃsa |
5 |
upanayana, initiation |
5 |
worship |
5 |
Dāruvana |
5 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
5 |
children |
5 |
Māndhātṛ |
5 |
Debts and interest |
5 |
Cosmogony |
5 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
5 |
arghya |
5 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
5 |
nirukti |
5 |
Debt |
5 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
5 |
correct behaviour |
5 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
5 |
vrātya |
5 |
brahmacarya |
5 |
medhājanana |
5 |
Kirātārjunīya |
4 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
4 |
senses, indriya |
4 |
Tilottamā |
4 |
vrata |
4 |
India |
4 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
4 |
atharvan priest |
4 |
aṣṭakā |
4 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
4 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
4 |
Pūṣan |
4 |
samāvartana |
4 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
4 |
friendship |
4 |
Administration |
4 |
placing the somakalaśa |
4 |
sattra |
4 |
daughter |
4 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
4 |
Court |
4 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
4 |
piṇḍa |
4 |
rudrabhāga |
4 |
vāṇa |
4 |
punarabhiṣeka |
4 |
for a good birth |
4 |
āgrayaṇa |
4 |
lobha, greed |
4 |
Vasiṣṭha |
4 |
for the birth of sons |
4 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
4 |
attacks Prajāpati |
4 |
midday pavamāna |
4 |
subrahmaṇyā |
4 |
weapons, arms |
4 |
paśupati |
4 |
Pulomā/an |
4 |
against poison, venom |
4 |
sadas |
4 |
atirātra |
3 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
3 |
Rituals |
3 |
against death, Nirṛti |
3 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
3 |
against sorcery |
3 |
daśahotra |
3 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
dogs |
3 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
Crime |
3 |
mankind |
3 |
avadāna |
3 |
spoons |
3 |
takman |
3 |
Gandharva |
3 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
3 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
3 |
for love, love charms |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
has the hide of man |
3 |
Balarāma |
3 |
inundation |
3 |
kṣatra and brahman |
3 |
Śunaḥśepa |
3 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
3 |
Prostitution |
3 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
svadharma |
3 |
consecration |
3 |
year |
3 |
non-attachment |
3 |
Agastya |
3 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
3 |
svarga, heaven |
3 |
bali |
3 |
sākamedha |
3 |
śruti, Veda |
3 |
calmness of mind |
3 |
Yama |
3 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
3 |
digestion |
3 |
Kurukṣetra |
3 |
sacrifice and time |
3 |
Police |
3 |
Customs and taxes |
3 |
Yogācāra |
3 |
sīmantonnayana |
2 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
2 |
vājapeya |
2 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
2 |
puṃsavana |
2 |
usury, lending money |
2 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
2 |
immortality, amṛta |
2 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
son, advantage of having sons |
2 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
2 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
2 |
dūrohaṇa |
2 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
2 |
samiṣṭayajus |
2 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
against fever |
2 |
criminal investigation |
2 |
kṛcchra |
2 |
kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
spy, secret service, intelligence |
2 |
reaching svarga |
2 |
Bharata |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
Bali and Indra |
2 |
Phonetics |
2 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
2 |
differences between women and men |
2 |
brahmahatyā |
2 |
selling children, adoption |
2 |
eldest brother |
2 |
Jayadratha |
2 |
Trita and his brothers |
2 |
destruction of Dvārakā |
2 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
2 |
human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
2 |
Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
Devala and Asita |
2 |
Himālaya |
2 |
Bṛhaspati |
2 |
Family law |
2 |
poison, antidotes |
2 |
kṣatradharma |
2 |
pātaka |
2 |
Budha, Mercury |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
travelling, making a journey |
2 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
dama |
2 |
Cosmology |
2 |
life, jīva |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
bad behaviour |
2 |
kṣetrajña |
2 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
2 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
Ādityas |
2 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
2 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
arrow |
2 |
Religion and Philosophy |
2 |
against rivals |
2 |
high position of Brahmins |
2 |
Śarva |
2 |
Bhava |
2 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
2 |
hathayoga |
2 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
2 |
Family |
2 |
meteorology, weather |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
Andhaka |
2 |
sorcery |
2 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
2 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
vasāhoma |
1 |
āpyāyana |
1 |
for success at court, in a juridicial process |
1 |
Landed property |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
sautrāmaṇī |
1 |
nakṣatras |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
Cattle as property |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers |
1 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
1 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
1 |
prāṇāyāma |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
svāhā |
1 |
Nāga |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
Nandin |
1 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
1 |
svaru |
1 |
tānūnaptra |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
stomabhāga |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
cātvāla |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
saṃpradāna |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
1 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
Love |
1 |
consent of the animal |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
1 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
1 |
mantra |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
against scorpions |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
Māṇḍavya |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
agnihotrī |
1 |
advaita philosophy |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
1 |
odana |
1 |
torture |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
suicide |
1 |
murder |
1 |
seasons |
1 |
viṣuvat |
1 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
1 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
Uṣas |
1 |
falls on Śivas head |
1 |
court live |
1 |
ṣoḍaśin |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
for success in discussions |
1 |
military formation |
1 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
aponaptrīya |
1 |
third eye |
1 |
Property of Brahmins |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
third pressing |
1 |
Prophesy |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
vātavyādhi |
1 |
Cities |
1 |
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
Economy |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
cattle |
1 |
manas |
1 |
japa |
1 |
vapāhoma |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
ahaṃkāra |
1 |
hunting |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
Kaśyapa |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
deluge, Manu |
1 |
alcohol |
1 |