Topic |
Frequency |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
400 |
Soma sacrifice |
288 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
277 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
248 |
rājasūya |
195 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
173 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
164 |
agniṣṭoma |
147 |
Agni |
145 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
136 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
123 |
agnihotra |
113 |
cāturmāsya |
111 |
prāyaścitta |
109 |
vājapeya |
104 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
89 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
68 |
agnicayana |
67 |
prayāja |
66 |
dīkṣā |
66 |
sākamedha |
58 |
Indra |
55 |
pravargya |
54 |
vaiśvadeva |
51 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
49 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
47 |
Āpri hymn |
47 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
44 |
marriage, wedding |
42 |
errors in sacrifice |
41 |
Tīrthas |
38 |
nakṣatras |
38 |
worship |
38 |
ekāha |
35 |
sautrāmaṇī |
34 |
Bhakti |
34 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
33 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
33 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
32 |
Alchemy |
31 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
31 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
31 |
vaśā |
30 |
sacrificial fire |
30 |
Brideship and marriage |
27 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
27 |
raising the yūpa |
26 |
śrāddha |
25 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
25 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
25 |
varṇas, castes |
24 |
brahman priest |
24 |
punarādheya |
24 |
sava |
23 |
spoons |
23 |
Viśve devāḥ |
23 |
Rituals |
23 |
Giving, dāna |
22 |
mahāvrata |
22 |
śunāsīrya |
21 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
21 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
20 |
āgrayaṇa |
20 |
ukhā |
19 |
Kṣatriya |
19 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
18 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
18 |
ṣaḍaha |
18 |
avadāna |
18 |
Manu, manvantara |
18 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
18 |
pṛṣṭha |
18 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
18 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
17 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
17 |
deluge, Manu |
17 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
17 |
altar, vedi |
16 |
Śunaḥśepa |
16 |
viṣṭuti |
16 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
16 |
King, rājanīti |
16 |
Genealogies |
16 |
war |
16 |
āpyāyana |
16 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
16 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
15 |
Aśvins |
15 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
14 |
prātaranuvāka |
14 |
ukthya |
14 |
dharma |
14 |
sāman |
14 |
vrata |
13 |
Varuṇa |
13 |
Soma |
13 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
13 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
13 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
13 |
Prajāpati |
12 |
seasons |
12 |
cow |
12 |
prasthita libation |
12 |
Cosmogony |
12 |
agricultural rites |
12 |
upasad |
12 |
dāna, giving |
12 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
11 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
11 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
11 |
mahābhiṣeka |
11 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
11 |
udgātṛ |
11 |
Dharmaśāstra |
11 |
paridhi enclosings |
10 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
10 |
upākaraṇa |
10 |
ātman |
10 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
10 |
upanayana, initiation |
10 |
Maruts |
10 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
10 |
Brahmin |
10 |
cātvāla |
9 |
Marutta |
9 |
śūlagava |
9 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
9 |
uktha |
9 |
svaru |
9 |
India |
9 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
8 |
bricks |
8 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
8 |
Mitra |
8 |
botany, plants |
8 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
8 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
8 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
8 |
virāj |
8 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
8 |
eating, food, anna |
8 |
Asceticism, tapas |
8 |
piṇḍa |
8 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
8 |
āśrama |
8 |
gṛhastha, householder |
8 |
yajus verses |
7 |
Atharvaveda |
7 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
7 |
ahīna |
7 |
Nāga |
7 |
triguṇa |
7 |
Rudra |
7 |
Creation of the world |
7 |
vapāhoma |
7 |
ukhya |
7 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
7 |
(Im-)purity |
7 |
Time |
7 |
ṣoḍaśin |
7 |
Gaṇeśa |
7 |
prātaḥsavana |
7 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
6 |
saṃnyāsa |
6 |
keśavapaṇīya |
6 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
6 |
sattra |
6 |
aṣṭakā |
6 |
Geography |
6 |
ekāṣṭakā |
6 |
vānaprastha |
6 |
Uṣas |
6 |
for cattle, cows |
6 |
śruti, Veda |
6 |
against bad omina and presigns |
6 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
6 |
arghya |
6 |
fetters of death |
6 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
6 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
6 |
grahagrahaṇa |
6 |
Cosmography |
6 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
6 |
against death, Nirṛti |
6 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
6 |
death of a sacrificer |
6 |
Behaviour, politeness |
6 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
5 |
priest, ṛtvij |
5 |
pākayajña |
5 |
āpaddharma |
5 |
mantra |
5 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
5 |
āhavanīya |
5 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
5 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
5 |
Pregnancy |
5 |
Devala and Asita |
5 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
5 |
sarvamedha |
5 |
dūrohaṇa |
5 |
midday pavamāna |
5 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
5 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
5 |
good behaviour |
5 |
dakṣiṇā |
5 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
5 |
nivid |
4 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
gāyatrī |
4 |
anunirvāpyā |
4 |
abhiṣeka |
4 |
linguistic speculation |
4 |
stomabhāga |
4 |
sthālīpāka |
4 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
4 |
pātaka |
4 |
Durgā |
4 |
anvārambhana |
4 |
agnihotrī |
4 |
karman doctrine |
4 |
Astronomy |
4 |
recitation during sacrifice |
4 |
jātaka, avadāna |
4 |
Ordeal |
4 |
against rivals |
4 |
vāṇa |
4 |
brahmodya |
4 |
saṃskāras |
4 |
Pūṣan |
4 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
4 |
for success, authority |
4 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
4 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
4 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
3 |
yamastoma |
3 |
Vāstoṣpati |
3 |
differences between women and men |
3 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
3 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
high position of Brahmins |
3 |
apavargya |
3 |
dākṣāyaṇayajña |
3 |
vyavahāra |
3 |
brahman |
3 |
saṃsāra |
3 |
Zoology |
3 |
pūjā |
3 |
chandoma |
3 |
maitrāvaruṇa |
3 |
āghāra |
3 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
3 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
3 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
3 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
3 |
sun and sacrifice |
3 |
agnyupasthāna |
3 |
yuga theory |
3 |
tulāpuruṣa |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
sexuality |
3 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
3 |
inundation |
3 |
vrātya |
3 |
prauga śastra |
3 |
atirātra |
3 |
female ascetics |
3 |
Buddha's life |
3 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
Mahāyāna |
2 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
2 |
Cosmology |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
2 |
uttaravedi |
2 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
2 |
Vena |
2 |
Dāruvana |
2 |
Śrīvidyā |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
brahmacarya |
2 |
bali |
2 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
2 |
Buddhism |
2 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
2 |
Women |
2 |
gṛhya rituals |
2 |
udgītha |
2 |
Mahābhārata |
2 |
Sāṃkhya |
2 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
2 |
Nala and Damayantī |
2 |
godāna |
2 |
svādhyāya |
2 |
haviṣpaṅkti |
2 |
Agni's bodies |
2 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
2 |
Aditi |
2 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa |
2 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
2 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
subrahmaṇyā |
2 |
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma |
2 |
deities of the moon, nights |
2 |
aptoryāman |
2 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
2 |
āptoryāman |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
anatomy, human body |
2 |
bad behaviour |
2 |
aponaptrīya |
2 |
explanation of the Soma sacrifice, somapravacana |
2 |
general or default rules for the sacrifice |
2 |
Viśvakarman |
2 |
producing surā |
2 |
kaukilī |
2 |
sīmantonnayana |
2 |
indramahotsava |
2 |
iḍā |
2 |
upayāja |
2 |
rudrabhāga |
2 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
kṣatra and brahman |
2 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
2 |
narrative literature |
2 |
playing dice |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
prāṇa etc. |
2 |
aṣṭamīvrata |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
alcohol |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
ekādaśinī |
1 |
daśapeya |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
1 |
atyagniṣṭoma |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
stotriyavikāra |
1 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
patnīvata |
1 |
samṛtayajña |
1 |
hole for the yūpa |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
droṇakalaśa |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
preparing sacrificial requisites |
1 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
1 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
idhma, fuel |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
Yoga |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
dikpālas, guardians of the quarters |
1 |
kālacakra |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
chariot |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
cattle |
1 |
Dhātṛ |
1 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
1 |
Cities |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
Jayadratha |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
Ṛbhus |
1 |
Kurukṣetra |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
Skanda |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
śraddhā |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
āstāva |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
1 |
adhrigupraiṣa |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
Agni Jātavedas |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
havirdhāna |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
samiṣṭayajus |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
year |
1 |
abhiplava |
1 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
1 |
abhyuddhṛtā |
1 |
Deities and cults |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
dvadaśāha |
1 |
Ṛṣi |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
1 |
āvāpa, insertion |
1 |
alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
1 |
Bhṛgu |
1 |
Tantrism |
1 |
rejuvenation |
1 |
Cyavana |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
missiles of Agni |
1 |