Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
309 |
Agni |
199 |
Soma |
128 |
agnicayana |
103 |
war |
95 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
90 |
Viśve devāḥ |
82 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
70 |
Aśvins |
68 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
66 |
Soma sacrifice |
64 |
Varuṇa |
63 |
Maruts |
60 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
50 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
50 |
Uṣas |
49 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
48 |
Mitra |
42 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
41 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
41 |
Mahābhārata |
40 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
39 |
pravargya |
39 |
marriage, wedding |
39 |
prāyaścitta |
32 |
Buddha's life |
31 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
30 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
30 |
āhavanīya |
29 |
agniṣṭoma |
28 |
Tīrthas |
28 |
Brideship and marriage |
27 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
26 |
cow |
26 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
25 |
Genealogies |
21 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
20 |
agnihotra |
20 |
śrāddha |
20 |
Pūṣan |
19 |
Bhakti |
19 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
19 |
ukhya |
18 |
bricks |
18 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
18 |
ātman |
17 |
altar, vedi |
17 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
17 |
raising the yūpa |
17 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
16 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
16 |
prāṇa etc. |
15 |
sāman |
15 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
15 |
water, rain |
14 |
for success, authority |
14 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
14 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
13 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
13 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
13 |
dāna, giving |
13 |
Rudra |
13 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
12 |
against bad omina and presigns |
12 |
mahāvrata |
12 |
narrative literature |
12 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
12 |
sacrificial fire |
12 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
11 |
Aditi |
11 |
Giving, dāna |
11 |
vaśā |
11 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
11 |
punarādheya |
11 |
odana |
11 |
Brahmin |
11 |
samiṣṭayajus |
11 |
Astronomy |
11 |
Creation of the world |
11 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
10 |
vājapeya |
10 |
Ādityas |
10 |
Bṛhaspati |
10 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
10 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
10 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
10 |
ṣaḍaha |
10 |
brahmacarya |
9 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
9 |
birth, pregnancy |
9 |
Poetology |
9 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
9 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
9 |
upasad |
9 |
Medicine |
9 |
Cosmography |
9 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
9 |
Vṛtra |
9 |
Prajāpati |
8 |
dānastuti |
8 |
against sorcery |
8 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
8 |
Trita and his brothers |
8 |
Manu, manvantara |
8 |
Ṛbhus |
8 |
Nirṛti |
8 |
śruti, Veda |
8 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
8 |
āpyāyana |
8 |
Time |
8 |
errors in sacrifice |
7 |
for love, love charms |
7 |
rājasūya |
7 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
7 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
7 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
7 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
7 |
aṣṭakā |
7 |
svaru |
7 |
against rivals |
7 |
dharma |
7 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
7 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
7 |
svarga, heaven |
7 |
for political power |
6 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
6 |
pregnancy |
6 |
varṇas, castes |
6 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
6 |
māsiśrāddha |
6 |
King, rājanīti |
6 |
Apsaras |
6 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
Dharmaśāstra |
6 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
6 |
brahman priest |
6 |
good behaviour |
6 |
Grammar |
6 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
6 |
ukhā |
6 |
cātvāla |
6 |
Buddhism |
6 |
chandoma |
5 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
5 |
long live, āyus |
5 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
5 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
5 |
Sāṃkhya |
5 |
saṃskāras |
5 |
against poison, venom |
5 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
5 |
Gandharva |
5 |
daśahotra |
5 |
ghost, monster, demon |
5 |
Materia medica |
5 |
fever, jvara, takman |
5 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
5 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
5 |
agricultural rites |
5 |
Women |
4 |
sexuality |
4 |
(Im-)purity |
4 |
Śvetadvīpa |
4 |
for a good birth |
4 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
4 |
consecration |
4 |
Dynasties |
4 |
against bad dreams |
4 |
arrow |
4 |
Kalki(n) |
4 |
anatomy, human body |
4 |
eating, food, anna |
4 |
sattra |
4 |
gāyatrī |
4 |
Tripura |
4 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
4 |
medhājanana |
4 |
grahagrahaṇa |
4 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
4 |
pṛṣṭha |
4 |
uktha |
4 |
earthquake |
4 |
against natural disasters |
4 |
midday pavamāna |
4 |
mantra |
4 |
Geography |
4 |
yajus verses |
4 |
travelling, making a journey |
4 |
dīkṣā |
4 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
4 |
Agriculture |
4 |
Moral literature |
4 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
4 |
avadāna |
4 |
Asceticism, tapas |
4 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
4 |
sāvitrī |
4 |
Himālaya |
4 |
Tāraka |
4 |
Marutta |
4 |
vrātya |
4 |
puṃsavana |
4 |
linguistic speculation |
4 |
sava |
4 |
deluge, Manu |
4 |
origin of the Vedas |
3 |
