Topic |
Frequency |
Sacrifice, yajña |
296 |
sāman |
184 |
agnihotra |
181 |
prāṇa etc. |
149 |
dīkṣā |
145 |
rājasūya |
135 |
war |
133 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
132 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
121 |
Soma sacrifice |
120 |
ātman |
104 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
102 |
prāyaścitta |
94 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
84 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
82 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
82 |
mahāvrata |
78 |
Śunaḥśepa |
78 |
Indra |
76 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
73 |
Agni |
69 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
65 |
brahman |
62 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
59 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
55 |
Aśvins |
51 |
udgītha |
50 |
spoons |
49 |
pṛṣṭha |
49 |
eating, food, anna |
47 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
46 |
sacrificial fire |
45 |
ukhā |
40 |
vājapeya |
40 |
nakṣatras |
38 |
uktha |
38 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
38 |
Bhṛgu |
38 |
Tīrthas |
37 |
Giving, dāna |
35 |
midday pavamāna |
34 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
33 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
32 |
brahman priest |
32 |
year |
31 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
31 |
Vṛtra |
31 |
Kṣatriya |
31 |
Creation of the world |
31 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
30 |
gāyatrī |
29 |
brahmacarya |
29 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
29 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
29 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
28 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
28 |
agnicayana |
28 |
King, rājanīti |
27 |
dharma |
27 |
errors in sacrifice |
27 |
sacrifice and time |
26 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
26 |
rejuvenation |
26 |
dakṣiṇā |
26 |
Cyavana |
26 |
agniṣṭoma |
25 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
25 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
25 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
25 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
24 |
mahābhiṣeka |
24 |
ṣaḍaha |
24 |
Viśvāmitra |
24 |
rebirth, transmigration |
24 |
altar, vedi |
23 |
śruti, Veda |
23 |
pravargya |
23 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
23 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
23 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
22 |
marriage, wedding |
22 |
sattra |
22 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
22 |
cow |
22 |
good behaviour |
22 |
vaśā |
22 |
prayāja |
21 |
fable |
21 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
21 |
Manu, manvantara |
21 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
20 |
priest, ṛtvij |
20 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
20 |
Rudra |
19 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
19 |
Brahmin |
19 |
aponaptrīya |
19 |
punarabhiṣeka |
19 |
deluge, Manu |
18 |
Brideship and marriage |
18 |
Prajāpati |
18 |
Maruts |
17 |
ṣoḍaśin |
17 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
17 |
linguistic speculation |
16 |
daśahotra |
16 |
Medicine |
16 |
parimara |
15 |
varṇas, castes |
15 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
15 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
15 |
vrata |
15 |
Mahābhārata |
15 |
for a king |
14 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
14 |
upasad |
14 |
Bhakti |
14 |
udgātṛ |
14 |
sautrāmaṇī |
14 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
14 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
14 |
avadāna |
14 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
14 |
bricks |
14 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
13 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
13 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
13 |
prātaranuvāka |
13 |
sun and sacrifice |
13 |
sexuality |
13 |
Paraśurāma |
13 |
raising the yūpa |
13 |
has the hide of man |
12 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
12 |
jātaka, avadāna |
12 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
12 |
son, advantage of having sons |
12 |
āghāra |
12 |
āpyāyana |
12 |
Varuṇa |
12 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
11 |
Kaśyapa |
11 |
snāna, bathing |
11 |
paridhi enclosings |
11 |
agnyupasthāna |
11 |
Viśve devāḥ |
11 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
11 |
Structure of the world |
11 |
dāna, giving |
10 |
ukthya |
10 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
10 |
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 |
10 |
Sāṃkhya |
10 |
Mahāyāna |
10 |
botany, plants |
9 |
ahīna |
9 |
svaru |
9 |
cātvāla |
9 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
9 |
Genealogies |
9 |
abhiplava |
9 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
9 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
9 |
travelling, making a journey |
9 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
9 |
samiṣṭayajus |
8 |
Cosmography |
8 |
upanayana, initiation |
8 |
Buddha's life |
8 |
immortality, amṛta |
8 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
8 |
mantra |
8 |
Yoga |
8 |
Atharvaveda |
8 |
āśrama |
7 |
for success, authority |
7 |
agnihotrī |
7 |
Vasiṣṭha |
7 |
āśvina |
7 |
anatomy, human body |
7 |
ekādaśinī |
7 |
Pregnancy |
7 |
(Im-)purity |
7 |
Women |
7 |
saṃskāras |
7 |
ājya hymns |
7 |
avatāras |
7 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
6 |
Mitra |
6 |
Marutta |
6 |
śrāddha |
6 |
Asceticism, tapas |
6 |
Materia medica |
6 |
Peace and war |
6 |
Soma |
6 |
sākamedha |
6 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
6 |
cāturmāsya |
6 |
kṣatra and brahman |
6 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
6 |
saṃsāra |
6 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
6 |
alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
6 |
Travel |
6 |
viṣuvat |
6 |
Cosmogony |
5 |
Skanda |
5 |
human meat, cannibalism |
5 |
religious speculation, mystic |
5 |
Tripura |
5 |
karman doctrine |
5 |
Devala and Asita |
5 |
female ascetics |
5 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
