Topic |
Frequency |
Agni |
34 |
marriage, wedding |
30 |
Indra |
27 |
Viśve devāḥ |
27 |
Buddha's life |
25 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
21 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
21 |
prāyaścitta |
19 |
Bhakti |
18 |
King, rājanīti |
17 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
16 |
Soma |
16 |
Brideship and marriage |
16 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
15 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
13 |
war |
13 |
narrative literature |
12 |
Criminal law |
12 |
Dharmaśāstra |
12 |
Mahābhārata |
12 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
11 |
Aśvins |
11 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
11 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
11 |
good behaviour |
9 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
9 |
Sāṃkhya |
9 |
dharma |
9 |
Soma sacrifice |
9 |
fable |
8 |
Law |
8 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
8 |
Varuṇa |
8 |
(Im-)purity |
7 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
7 |
vājapeya |
7 |
eating, food, anna |
7 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
7 |
varṇas, castes |
7 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
7 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
7 |
Time |
6 |
Uṣas |
6 |
Travel |
6 |
rebirth, transmigration |
6 |
Grammar |
6 |
Lexicography |
6 |
Yoga |
6 |
human meat, cannibalism |
6 |
rājasūya |
6 |
ātman |
6 |
Pūṣan |
6 |
Vasiṣṭha |
6 |
Viśvāmitra |
6 |
Giving, dāna |
5 |
Mitra |
5 |
jātaka, avadāna |
5 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
5 |
Noun derivation |
5 |
Trita and his brothers |
5 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
5 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
5 |
Astronomy |
5 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
5 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
5 |
Politics |
5 |
Asceticism, tapas |
5 |
āśrama |
4 |
agnihotra |
4 |
Āpri hymn |
4 |
Aditi |
4 |
Pārvatī |
4 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
4 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
4 |
saṃsāra |
4 |
Ādityas |
4 |
dīkṣā |
4 |
pravargya |
4 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
4 |
Witness |
4 |
against serpents, snakebites |
4 |
vyavahāra |
4 |
Zoology |
4 |
botany, plants |
4 |
Maruts |
4 |
long live, āyus |
4 |
Ordeal |
3 |
Bṛhaspati |
3 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
Cosmogony |
3 |
gṛhastha, householder |
3 |
Yama |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
3 |
vaśā |
3 |
Ṛbhus |
3 |
vrātya |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
svadharma |
3 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
3 |
Rudra |
3 |
for love, love charms |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
3 |
travelling, making a journey |
3 |
Mahāyāna |
3 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
śrāddha |
3 |
Genealogies |
3 |
against sorcery |
3 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
3 |
punishment for crime |
3 |
Debts and interest |
3 |
ṣaḍaha |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
against sins, misdeeds |
2 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
2 |
against death, Nirṛti |
2 |
Brahmā |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
dānastuti |
2 |
against bad omina and presigns |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
hathayoga |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
agniṣṭoma |
2 |
against rivals |
2 |
Buddhism |
2 |
Tīrthas |
2 |
karman doctrine |
2 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
2 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
2 |
Military science |
2 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
2 |
riddle hymns |
2 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
2 |
svādhyāya |
2 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
2 |
grahagrahaṇa |
2 |
subhāṣita |
2 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
2 |
robbery |
2 |
Crime |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
friendship |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
2 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
2 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
Poetology |
2 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
2 |
yajus verses |
2 |
Property |
2 |
avatāras |
2 |
nivid |
2 |
bad behaviour |
2 |
Women |
2 |
prāṇa etc. |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
sākamedha |
2 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
Marutta |
2 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
brahmodya |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
daśapeya |
1 |
midday pavamāna |
1 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
ṣoḍaśin |
1 |
weaving |
1 |
sattra |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
1 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
murder |
1 |
third pressing |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
spy, secret service, intelligence |
1 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
agnicayana |
1 |
sāman |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
Economy |
1 |
army |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
Cattle as property |
1 |
Landed property |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
Business law |
1 |
Debt |
1 |
Love |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
Creation of the world |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
Medicine |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
Agni in the water |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
1 |
for cattle, cows |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
River deities |
1 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
bali |
1 |
children |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
senses, indriya |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |