Topic |
Frequency |
war |
251 |
Alchemy |
228 |
jātaka, avadāna |
178 |
Mahāyāna |
124 |
Medicine |
92 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
91 |
Buddha's life |
69 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
63 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
55 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
48 |
Bhakti |
42 |
botany, plants |
42 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
40 |
viṣṭuti |
40 |
dharma |
40 |
Mahābhārata |
40 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
38 |
Dharmaśāstra |
38 |
Genealogies |
33 |
Buddhism |
33 |
Sāṃkhya |
31 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
31 |
marriage, wedding |
30 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
29 |
rājasūya |
28 |
dīkṣā |
27 |
Brideship and marriage |
27 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
26 |
Astronomy |
25 |
Yoga |
24 |
agnicayana |
24 |
Law |
24 |
King, rājanīti |
24 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
23 |
prāyaścitta |
22 |
Agni |
22 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
21 |
worship |
21 |
altar, vedi |
20 |
prāṇa etc. |
20 |
Lexicography |
20 |
karman doctrine |
20 |
agnihotra |
19 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
19 |
mahāvrata |
18 |
punarādheya |
17 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
17 |
bricks |
17 |
senses, indriya |
17 |
saṃsāra |
16 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
16 |
narrative literature |
15 |
mantra |
15 |
dhanurveda |
15 |
Soma sacrifice |
15 |
ātman |
14 |
(Im-)purity |
14 |
subhāṣita |
14 |
hathayoga |
14 |
chandoma |
14 |
eating, food, anna |
14 |
Senses and world |
13 |
Cosmogony |
13 |
theft, stealing |
13 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
13 |
bad behaviour |
13 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
13 |
sāman |
13 |
varṇas, castes |
12 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
12 |
vānaprastha |
12 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
12 |
Indra |
12 |
Astrology |
12 |
Witness |
11 |
vyavahāra |
11 |
rasāyana |
11 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
11 |
Time |
11 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
11 |
prayāja |
10 |
Agriculture |
10 |
Ordeal |
10 |
life, jīva |
10 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
10 |
Viśve devāḥ |
10 |
aṣṭakā |
10 |
ukhā |
9 |
Criminal law |
9 |
Politics |
9 |
ṣaḍaha |
9 |
religious speculation, mystic |
9 |
Pregnancy |
9 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
9 |
cāturmāsya |
9 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
9 |
pravargya |
9 |
linguistic speculation |
8 |
Grammar |
8 |
śrāddha |
8 |
āśrama |
8 |
Soma |
8 |
Debts and interest |
8 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
8 |
good behaviour |
8 |
brahman |
8 |
vrata |
7 |
Zoology |
7 |
Brahmin |
7 |
riddle hymns |
7 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
7 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
7 |
mankind |
7 |
snāna, bathing |
7 |
saṃnyāsa |
7 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
7 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
7 |
Vaiśeṣika |
7 |
tulāpuruṣa |
7 |
saṃskāras |
7 |
Tīrthas |
7 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
7 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
7 |
Meditation |
6 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
6 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
6 |
agniṣṭoma |
6 |
Nyāya |
6 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
6 |
vājapeya |
6 |
Geography |
6 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
6 |
Asceticism, tapas |
6 |
upāyakauśalya |
6 |
Manu, manvantara |
6 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
6 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
6 |
for cattle, cows |
5 |
Materia medica |
5 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
5 |
army |
5 |
kṛcchra |
5 |
manas |
5 |
yuga theory |
5 |
Rudra |
5 |
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
5 |
long live, āyus |
5 |
Giving, dāna |
5 |
Cosmography |
5 |
origin of the Vedas |
5 |
pṛṣṭha |
5 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
5 |
daśahotra |
5 |
Śrīvidyā |
5 |
Poetology |
5 |
Architecture |
5 |
Prophesy |
5 |
Bhṛgu |
5 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
5 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
5 |
Creation of the world |
5 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
5 |
Skanda |
4 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
4 |
Property of Brahmins |
4 |
Vāstoṣpati |
4 |
Aditi |
4 |
son, advantage of having sons |
4 |
birth, pregnancy |
4 |
against rivals |
4 |
for political power |
4 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
4 |
rebirth, transmigration |
4 |
triguṇa |
4 |
Women |
4 |
Business law |
4 |
Trade |
4 |
udgītha |
4 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
4 |
pūjā |
4 |
Palmistry |
4 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
4 |
pākayajña |
4 |
pātaka |
4 |
gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
Kāmaśāstra |
4 |
upanayana, initiation |
4 |
Property |
3 |
punishment for crime |
3 |
vaiśvadeva |
3 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
3 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
3 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
3 |
ahaṃkāra |
3 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
process, jurisdiction |
3 |
Uṣas |
3 |
year |
3 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
3 |
kṣetrajña |
3 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
3 |
sacrifice and time |
3 |
vapāhoma |
3 |
sacrificial fire |
3 |
Rituals |
3 |
cow |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
3 |
gulma |
3 |
ahīna |
3 |
Military science |
3 |
India |
3 |
Sleeping |
3 |
prātaranuvāka |
3 |
recitation during sacrifice |
3 |
sahasranāman |
3 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
3 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
3 |
Kalki(n) |
3 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
purohita, house priest |
2 |
arrow |
2 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
2 |
against bad omina and presigns |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
parimara |
2 |
five mahāyajñas |
2 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
sthālīpāka |
2 |
seasons |
2 |
sākamedha |
2 |
śunāsīrya |
2 |
deluge, Manu |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
seven steps |
2 |
avadāna |
2 |
viṣuvat |
2 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
2 |
sun is fastened to the sky |
2 |
sunbeams |
2 |
ekāṣṭakā |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
abhiplava |
2 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
Nala and Damayantī |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
Aśvins |
2 |
Debt |
2 |
Love |
2 |
diseases |
2 |
Family law |
2 |
Himālaya |
2 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
2 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
marman |
2 |
Nāga |
2 |
śruti, Veda |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
avatāras |
2 |
Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
poison, antidotes |
2 |
āpaddharma |
2 |
Minister |
2 |
Dynasties |
2 |
for a king |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
Brahmā |
2 |
Sūrya's chariot |
2 |
robbery |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
vātarakta |
2 |
Family |
2 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
Cattle as property |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
weaving |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
1 |
Tantrism |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
utthāna |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
Buddha |
1 |
Landed property |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
Weights, measures |
1 |
anvārambhanīyā iṣṭi |
1 |
daśapeya |
1 |
yamastoma |
1 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
1 |
brahmacarya |
1 |
ekāha |
1 |
sautrāmaṇī |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya |
1 |
Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
vyākaraṇa |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
Rāma(candra) |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
inundation |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
hole for the yūpa |
1 |
cātvāla |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
upasad |
1 |
arśas |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
odana |
1 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
rape, sexual harassment |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
Police |
1 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
1 |
Merchants |
1 |
dvīpa |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
1 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
Rāji |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
Mitra |
1 |
consecration |
1 |
childhood rites |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
meteorology, weather |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
purification of gold |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
cough, kāsa |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
Garuḍa |
1 |
amlapitta |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
fable |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
āgrayaṇa |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
Marutta |
1 |
vaśā |
1 |
children |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
Dakṣa |
1 |
gold |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
missiles of Agni |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
sava |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
kālacakra |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |