Topic |
Frequency |
war |
143 |
Alchemy |
105 |
jātaka, avadāna |
100 |
upanayana, initiation |
66 |
marriage, wedding |
66 |
Mahāyāna |
51 |
Brideship and marriage |
45 |
Buddha's life |
42 |
narrative literature |
39 |
Law |
36 |
Indra |
34 |
dhanurveda |
25 |
dharma |
25 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
24 |
Bhakti |
24 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
23 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
22 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
22 |
worship |
22 |
Mahābhārata |
21 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
20 |
Ordeal |
20 |
Dharmaśāstra |
19 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
18 |
Agni |
18 |
Kāmaśāstra |
18 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
17 |
dīkṣā |
17 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
17 |
Agriculture |
16 |
tulāpuruṣa |
15 |
Medicine |
15 |
Architecture |
14 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
14 |
Witness |
13 |
(Im-)purity |
13 |
Viśve devāḥ |
12 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
12 |
agnihotra |
12 |
Criminal law |
12 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
11 |
Women |
11 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
11 |
Soma sacrifice |
11 |
King, rājanīti |
11 |
śrāddha |
10 |
Debts and interest |
10 |
eating, food, anna |
10 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
10 |
botany, plants |
10 |
good behaviour |
9 |
birth, pregnancy |
9 |
theft, stealing |
9 |
rājasūya |
9 |
agnicayana |
9 |
varṇas, castes |
9 |
yuga theory |
8 |
Kṛṣṇa |
8 |
rebirth, transmigration |
8 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
7 |
sacrificial fire |
7 |
Pārvatī |
7 |
Soma |
7 |
Politics |
7 |
Skanda |
7 |
Rudra |
7 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
7 |
punishment for crime |
7 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
7 |
sahasranāman |
7 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
Giving, dāna |
6 |
Aśvins |
6 |
brahman |
6 |
ghost, monster, demon |
6 |
gambling |
6 |
Lexicography |
6 |
Durgā |
6 |
vājapeya |
6 |
fighting |
6 |
Maruts |
6 |
hathayoga |
6 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
6 |
Buddhism |
6 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
6 |
prāyaścitta |
6 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
6 |
karman doctrine |
5 |
mantra |
5 |
āśrama |
5 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
5 |
saṃskāras |
5 |
brahmacarya |
5 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
5 |
for luck in gambling |
5 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
5 |
Tīrthas |
5 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
5 |
vyavahāra |
5 |
agniṣṭoma |
5 |
Astrology |
5 |
odana |
5 |
Burning of Kāma |
4 |
anatomy, human body |
4 |
Zoology |
4 |
burnt by Śiva |
4 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
4 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
4 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
4 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
4 |
raising the yūpa |
4 |
avatāras |
4 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
4 |
āpyāyana |
4 |
Pregnancy |
4 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
4 |
Nature poetry |
4 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
4 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
4 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
senses, indriya |
3 |
Police |
3 |
for the birth of sons |
3 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
Ṛbhus |
3 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
3 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
against sorcery |
3 |
amulets |
3 |
long live, āyus |
3 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
Kaṃsa |
3 |
Astronomy |
3 |
rape, sexual harassment |
3 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
sākamedha |
3 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
3 |
brahman priest |
3 |
Trade |
3 |
Debt |
3 |
ukhā |
3 |
nakṣatras |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
Varuṇa |
3 |
upākaraṇa |
3 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
3 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
3 |
Sāṃkhya |
3 |
vānaprastha |
3 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
3 |
Grammar |
3 |
cāturmāsya |
3 |
Administration |
3 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
3 |
Crime |
3 |
riddle hymns |
3 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
3 |
udgātṛ |
3 |
Palmistry |
3 |
poison, antidotes |
3 |
bricks |
2 |
vaśā |
2 |
soma graha |
2 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
2 |
playing dice |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
2 |
purification of gold |
2 |
cātvāla |
2 |
sāvitrī |
2 |
childhood rites |
2 |
sthālīpāka |
2 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
year |
2 |
medhājanana |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
for love, love charms |
2 |
jātakarman |
2 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
arrow |
2 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
2 |
śunāsīrya |
2 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
2 |
pravargya |
2 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
alcohol |
2 |
vātarakta |
2 |
bad behaviour |
2 |
Vṛtra |
2 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
2 |
Tāraka |
2 |
Materia medica |
2 |
ātman |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
Peace and war |
2 |
Creation of the world |
2 |
fable |
2 |
Genealogies |
2 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
2 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
2 |
Senses and world |
2 |
Gaṇeśa |
2 |
Tripura |
2 |
Prophesy |
2 |
Prostitution |
2 |
pūjā |
2 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
Nāga |
2 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
Sleeping |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
saṃsāra |
2 |
Business law |
2 |
sāman |
2 |
cow |
2 |
unsteadiness of life |
2 |
hunting |
2 |
Vāmadeva |
2 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
2 |
Śeṣa |
2 |
saṃnyāsa |
2 |
gold |
2 |
Cosmogony |
2 |
Pūṣan |
2 |
Noun derivation |
2 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
altar, vedi |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
mahāvrata |
1 |
agnīṣomīya |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
parivrājaka |
1 |
samiṣṭayajus |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
mantrasnāna |
1 |
Therapy |
1 |
Military science |
1 |
Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
avadāna |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
daśahotra |
1 |
Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
hole for the yūpa |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
placing the somakalaśa |
1 |
Yogācāra |
1 |
upayāja |
1 |
iḍā |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
sadas |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
1 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya |
1 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
1 |
svaru |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
yajus verses |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
Mitra |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
children |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
japa |
1 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
1 |
Marutta |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
prāṇa etc. |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
third eye |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
Brahmā |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
Pūtanā |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
Śiśupāla |
1 |
Prajāpati |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
madhuparka |
1 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
haviryajña |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
punarabhiṣeka |
1 |
sava |
1 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
1 |
Merchants |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
Minister |
1 |
Anti-social behaviour |
1 |
army |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
Syntax |
1 |
against bad luck |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
torture |
1 |
criminal investigation |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
robbery |
1 |