Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
186 |
Agni |
91 |
agnicayana |
80 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
77 |
Soma sacrifice |
75 |
Alchemy |
59 |
agniṣṭoma |
46 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
44 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
42 |
agnihotra |
40 |
Maruts |
40 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
39 |
Soma |
36 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
35 |
Medicine |
33 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
32 |
rājasūya |
31 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
31 |
Aśvins |
30 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
28 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
27 |
marriage, wedding |
26 |
mahāvrata |
24 |
Vṛtra |
24 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
24 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
21 |
Varuṇa |
21 |
war |
21 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
20 |
Viśve devāḥ |
19 |
mahābhiṣeka |
18 |
āpyāyana |
18 |
āhavanīya |
18 |
Brideship and marriage |
18 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
17 |
prāyaścitta |
16 |
dīkṣā |
15 |
errors in sacrifice |
15 |
pravargya |
15 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
15 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
14 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
14 |
vājapeya |
14 |
for love, love charms |
14 |
Bhakti |
13 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
13 |
consecration |
12 |
water, rain |
12 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
12 |
śrāddha |
12 |
prayāja |
12 |
botany, plants |
12 |
anvaṣṭakya |
12 |
Uṣas |
12 |
vaśā |
12 |
Mitra |
11 |
sāman |
11 |
cow |
11 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
11 |
upākaraṇa |
11 |
sacrificial fire |
11 |
prāṇa etc. |
10 |
ātman |
10 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
10 |
Pūṣan |
10 |
ukhya |
10 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
10 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
10 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
9 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
9 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
9 |
Kṣatriya |
9 |
gāyatrī |
9 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
9 |
spoons |
8 |
riddle hymns |
8 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
8 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
8 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
8 |
against death, Nirṛti |
7 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
7 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
7 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
7 |
King, rājanīti |
7 |
upanayana, initiation |
7 |
māsiśrāddha |
7 |
Genealogies |
7 |
ṣaḍaha |
6 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
6 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
6 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
6 |
Bṛhaspati |
6 |
long live, āyus |
6 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
6 |
pṛṣṭha |
5 |
aṣṭakā |
5 |
Kāmaśāstra |
5 |
avadāna |
5 |
birth, pregnancy |
5 |
atirātra |
5 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
5 |
Ṛbhus |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
5 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
5 |
sattra |
5 |
for water and rain |
5 |
punarādheya |
5 |
dharma |
5 |
anatomy, human body |
5 |
cāturmāsya |
5 |
against rivals |
5 |
for the birth of sons |
4 |
pākayajña |
4 |
Kalki(n) |
4 |
priest, ṛtvij |
4 |
Dynasties |
4 |
for success, authority |
4 |
for a good birth |
4 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
4 |
altar, vedi |
4 |
fever, jvara, takman |
4 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
4 |
Āpri hymn |
4 |
brahman |
4 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
4 |
ekāha |
4 |
Anumati |
4 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
4 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
4 |
udgītha |
4 |
Tīrthas |
4 |
rasāyana |
4 |
yajus verses |
4 |
Agriculture |
4 |
upasad |
4 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
4 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
4 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
4 |
kṣatra and brahman |
4 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
Yama |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
against evil |
3 |
against sorcery |
3 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
3 |
punarabhiṣeka |
3 |
dhanurveda |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
Creation of the world |
3 |
daśahotra |
3 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
3 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
3 |
against sins, misdeeds |
3 |
cough, kāsa |
3 |
Rudra |
3 |
Nirṛti |
3 |
against serpents, snakebites |
3 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
3 |
Time |
3 |
bricks |
3 |
Moral literature |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
weapons, arms |
3 |
chandoma |
3 |
eating, food, anna |
3 |
avatāras |
3 |
good behaviour |
3 |
Yoga |
3 |
Aditi |
3 |
agnyupasthāna |
3 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
3 |
military formation |
3 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
3 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
3 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
2 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
brahmacarya |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
sava |
2 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
2 |
for victory in battle |
2 |
ahīna |
2 |
for fame, glory |
2 |
kṛcchra |
2 |
āśrama |
2 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
2 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
Materia medica |
2 |
purohita, house priest |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
against poison, venom |
2 |
arrow |
2 |
Nature poetry |
2 |
reaching svarga |
2 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
2 |
narrative literature |
2 |
āghāra |
2 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
soma graha |
2 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
Viśvāmitra |
2 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
Māndhātṛ |
2 |
aptoryāman |
2 |
caula |
2 |
agricultural rites |
2 |
midday pavamāna |
2 |
mantra |
2 |
River deities |
2 |
Ādityas |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
Prostitution |
2 |
prasthita libation |
2 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
2 |
Mahābhārata |
2 |
against bad omina and presigns |
2 |
for cattle, cows |
2 |
jātaka, avadāna |
2 |
friendship |
2 |
army |
2 |
gambling |
2 |
jaundice |
2 |
for luck in gambling |
2 |
for prestige, influence |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
vasāhoma |
2 |
Love |
2 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
vapāhoma |
1 |
aupāsana |
1 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
agnīṣomīya |
1 |
sadas |
1 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
1 |
āptoryāman |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
against natural disasters |
1 |
against inundations |
1 |
ukhā |
1 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
sautrāmaṇī |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
grahagrahaṇa |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
ājyatantra |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
śunāsīrya |
1 |
grahas |
1 |
worship |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
raktapitta |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
arocaka |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
bhasmasnāna, ashes |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
manas |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
Cosmography |
1 |
sexuality |
1 |
Skanda |
1 |
Law |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
Sāṃkhya |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
Buddhism |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
Women |
1 |
inundation |
1 |
pregnancy |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
Mahāyāna |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
bali |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
nivid |
1 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
1 |
deities of the moon, nights |
1 |
ṣoḍaśin |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
origin of the sacrifice |
1 |
Agni in the water |
1 |
subrahmaṇyā |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
immortality, amṛta |
1 |
pavitra, purifier |
1 |
āgrayaṇa |
1 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
Property of Brahmins |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
Prajāpati's children |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
Prajāpati |
1 |
for potency |
1 |
aponaptrīya |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
Vāstoṣpati |
1 |
frogs |
1 |
for success in discussions |
1 |
against curses |
1 |
Vala myth |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
somasava |
1 |