Topic |
Frequency |
agnihotra |
600 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
398 |
prāyaścitta |
390 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
280 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
198 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
192 |
marriage, wedding |
174 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
157 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
151 |
Soma sacrifice |
147 |
rājasūya |
146 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
124 |
Brideship and marriage |
117 |
against bad omina and presigns |
105 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
95 |
agnicayana |
91 |
dīkṣā |
87 |
agniṣṭoma |
85 |
sacrificial fire |
79 |
pravargya |
77 |
Agni |
75 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
66 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
64 |
vrata |
61 |
aṣṭakā |
60 |
errors in sacrifice |
53 |
śrāddha |
53 |
vājapeya |
46 |
Indra |
44 |
for success, authority |
43 |
cāturmāsya |
39 |
upanayana, initiation |
37 |
pākayajña |
37 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
37 |
nakṣatras |
37 |
cow |
36 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
36 |
avadāna |
35 |
brahman priest |
33 |
punarādheya |
33 |
sautrāmaṇī |
33 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
33 |
vaśā |
32 |
bali |
30 |
godāna |
30 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
28 |
kṛcchra |
27 |
vapāhoma |
27 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
26 |
Dharmaśāstra |
26 |
King, rājanīti |
25 |
sīmantonnayana |
25 |
prāṇa etc. |
25 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
25 |
saṃskāras |
24 |
śūlagava |
24 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
21 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
20 |
sarvamedha |
20 |
vānaprastha |
20 |
pregnancy |
20 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
19 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
19 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
19 |
saṃnyāsa |
18 |
vaiśvadeva |
18 |
Rudra |
18 |
daśahotra |
18 |
(Im-)purity |
18 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
17 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
17 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
17 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
17 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
17 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
17 |
aupāsana |
16 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
16 |
war |
16 |
varṇas, castes |
16 |
worship |
15 |
sexuality |
15 |
āgrayaṇa |
15 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
15 |
Genealogies |
15 |
puṃsavana |
15 |
against natural disasters |
15 |
āśrama |
15 |
birth, pregnancy |
15 |
agricultural rites |
15 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
14 |
for cattle, cows |
14 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
14 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
14 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
14 |
Brahmin |
14 |
Alchemy |
14 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
14 |
āpyāyana |
14 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
14 |
altar, vedi |
14 |
dāna, giving |
14 |
eating, food, anna |
14 |
samāvartana |
13 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
13 |
gṛhastha, householder |
13 |
sthālīpāka |
13 |
for love, love charms |
13 |
ahīna |
13 |
rebirth, transmigration |
13 |
mahāvrata |
13 |
anvaṣṭakya |
13 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
13 |
sava |
12 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
12 |
Bhakti |
12 |
dakṣiṇā |
12 |
āghāra |
12 |
against serpents, snakebites |
12 |
māsiśrāddha |
12 |
travelling, making a journey |
11 |
Tīrthas |
11 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
11 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
11 |
śravaṇākarman |
11 |
ekāha |
11 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
11 |
vāstuśamana |
11 |
Mahābhārata |
11 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
11 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
11 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
11 |
Vāstoṣpati |
11 |
agnihotrī |
10 |
vrātya |
10 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
10 |
jātakarman |
10 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
10 |
paridhi enclosings |
10 |
Giving, dāna |
10 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
10 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
10 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
10 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
10 |
Aśvins |
9 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
9 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
9 |
consent of the animal |
9 |
ekāṣṭakā |
9 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
9 |
vasāhoma |
9 |
Asceticism, tapas |
9 |
Manu, manvantara |
9 |
Kṣatriya |
9 |
good behaviour |
9 |
Creation of the world |
9 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
9 |
snāna, bathing |
8 |
deluge, Manu |
8 |
dharma |
8 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
8 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
8 |
sun and sacrifice |
8 |
ātman |
8 |
milk |
8 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
8 |
Bhṛgu |
8 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
8 |
medhājanana |
8 |
upasad |
7 |
agnyupasthāna |
7 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
7 |
brahmahatyā |
7 |
spoons |
7 |
against bad dreams |
7 |
svādhyāya |
7 |
murder |
7 |
gold |
7 |
for political power |
7 |
five mahāyajñas |
7 |
sākamedha |
7 |
vṛṣotsarga |
7 |
sacrifice and time |
7 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
7 |
alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
raising the yūpa |
6 |
abhiṣeka |
6 |
eclipse |
6 |
praṇayana |
6 |
stepping on the stone |
6 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
6 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
6 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
6 |
Mitra |
6 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
6 |
grahas |
6 |
Yoga |
6 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
6 |
Astrology |
6 |
Medicine |
6 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
5 |
saṃsāra |
5 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
5 |
Varuṇa |
5 |
ekādaśinī |
5 |
birds as omen |
5 |
caula |
5 |
kaukilī |
5 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
5 |
Prajāpati |
5 |
kṣatra and brahman |
5 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
5 |
odanasava |
5 |
uttaravedi |
5 |
sattra |
5 |
Family |
5 |
meteor, ulkā |
5 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
5 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
5 |
mantra |
5 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
5 |
omina with fire |
5 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
5 |
Buddha's life |
5 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
5 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
5 |
tulāpuruṣa |
4 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
4 |
blood rain |
4 |
svaru |
4 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
arghya |
4 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
4 |
rudrabhāga |
4 |
udgātṛ |
4 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
4 |
pṛṣātaka |
4 |
brahmacarya |
4 |
prayāja |
4 |
narrative literature |
4 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
4 |
flies, fly |
4 |
Politics |
4 |
gṛhya rituals |
4 |
indramahotsava |
4 |
pātaka |
4 |
producing surā |
4 |
haviryajña |
4 |
Cosmography |
4 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
Sleeping |
4 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
4 |
utthāna |
4 |
rasāyana |
4 |
long live, āyus |
4 |
against rivals |
4 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
4 |
Yama |
4 |
upākaraṇa |
4 |
ādityadarśana |
4 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
4 |
Āpri hymn |
4 |
for sufficient food |
4 |
cātvāla |
4 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
4 |
high position of Brahmins |
4 |
against evil |
4 |
brahman |
4 |
for the birth of sons |
4 |
against (dangerous) animals |
3 |
mekhalābandhana |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
bricks |
3 |
childhood rites |
3 |
inundation |
3 |
prātaranuvāka |
3 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
3 |
yuga theory |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
Women |
3 |
frogs as omen |
3 |
anvārambhana |
3 |
earthquake |
3 |
śunāsīrya |
3 |
Witness |
3 |
against inundations |
3 |
Viśve devāḥ |
3 |
Vena |
3 |
Ṛbhus |
3 |
frogs |
3 |
idhma, fuel |
3 |
āhavanīya |
3 |
avāntaradīkṣā |
3 |
śruti, Veda |
3 |
purohita, house priest |
3 |
missiles of Agni |
3 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
3 |
Pārvatī |
3 |
Pūṣan |
3 |
nāndīmukha |
3 |
soma graha |
3 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
3 |
Agni sāṃtapana |
3 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
2 |
upayāja |
2 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
2 |
for concord, harmony |
2 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
2 |
Viśvakarman |
2 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
2 |
grahagrahaṇa |
2 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
2 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
visarjana |
2 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
2 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
Law |
2 |
priest, ṛtvij |
2 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
2 |
branding |
2 |
ants, termites |
2 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
for finding a husband |
2 |
for battle fury |
2 |
garbharakṣaṇa |
2 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
2 |
Property of Brahmins |
2 |
against possession |
2 |
Gaṇeśa |
2 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
theft, stealing |
2 |
dikpālas, guardians of the quarters |
2 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
2 |
pūjā |
2 |
Śrīvidyā |
2 |
consecration of ponds, wells, and tanks |
2 |
samārohaṇa of the fire |
2 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
paridhikarman |
2 |
Nāga |
2 |
Travel |
2 |
trirātra |
2 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
2 |
triguṇa |
2 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
2 |
process, jurisdiction |
2 |
sāvitrī |
2 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
2 |
ukhya |
2 |
Cattle as property |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
2 |
iḍā |
2 |
sutyā |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
cooking the animal |
1 |
preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya |
1 |
avakīrṇaprāyaścitta |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
mantrasnāna |
1 |
aṣṭamīvrata |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
ṣaṣṭhī |
1 |
general or default rules for the sacrifice |
1 |
crossing water |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
prāṇāyāma |
1 |
nāndīśrāddha |
1 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
1 |
candradarśana |
1 |
stotriyavikāra |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
ājyatantra |
1 |
prātaḥsavana |
1 |
consecrating a garden |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
1 |
brahmodya |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
India |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
selling children, adoption |
1 |
children |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
Jayadratha |
1 |
Marutta |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Rāji |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
japa |
1 |
śraddhā |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
Buddhism |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
Time |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
Love |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
Deities and cults |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
Aryaman |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
caturthīkarman |
1 |
havirdhāna |
1 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
1 |
Agni Jātavedas |
1 |
madhuparka |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
pañcayajña |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
odana |
1 |
paristaraṇa |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
1 |
images of gods move, laugh |
1 |
weaving |
1 |
mixing of sacrificial fires |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
midday pavamāna |
1 |
year |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
Amāvāsyā |
1 |
Nirṛti |
1 |
against anger, wrath, fury |
1 |
court live |
1 |
Parjanya, rain |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
Bhaga |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
for success in discussions |
1 |
aponaptrīya |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |
madness, unmāda, insanity |
1 |
against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
cattle |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
strophes used in sacrifice |
1 |
Sinīvalī |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
mṛtyusava |
1 |