apavargya |
3 |
priest, ṛtvij |
3 |
āśvina |
3 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
3 |
agnyupasthāna |
3 |
chariot |
3 |
Raji |
3 |
ekāha |
3 |
Vala myth |
3 |
upākaraṇa |
3 |
dogs |
3 |
ṛc |
3 |
amulets |
3 |
against death, Nirṛti |
3 |
for cattle, cows |
3 |
against serpents, snakebites |
3 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
3 |
praṇayana |
3 |
purohita, house priest |
3 |
upanayana, initiation |
3 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
3 |
sacrificial horse |
3 |
Accents |
3 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
Viśvakarman |
3 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa |
3 |
triguṇa |
3 |
avatāras |
3 |
Yama |
3 |
worship |
3 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
3 |
dakṣiṇā |
3 |
grahas |
3 |
inundation |
3 |
piṇḍa |
3 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
3 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
3 |
army |
3 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
3 |
poison, antidotes |
3 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
3 |
bali |
3 |
fable |
3 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
3 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
3 |
Parjanya, rain |
3 |
Reduplication |
3 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
3 |
meteorology, weather |
3 |
Paraśurāma |
3 |
Travel |
3 |
Āpri hymn |
3 |
samāvartana |
2 |
India |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
subrahmaṇyā |
2 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
2 |
karman doctrine |
2 |
gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
sadas |
2 |
Religion and Philosophy |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
droṇakalaśa |
2 |
against bad luck |
2 |
sacrifice and time |
2 |
seasons |
2 |
dvadaśāha |
2 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
2 |
udgātṛ |
2 |
Alchemy |
2 |
prātaranuvāka |
2 |
Yoga |
2 |
for prestige, influence |
2 |
ājya hymns |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
āpaddharma |
2 |
jātakarman |
2 |
kṣatra and brahman |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
vrata |
2 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
2 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
riddle hymns |
2 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
2 |
godāna |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
agnīṣomīya |
2 |
for fame, glory |
2 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
2 |
Matsyāvatāra |
2 |
vyavahāra |
2 |
aptoryāman |
2 |
against sins, misdeeds |
2 |
Kaṃsa |
2 |
Stories |
2 |
strophes used in sacrifice |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
2 |
jātaka, avadāna |
2 |
Law |
2 |
takman |
2 |
sutyā |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
religious speculation, mystic |
2 |
Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
brahmodya |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
2 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
2 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
indramahotsava |
1 |
aupāsana |
1 |
Gaṇeśa |
1 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
1 |
avāntaradīkṣā |
1 |
Yakṣī, Yakṣa |
1 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
1 |
stotriyavikāra |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
ājyatantra |
1 |
kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
1 |
stotriyā |
1 |
virāj |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
ātithyeṣṭi |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
madātyaya |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Vena |
1 |
Manu Vaivasvata |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
gṛhya rituals |
1 |
alcohol |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
sapiṇḍīkaraṇa |
1 |
kṣatradharma |
1 |
Nāga |
1 |
ādityadarśana |
1 |
preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
soma graha |
1 |
Mahāyāna |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |
People |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
abhiplava |
1 |
mantrasnāna |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
against kṛtyās |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
udgītha |
1 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
1 |
for success at court, in a juridicial process |
1 |
vaiśvadeva |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
Sarasvat |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
attacks Prajāpati |
1 |
paśupati |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
nivid |
1 |
ukthya |
1 |
Nahuṣa |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
viṣuvat |
1 |
gold |
1 |
Amāvāsyā |
1 |
for sufficient food |
1 |
for victory in battle |
1 |
recitation during sacrifice |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
children |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
for water and rain |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
Brahmā |
1 |
Family |
1 |
high position of Brahmins |
1 |
River deities |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
against curses |
1 |
war drum |
1 |
Rāji |
1 |
against anger, wrath, fury |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
horses |
1 |
madness, unmāda, insanity |
1 |
Śeṣa |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
1 |
spoons |
1 |
madhuparka |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
śunāsīrya |
1 |
life, jīva |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
Garuḍa |
1 |
Agni Jātavedas |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
havirdhāna |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
garbharakṣaṇa |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
cāturmāsya |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
milk |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
agnihotrī |
1 |
Devala and Asita |
1 |
ācamana |
1 |
ahīna |
1 |
Rāma(candra) |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
brahmagavī |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
marman |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
Agni's bodies |
1 |
manas |
1 |
mṛtyusava |
1 |