Topic |
Frequency |
war |
303 |
marriage, wedding |
209 |
Brideship and marriage |
161 |
Indra |
116 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
104 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
74 |
sahasranāman |
69 |
Agni |
68 |
Mahābhārata |
60 |
narrative literature |
52 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
46 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
46 |
Soma |
39 |
vrata |
39 |
Buddha's life |
38 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
36 |
Aśvins |
35 |
jātaka, avadāna |
32 |
Women |
30 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
30 |
rājasūya |
28 |
Tīrthas |
28 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
28 |
Viśve devāḥ |
26 |
upanayana, initiation |
26 |
prāyaścitta |
26 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
25 |
Rudra |
25 |
Bhakti |
24 |
dharma |
24 |
agnicayana |
24 |
agnihotra |
23 |
Law |
22 |
King, rājanīti |
22 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
21 |
Soma sacrifice |
21 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
20 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
20 |
Lexicography |
19 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
19 |
Genealogies |
18 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
18 |
pravargya |
18 |
godāna |
17 |
Giving, dāna |
17 |
varṇas, castes |
17 |
Family |
15 |
Family law |
15 |
Politics |
15 |
good behaviour |
15 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
15 |
Dharmaśāstra |
15 |
Alchemy |
15 |
Varuṇa |
15 |
śūlagava |
14 |
avāntaradīkṣā |
14 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
14 |
Cosmogony |
14 |
Pārvatī |
13 |
cāturmāsya |
13 |
sexuality |
13 |
dāna, giving |
13 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
13 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
12 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
12 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
12 |
cow |
12 |
Witness |
12 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
12 |
Kāmaśāstra |
12 |
fable |
12 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
12 |
altar, vedi |
12 |
vaśā |
11 |
dīkṣā |
11 |
Mitra |
11 |
(Im-)purity |
11 |
ghost, monster, demon |
11 |
Nala and Damayantī |
11 |
Kṛṣṇa |
11 |
Asceticism, tapas |
10 |
gṛhastha, householder |
10 |
Creation of the world |
10 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
10 |
sīmantonnayana |
10 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
10 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
10 |
abhiṣeka |
10 |
Sāṃkhya |
9 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
9 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
9 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
9 |
Debts and interest |
9 |
Mahāyāna |
9 |
puṃsavana |
8 |
saṃskāras |
8 |
Zoology |
8 |
Tāraka |
8 |
botany, plants |
8 |
army |
8 |
Brahmin |
8 |
āhavanīya |
8 |
Agastya |
7 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
7 |
Pūṣan |
7 |
Grammar |
7 |
avatāras |
7 |
Paraśurāma |
7 |
paridhi enclosings |
7 |
Gandharva |
7 |
worship |
7 |
rebirth, transmigration |
7 |
Tripura |
7 |
Apsaras |
7 |
alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
6 |
amulets |
6 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
6 |
gold |
6 |
birth, pregnancy |
6 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
6 |
Maruts |
6 |
for love, love charms |
6 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
6 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
6 |
agricultural rites |
6 |
Ordeal |
6 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
6 |
yuga theory |
6 |
mahāvrata |
6 |
Cosmology |
6 |
Agriculture |
6 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
6 |
Debt |
6 |
Palmistry |
5 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
5 |
for a good birth |
5 |
ekāṣṭakā |
5 |
for success, authority |
5 |
Māndhātṛ |
5 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
5 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
5 |
śrāddha |
5 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
5 |
sāman |
5 |
agniṣṭoma |
5 |
bali |
5 |
fighting |
5 |
eating, food, anna |
5 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
5 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
5 |
Kṣatriya |
5 |
pūjā |
5 |
pākayajña |
5 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
4 |
karman doctrine |
4 |
for political power |
4 |
son, advantage of having sons |
4 |
Harivaṃśa |
4 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
4 |
Pregnancy |
4 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
4 |
rejuvenation |
4 |
Marutta |
4 |
against rivals |
4 |
errors in sacrifice |
4 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
4 |
Kaṃsa |
4 |
Kalki(n) |
4 |
Cyavana |
4 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
4 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
4 |
mantra |
4 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
4 |
vājapeya |
4 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
4 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
4 |
Poetology |
4 |
Skanda |
4 |
Viśvāmitra |
4 |
punarādheya |
4 |
ṣaḍaha |
3 |
Property of Brahmins |
3 |
weapons, arms |
3 |
saṃsāra |
3 |
against bad omina and presigns |
3 |
Yama |
3 |
against sorcery |
3 |
upasad |
3 |
Bṛhaspati |
3 |
Nature poetry |
3 |
diseases |
3 |
Prajāpati |
3 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
3 |
seven steps |
3 |
rudrabhāga |
3 |
for cattle, cows |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
3 |
for prestige, influence |
3 |
senses, indriya |
3 |
ātman |
3 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
3 |
vṛṣotsarga |
3 |
Sarasvat |
3 |
sacrificial fire |
3 |
rape, sexual harassment |
3 |
chandoma |
3 |
India |
3 |
ukhya |
3 |
children |
3 |
snāna, bathing |
3 |
Āpri hymn |
3 |
vaiśvadeva |
2 |
stepping on the stone |
2 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
2 |
for the birth of sons |
2 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
yajus verses |
2 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
2 |
Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
bricks |
2 |
agnihotrī |
2 |
punishment for crime |
2 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
2 |
aṣṭakā |
2 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
2 |
Dhātṛ |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
against (dangerous) animals |
2 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
2 |
ants, termites |
2 |
garbhādhāna |
2 |
military formation |
2 |
midday pavamāna |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
Widow |
2 |
Trita and his brothers |
2 |
Rituals |
2 |
Time |
2 |
Varāha |
2 |
third eye |
2 |
against possession |
2 |
Nahuṣa |
2 |
Stories |
2 |
Dāruvana |
2 |
selling children, adoption |
2 |
Devala and Asita |
2 |
prāṇa etc. |
2 |
Kubera |
2 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
2 |
burnt by Śiva |
2 |
Burning of Kāma |
2 |
manas |
2 |
Nāga |
2 |
Moral literature |
2 |
Cosmography |
2 |
gambling |
2 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
Accents |
2 |
fever, jvara, takman |
2 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
Uṣas |
2 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
Medicine |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
2 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
agnyupasthāna |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
Prophesy |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
āptoryāman |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
1 |
Buddhism |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
crossing water |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
brahmacarya |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
āghāra |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
ṛc |
1 |
mixing of sacrificial fires |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
for luck in gambling |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
Sinīvalī |
1 |
Prajāpati's children |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
1 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
for aid, support |
1 |
for fame, glory |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
Bharata |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
consecration |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
Brahmā |
1 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
Reduplication |
1 |
pavitra, purifier |
1 |
Syntax |
1 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
Bhaga |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
atirātra |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
hunting |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
Amāvāsyā |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |