Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
186 |
Agni |
98 |
Aśvins |
58 |
Soma sacrifice |
39 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
37 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
36 |
Soma |
32 |
Viśve devāḥ |
32 |
Varuṇa |
30 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
28 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
26 |
Maruts |
23 |
agnihotra |
23 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
22 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
20 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
20 |
cow |
18 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
18 |
Mitra |
16 |
water, rain |
16 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
16 |
pravargya |
14 |
prāyaścitta |
13 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
12 |
dīkṣā |
12 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
10 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
10 |
agnyupasthāna |
10 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
10 |
punarādheya |
9 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
9 |
aponaptrīya |
9 |
altar, vedi |
8 |
marriage, wedding |
8 |
agnicayana |
8 |
ṣaḍaha |
8 |
Ṛbhus |
8 |
Uṣas |
8 |
bricks |
8 |
Āpri hymn |
8 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
8 |
mahāvrata |
8 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
8 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
8 |
for political power |
8 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
8 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
7 |
Manu, manvantara |
7 |
against sorcery |
7 |
deluge, Manu |
7 |
upākaraṇa |
6 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
6 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
6 |
āpyāyana |
6 |
dāna, giving |
6 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
5 |
vaśā |
5 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
5 |
upanayana, initiation |
5 |
ṣoḍaśin |
5 |
for prestige, influence |
5 |
Ādityas |
5 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
5 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
5 |
for success, authority |
4 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
4 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
4 |
praṇayana |
4 |
Brideship and marriage |
4 |
śrāddha |
4 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
4 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
4 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
4 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
4 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
4 |
for battle fury |
4 |
sāman |
4 |
Pūṣan |
4 |
grahagrahaṇa |
3 |
nakṣatras |
3 |
third pressing |
3 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
3 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
3 |
consent of the animal |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
sexuality |
3 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
3 |
chandoma |
3 |
good behaviour |
3 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
3 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
3 |
narrative literature |
3 |
daśahotra |
3 |
rājasūya |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
3 |
Vṛtra |
3 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
3 |
udgātṛ |
2 |
anvārambhana |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
errors in sacrifice |
2 |
Kāmaśāstra |
2 |
eating, food, anna |
2 |
mantra |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
2 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
2 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
2 |
agniṣṭoma |
2 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
2 |
apavargya |
2 |
upasad |
2 |
Medicine |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
dānastuti |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
Bṛhaspati |
2 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
prāṇa etc. |
2 |
prayāja |
2 |
Rudra |
2 |
Anti-social behaviour |
2 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
2 |
for love, love charms |
2 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
for cattle, cows |
2 |
Yama |
2 |
Grammar |
2 |
garbhādhāna |
2 |
ekāṣṭakā |
2 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
samiṣṭayajus |
1 |
hole for the yūpa |
1 |
has the hide of man |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
vāmadevya |
1 |
agricultural rites |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
ukhā |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
for success at court, in a juridicial process |
1 |
cātvāla |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
anvārambhanīyā iṣṭi |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
Vācaspati |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
takman |
1 |
high position of Brahmins |
1 |
for water and rain |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
River deities |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
ātman |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
Vāstoṣpati |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
Brahmin |
1 |
Poetology |
1 |
Therapy |
1 |
war |
1 |
Bhakti |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
Women |
1 |
varṇas, castes |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
dogs |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
Kaśyapa |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
kṣatra and brahman |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
āvāpa, insertion |
1 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
1 |
sattra |
1 |
milk |
1 |
against fever |
1 |
sacrifice and time |
1 |
strophes used in sacrifice |
1 |
prauga śastra |
1 |
frogs |
1 |
war drum |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
against curses |
1 |
for success in discussions |
1 |
against jealousy |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
against rivals |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |