Topic |
Frequency |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
34 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
27 |
marriage, wedding |
25 |
Agni |
24 |
Soma sacrifice |
23 |
Brideship and marriage |
21 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
21 |
odana |
20 |
upanayana, initiation |
17 |
agnicayana |
17 |
rājasūya |
16 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
14 |
against sorcery |
14 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
12 |
mahāvrata |
12 |
Indra |
11 |
agnihotra |
10 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
9 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
9 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
9 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
9 |
agniṣṭoma |
9 |
war |
8 |
vājapeya |
7 |
pravargya |
7 |
vapāhoma |
7 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
7 |
Uṣas |
6 |
cow |
6 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
6 |
cāturmāsya |
6 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
6 |
Rudra |
6 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
6 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
6 |
prāyaścitta |
6 |
vrātya |
6 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
6 |
Soma |
5 |
against rivals |
5 |
sāman |
5 |
sautrāmaṇī |
5 |
mahābhiṣeka |
5 |
ātman |
5 |
vaśā |
5 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
5 |
Viśve devāḥ |
5 |
dīkṣā |
5 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
4 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
4 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
4 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
4 |
upākaraṇa |
4 |
amulets |
4 |
aṣṭakā |
4 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
4 |
for love, love charms |
4 |
pākayajña |
4 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
4 |
sacrificial fire |
3 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
3 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
3 |
Yoga |
3 |
vaiśvadeva |
3 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
3 |
varṇas, castes |
3 |
King, rājanīti |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
ājya hymns |
3 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
against bad omina and presigns |
2 |
origin of the Vedas |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
altar, vedi |
2 |
errors in sacrifice |
2 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
prātaranuvāka |
2 |
avadāna |
2 |
Alchemy |
2 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
priest, ṛtvij |
2 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
Lexicography |
2 |
seasons |
2 |
sākamedha |
2 |
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
2 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
2 |
śunāsīrya |
2 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
2 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
2 |
stepping on the stone |
2 |
śrāddha |
2 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
2 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
2 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
India |
2 |
bali |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
2 |
sāvitrī |
2 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
2 |
udgātṛ |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
upasad |
1 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
ṣaṣṭhī |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
daśahotra |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
vasāhoma |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
āpyāyana |
1 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
gṛhya rituals |
1 |
ants, termites |
1 |
spoons |
1 |
punarādheya |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
havirdhāna |
1 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
Language |
1 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
prāṇa etc. |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
army |
1 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
worship |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
Bhakti |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
Genealogies |
1 |
Creation of the world |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
brahmacarya |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
Tīrthas |
1 |
dharma |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
Bhṛgu |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
pavitra, purifier |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
space, ākāśa |
1 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
1 |
sattra |
1 |
milk |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
atharvan priest |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
sun and sacrifice |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
birds as omen |
1 |
Sinīvalī |
1 |
Sarasvat |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
against (dangerous) animals |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
1 |
dānastuti |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
against poison, venom |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
1 |
producing surā |
1 |