5 |
kṛcchra |
5 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
5 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
5 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
5 |
reaching svarga |
5 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
5 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
5 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
5 |
consent of the animal |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
Bṛhaspati |
5 |
Nahuṣa |
5 |
against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
svādhyāya |
5 |
Tāraka |
5 |
against rivals |
4 |
Māṇḍavya |
4 |
senses, indriya |
4 |
āpaddharma |
4 |
bad behaviour |
4 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
4 |
Senses and world |
4 |
murder |
4 |
odana |
4 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
4 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
4 |
purohita, house priest |
4 |
space, ākāśa |
4 |
dogs |
4 |
for love, love charms |
4 |
brahmahatyā |
4 |
differences between women and men |
4 |
Aditi |
4 |
haviryajña |
4 |
gold |
4 |
Kaṃsa |
4 |
against sorcery |
4 |
śūlagava |
4 |
sorcery |
4 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
4 |
Nala and Damayantī |
4 |
bali |
3 |
theft, stealing |
3 |
sāvitrī |
3 |
Purāṇa |
3 |
Trade |
3 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
3 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
gambling |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
Yama |
3 |
Property of Brahmins |
3 |
usury, lending money |
3 |
sahasranāman |
3 |
stomabhāga |
3 |
for political power |
3 |
Grammar |
3 |
poverty, renunciation |
3 |
chandoma |
3 |
havirdhāna |
3 |
Moral literature |
3 |
praṇayana |
3 |
Alchemy |
3 |
army |
3 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
3 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
3 |
Trita and his brothers |
3 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
3 |
Matsyāvatāra |
3 |
keśavapaṇīya |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
prauga śastra |
3 |
pavitra, purifier |
3 |
narrative literature |
3 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
3 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
3 |
rudrabhāga |
3 |
Nandin |
3 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
3 |
yuga theory |
3 |
abhiṣeka |
3 |
riddle hymns |
3 |
adhrigupraiṣa |
2 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
puṃsavana |
2 |
Agni's bodies |
2 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
2 |
blood rain |
2 |
Agni sāṃtapana |
2 |
sarvamedha |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
fetters of death |
2 |
āptoryāman |
2 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
vaiśvadeva |
2 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
correct behaviour |
2 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
2 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
2 |
Astronomy |
2 |
high position of Brahmins |
2 |
Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
nivid |
2 |
Uṣas |
2 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
Time |
2 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
deities of the moon, nights |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
fever, jvara, takman |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa |
2 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
worship |
2 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
2 |
Ādityas |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
against death, Nirṛti |
2 |
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma |
2 |
Politics |
2 |
Kurukṣetra |
2 |
fighting |
2 |
origin of the Vedas |
2 |
atharvan priest |
2 |
Psychology |
2 |
digestion |
2 |
Witness |
2 |
Āpri hymn |
2 |
Law |
2 |
Pulomā/an |
2 |
dama |
2 |
atirātra |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
manas |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
hotṛ priest |
1 |
death of a sacrificer |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
adhvaryu |
1 |
gulma |
1 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
1 |
pṛṣātaka |
1 |
kuṣṭha |
1 |
raktapitta |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
urinary diseases |
1 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
Property |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
bṛhatī |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
Dharmaśāstra |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
yamastoma |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
ekāha |
1 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
sadas |
1 |
prasthita libation |
1 |
samṛtayajña |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
1 |
Rāma(candra) |
1 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
ācamana |
1 |
ṛc |
1 |
attacks Prajāpati |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
frogs |
1 |
missiles of Agni |
1 |
prevention |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
for success in discussions |
1 |
21-fold, ekaviṃśa |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
recitation during sacrifice |
1 |
strophes used in sacrifice |
1 |
paśupati |
1 |
ājyabhāga |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
dūrohaṇa |
1 |
vālakhilyā |
1 |
vihāra, transposition |
1 |
milk |
1 |
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
seasons |
1 |
sun is fastened to the sky |
1 |
sunbeams |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
caturviṃśa day |
1 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
1 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
weaving |
1 |
subrahmaṇyā |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
destruction of Dvārakā |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
punarādheya |
1 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
third eye |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
kālacakra |
1 |
lobha, greed |
1 |
frogs as omen |
1 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
vyāhṛtis |
1 |
court live |
1 |
abhyuditā |
1 |
abhyuddhṛtā |
1 |
dākṣāyaṇayajña |
1 |
raurava |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Brahmā |
1 |
vapāhoma |
1 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
Aryaman |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |