Topic |
Frequency |
Mahāyāna |
266 |
agnicayana |
213 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
200 |
agniṣṭoma |
188 |
Soma sacrifice |
160 |
jātaka, avadāna |
156 |
sāman |
154 |
war |
146 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
140 |
Indra |
133 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
131 |
agnihotra |
125 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
122 |
ātman |
120 |
prāṇa etc. |
113 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
106 |
dharma |
106 |
Agni |
102 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
101 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
100 |
King, rājanīti |
97 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
94 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
77 |
mahāvrata |
77 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
72 |
Alchemy |
71 |
Medicine |
67 |
prāyaścitta |
64 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
62 |
Buddha's life |
59 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
58 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
56 |
Sāṃkhya |
55 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
55 |
daśahotra |
53 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
53 |
cow |
50 |
pṛṣṭha |
50 |
vrātya |
50 |
Yoga |
47 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
47 |
brahman |
47 |
marriage, wedding |
47 |
Dharmaśāstra |
46 |
Viśve devāḥ |
46 |
Law |
46 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
46 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
41 |
Brahmin |
41 |
Bhakti |
41 |
Buddhism |
40 |
pravargya |
40 |
Giving, dāna |
39 |
Genealogies |
39 |
atirātra |
39 |
karman doctrine |
38 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
37 |
Brideship and marriage |
37 |
ṣaḍaha |
37 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
36 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
36 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
34 |
linguistic speculation |
34 |
Maruts |
33 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
33 |
nakṣatras |
33 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
32 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
32 |
Rudra |
32 |
Mahābhārata |
32 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
29 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
29 |
Poetology |
29 |
ṣoḍaśin |
28 |
eating, food, anna |
28 |
Politics |
28 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
27 |
Prajāpati |
27 |
Aśvins |
27 |
dīkṣā |
27 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
27 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
27 |
narrative literature |
27 |
vaśā |
26 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
26 |
Soma |
26 |
against death, Nirṛti |
25 |
botany, plants |
24 |
Creation of the world |
24 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
24 |
vājapeya |
24 |
odana |
24 |
mantra |
24 |
brahman priest |
24 |
udgītha |
24 |
Kāmaśāstra |
23 |
varṇas, castes |
23 |
fable |
22 |
rebirth, transmigration |
22 |
Varuṇa |
22 |
(Im-)purity |
22 |
uktha |
22 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
21 |
hathayoga |
21 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
21 |
dāna, giving |
21 |
Women |
20 |
Cosmogony |
20 |
anatomy, human body |
20 |
Kṣatriya |
19 |
Trita and his brothers |
19 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
19 |
priest, ṛtvij |
19 |
Asceticism, tapas |
19 |
triguṇa |
19 |
midday pavamāna |
19 |
ājya hymns |
18 |
punarādheya |
18 |
ekāha |
18 |
gāyatrī |
18 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
18 |
good behaviour |
18 |
fetters of death |
18 |
saṃsāra |
18 |
Materia medica |
17 |
śrāddha |
17 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
17 |
fever, jvara, takman |
17 |
śruti, Veda |
17 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
17 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
16 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
16 |
religious speculation, mystic |
16 |
Senses and world |
16 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
16 |
ahīna |
16 |
sacrificial fire |
15 |
udgātṛ |
15 |
senses, indriya |
15 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
15 |
avatāras |
14 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
14 |
āpaddharma |
14 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
14 |
agnyupasthāna |
14 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
14 |
Tīrthas |
13 |
murder |
13 |
urinary diseases |
13 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
13 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
13 |
long live, āyus |
13 |
rājasūya |
13 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
13 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
13 |
Time |
12 |
gṛhastha, householder |
12 |
manas |
12 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
12 |
caturviṃśa day |
12 |
criminal investigation |
12 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
11 |
Moral literature |
11 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
11 |
water, rain |
11 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
11 |
suicide |
11 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
11 |
upāyakauśalya |
11 |
birth, pregnancy |
11 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
10 |
Peace and war |
10 |
prayāja |
10 |
āśrama |
10 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
10 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
10 |
pregnancy |
10 |
Criminal law |
10 |
errors in sacrifice |
10 |
poverty, renunciation |
10 |
against bad omina and presigns |
9 |
life, jīva |
9 |
against bad dreams |
9 |
brahmahatyā |
9 |
saṃskāras |
9 |
Grammar |
9 |
Ordeal |
9 |
sāvitrī |
9 |
purohita, house priest |
9 |
worship |
9 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
9 |
unsteadiness of life |
9 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
9 |
Zoology |
8 |
dhur |
8 |
vyavahāra |
8 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
8 |
yuga theory |
8 |
creates fever |
8 |
kṛcchra |
8 |
kuṣṭha |
8 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
8 |
Bṛhaspati |
8 |
sadas |
7 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
7 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
7 |
Pūṣan |
7 |
ukhā |
7 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
7 |
upanayana, initiation |
7 |
seasons |
7 |
dvadaśāha |
7 |
Astronomy |
7 |
Minister |
7 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
7 |
Pārvatī |
7 |
āhavanīya |
6 |
Śrīvidyā |
6 |
aponaptrīya |
6 |
mankind |
6 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
6 |
Tāraka |
6 |
Kṛṣṇa |
6 |
Vaiśeṣika |
6 |
sahasranāman |
6 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
6 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
6 |
sacrificial horse |
6 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
6 |
children |
6 |
aṣṭakā |
6 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
6 |
sexuality |
6 |
theft, stealing |
6 |
kṣetrajña |
6 |
year |
6 |
ukhya |
6 |
upasad |
5 |
Dāruvana |
5 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
5 |
Āpri hymn |
5 |
Military science |
5 |
dhanurveda |
5 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
5 |
for love, love charms |
5 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
5 |
medhājanana |
5 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
5 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
5 |
raising the yūpa |
5 |
spoons |
5 |
State finances |
5 |
Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
5 |
altar, vedi |
5 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
5 |
prauga śastra |
5 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
5 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
5 |
pākayajña |
5 |
consent of the animal |
5 |
Marutta |
5 |
Yogācāra |
5 |
Administration |
5 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
5 |
sattra |
5 |
bricks |
5 |
milk |
5 |
bad behaviour |
5 |
Structure of the world |
5 |
punishment for crime |
5 |
Vṛtra |
5 |
immortality, amṛta |
5 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
5 |
Travel |
5 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
5 |
gambling |
5 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
5 |
raurava |
5 |
origin of the Vedas |
4 |
Technique of Yoga |
4 |
origin of the sacrifice |
4 |
Śarva |
4 |
Bhava |
4 |
travelling, making a journey |
4 |
Tripura |
4 |
son, advantage of having sons |
4 |
Crime |
4 |
Śunaḥśepa |
4 |
vaiśvadeva |
4 |
against sorcery |
4 |
Andhaka |
4 |
Atharvaveda |
4 |
rejuvenation |
4 |
piṇḍa |
4 |
grahas |
4 |
vraṇa, sore |
4 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
4 |
āśvina |
4 |
pātaka |
4 |
Cosmography |
4 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
4 |
Police |
4 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
4 |
against sins, misdeeds |
4 |
subhāṣita |
4 |
Nyāya |
4 |
vrata |
4 |
weapons, arms |
4 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
4 |
svādhyāya |
4 |
Cyavana |
4 |
cāturmāsya |
4 |
Ādityas |
4 |
Trade |
4 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
4 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
4 |
friendship |
4 |
Manu, manvantara |
4 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
4 |
saṃnyāsa |
4 |
svadharma |
4 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
4 |
vānaprastha |
4 |
army |
4 |
Lexicography |
4 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
4 |
Skanda |
4 |
Vena |
4 |
avakīrṇaprāyaścitta |
4 |
hunting |
4 |
trirātra |
4 |
Astrology |
4 |
Mitra |
4 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
4 |
vātarakta |
4 |
Nirṛti |
4 |
reaching svarga |
3 |
śūlagava |
3 |
bali |
3 |
Vasiṣṭha |
3 |
kṣatra and brahman |
3 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
3 |
atharvan priest |
3 |
snāna, bathing |
3 |
strophes used in sacrifice |
3 |
abhiplava |
3 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
3 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
3 |
Viśvāmitra |
3 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
3 |
Kalki(n) |
3 |
space, ākāśa |
3 |
sacrifice and time |
3 |
Behaviour, politeness |
3 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
3 |
Vāmadeva |
3 |
marman |
3 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
3 |
kṣatradharma |
3 |
viṣuvat |
3 |
sarvamedha |
3 |
ekāṣṭakā |
3 |
Rituals |
3 |
Religion and Philosophy |
3 |
court live |
3 |
Aditi |
3 |
Witness |
3 |
prātaranuvāka |
3 |
for a good birth |
3 |
jātakarman |
3 |
yajus verses |
3 |
dakṣiṇā |
3 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
3 |
dānastuti |
3 |
āpyāyana |
3 |
svaru |
3 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
3 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
3 |
arrow |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
3 |
ghost, monster, demon |
3 |
lobha, greed |
3 |
Kirātārjunīya |
3 |
cātvāla |
3 |
rasāyana |
3 |
madness, unmāda, insanity |
3 |
stomabhāga |
3 |
brahmacarya |
3 |
subrahmaṇyā |
3 |
Paraśurāma |
3 |
sava |
2 |
odanasava |
2 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
2 |
Customs and taxes |
2 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
2 |
Property |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
indramahotsava |
2 |
stotriyā |
2 |
Business law |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
riddle hymns |
2 |
āghāra |
2 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
2 |
anvaṣṭakya |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
haviryajña |
2 |
godāna |
2 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
śunāsīrya |
2 |
sākamedha |
2 |
five mahāyajñas |
2 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
2 |
Matsyāvatāra |
2 |
āgrayaṇa |
2 |
Kaśyapa |
2 |
blood rain |
2 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
brahmayajña |
2 |
Family |
2 |
Prostitution |
2 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
2 |
grahagrahaṇa |
2 |
Debt |
2 |
Cosmology |
2 |
21-fold, ekaviṃśa |
2 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
2 |
parimara |
2 |
meteor, ulkā |
2 |
mahant |
2 |
alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
2 |
robbery |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
Geography |
2 |
Prophesy |
2 |
Agni in the water |
2 |
for battle fury |
2 |
for cattle, cows |
2 |
diseases |
2 |
against poison, venom |
2 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
2 |
vidradhi |
2 |
vyāhṛtis |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
Uṣas |
2 |
recitation during sacrifice |
2 |
vātavyādhi |
2 |
Ṛbhus |
2 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
2 |
Economy |
2 |
Dynasties |
2 |
āśā, hope |
2 |
Yama |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
Psychology |
2 |
Agastya |
2 |
human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
Nala and Damayantī |
2 |
Bhṛgu |
2 |
Property of Brahmins |
2 |
nivid |
2 |
chandoma |
2 |
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
2 |
paśupati |
2 |
sun and sacrifice |
2 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
2 |
attacks Prajāpati |
2 |
ācamana |
2 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
agnihotrī |
1 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
placing the somakalaśa |
1 |
destruction of Dvārakā |
1 |
for success at court, in a juridicial process |
1 |
droṇakalaśa |
1 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
purification of gold |
1 |
Burning of Kāma |
1 |
japa |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
advaita philosophy |
1 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
1 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
agnīdh(ra) |
1 |
brahmagavī |
1 |
preparing sacrificial requisites |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
Varāha |
1 |
burnt by Śiva |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
indrastut |
1 |
kālacakra |
1 |
ahaṃkāra |
1 |
non-attachment |
1 |
sutyā |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
Raji |
1 |
virāj |
1 |
saṃdhistotra, sandhistotra |
1 |
Manu Vaivasvata |
1 |
India |
1 |
patnīvata |
1 |
prātaḥsavana |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
stotriyavikāra |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
prāṇāyāma |
1 |
parivrājaka |
1 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
nirukti |
1 |
divorce |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |
Phonetics |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
gold |
1 |
Nahuṣa |
1 |
eldest brother |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
for sufficient food |
1 |
torture |
1 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
1 |
raktapitta |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
gulma |
1 |
ukthya |
1 |
arśas |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
sad-asad, real and non-existent |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
takman |
1 |
madātyaya |
1 |
kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
1 |
avadāna |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
dogs |
1 |
against rivals |
1 |
for political power |
1 |
for success in discussions |
1 |
Gaṇeśa |
1 |
Vala myth |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
caula |
1 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
against bad weather |
1 |
People |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
viṣṭuti |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Amāvāsyā |
1 |
has the hide of man |
1 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
Cities |
1 |
deluge, Manu |
1 |
order of sacrifices, yajñakrama |
1 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
1 |
meteorology, weather |
1 |
against kṛtyās |
1 |
Deities and cults |
1 |
inundation |
1 |
Language |
1 |
ṛc |
1 |
against natural disasters |
1 |
Nāga |
1 |
against wounds |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
vāmadevya |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
śotha |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
pāṇḍuroga |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
svarasāman days |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
visarpa |
1 |