Topic |
Frequency |
Mahāyāna |
377 |
jātaka, avadāna |
369 |
war |
282 |
narrative literature |
250 |
Buddha's life |
204 |
Medicine |
168 |
Alchemy |
159 |
dharma |
106 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
105 |
King, rājanīti |
85 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
75 |
botany, plants |
68 |
Buddhism |
63 |
Bhakti |
62 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
56 |
fable |
51 |
varṇas, castes |
50 |
Dharmaśāstra |
50 |
Politics |
48 |
Mahābhārata |
47 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
42 |
Law |
41 |
karman doctrine |
40 |
Poetology |
38 |
Asceticism, tapas |
36 |
Giving, dāna |
34 |
good behaviour |
32 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
31 |
Sāṃkhya |
29 |
Peace and war |
29 |
Brahmin |
29 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
28 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
28 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
27 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
27 |
Genealogies |
26 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
26 |
Tīrthas |
26 |
āpaddharma |
26 |
(Im-)purity |
25 |
Kāmaśāstra |
25 |
Yoga |
24 |
Moral literature |
23 |
vānaprastha |
23 |
saṃnyāsa |
22 |
Women |
22 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
22 |
āśrama |
20 |
Military science |
20 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
20 |
marriage, wedding |
19 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
18 |
vyavahāra |
18 |
dāna, giving |
17 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
17 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
17 |
cow |
17 |
Skanda |
17 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
16 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
16 |
conflicting worldviews |
16 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
16 |
ātman |
16 |
prāyaścitta |
15 |
non-attachment |
15 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
15 |
saṃsāra |
15 |
Astronomy |
14 |
gṛhastha, householder |
13 |
Pārvatī |
13 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
13 |
hathayoga |
13 |
yuga theory |
12 |
Brideship and marriage |
12 |
inundation |
12 |
Kṛṣṇa |
12 |
Customs and taxes |
11 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
11 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
11 |
śrāddha |
10 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
10 |
upāyakauśalya |
10 |
subhāṣita |
10 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
9 |
poverty, renunciation |
9 |
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
9 |
Cosmology |
9 |
fever, jvara, takman |
9 |
Indra |
9 |
Love |
9 |
Lexicography |
9 |
Kalki(n) |
9 |
Cosmogony |
9 |
unsteadiness of life |
8 |
Dāruvana |
8 |
Kṣatriya |
8 |
Materia medica |
8 |
pātaka |
8 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
8 |
piṇḍa |
8 |
brahman |
8 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
8 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
8 |
Witness |
8 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
8 |
Nāga |
8 |
senses, indriya |
8 |
Māndhātṛ |
8 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
7 |
eating, food, anna |
7 |
Paraśurāma |
7 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
7 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
7 |
Yogācāra |
7 |
ghost, monster, demon |
6 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
6 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
6 |
all-unity |
6 |
Time |
6 |
Śvetadvīpa |
6 |
Nyāya |
6 |
triguṇa |
6 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
6 |
Religion and Philosophy |
6 |
avatāras |
6 |
rebirth, transmigration |
6 |
Agni |
5 |
Meditation |
5 |
manas |
5 |
creates fever |
5 |
Rituals |
5 |
Soma |
5 |
Tāraka |
5 |
army |
5 |
Tripura |
5 |
Debts and interest |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
Nature poetry |
5 |
Ordeal |
5 |
worship |
5 |
dhanurveda |
5 |
bad behaviour |
5 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
5 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
5 |
Grammar |
5 |
saṃskāras |
5 |
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
4 |
burnt by Śiva |
4 |
mantra |
4 |
snātaka |
4 |
court live |
4 |
Himālaya |
4 |
Burning of Kāma |
4 |
Criminal law |
4 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
4 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
4 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
4 |
Administration |
4 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
4 |
children |
4 |
kṣatradharma |
4 |
Nala and Damayantī |
4 |
dīkṣā |
4 |
Debt |
4 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
4 |
long live, āyus |
4 |
gold |
4 |
Brahmā |
4 |
raktapitta |
4 |
Kaṃsa |
4 |
against sorcery |
3 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
3 |
Kirātārjunīya |
3 |
worship of the Buddha |
3 |
prāṇa etc. |
3 |
selling children, adoption |
3 |
sorcery |
3 |
Maruts |
3 |
svarga, heaven |
3 |
Bharata |
3 |
rājasūya |
3 |
linguistic speculation |
3 |
Property of Brahmins |
3 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
3 |
agnihotra |
3 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
Marutta |
3 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
3 |
sahasranāman |
3 |
mankind |
3 |
vrata |
3 |
Cosmography |
3 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
3 |
weapons, arms |
3 |
snāna, bathing |
3 |
urinary diseases |
3 |
kuṣṭha |
3 |
theft, stealing |
3 |
Minister |
3 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
3 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
3 |
State finances |
3 |
Mitra |
2 |
advaita philosophy |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
upanayana, initiation |
2 |
son, advantage of having sons |
2 |
Technique of Yoga |
2 |
Senses and world |
2 |
Stories |
2 |
Rudra |
2 |
Travel |
2 |
Ādityas |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
2 |
vaśā |
2 |
Cattle as property |
2 |
Dynasties |
2 |
Aśvins |
2 |
Vaiśeṣika |
2 |
Varuṇa |
2 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
Prostitution |
2 |
Soma sacrifice |
2 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
2 |
falls on Śivas head |
2 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
2 |
kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
Viśve devāḥ |
2 |
Balarāma |
2 |
Property |
2 |
Landed property |
2 |
Logic |
2 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
2 |
Viśvāmitra |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
Nahuṣa |
2 |
spoons |
2 |
vātavyādhi |
2 |
Varāha |
2 |
vājapeya |
2 |
arśas |
2 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
2 |
kṛcchra |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
calmness of mind |
2 |
gulma |
2 |
Vāmadeva |
2 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
2 |
Cities |
2 |
altar, vedi |
2 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
vraṇa, sore |
1 |
keśavapaṇīya |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
military formation |
1 |
parivrājaka |
1 |
against rivals |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
rejuvenation |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
pavitra, purifier |
1 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
takman |
1 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
Kaśyapa |
1 |
Cyavana |
1 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
1 |
agricultural rites |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
avadāna |
1 |
dūrohaṇa |
1 |
agnicayana |
1 |
Atharvaveda |
1 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
Family |
1 |
mahāvrata |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
svadharma |
1 |
People |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
Prophesy |
1 |
Bhṛgu |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
against possession |
1 |
bali |
1 |
Gaṇeśa |
1 |
madātyaya |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
differences between women and men |
1 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
lobha, greed |
1 |
life, jīva |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
kṣetrajña |
1 |
India |
1 |
ahaṃkāra |
1 |
mahant |
1 |
kālacakra |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
hunting |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
Āpri hymn |
1 |
Ṛbhus |
1 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
japa |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Business law |
1 |
Professions |
1 |
Jayadratha |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
destruction of Dvārakā |
1 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
human meat, cannibalism |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
daughter |
1 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
dvīpa |
1 |
low castes |
1 |