Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
242 |
Soma |
212 |
Agni |
143 |
Viśve devāḥ |
48 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
31 |
Soma sacrifice |
29 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
28 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
27 |
Varuṇa |
27 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
22 |
marriage, wedding |
22 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
22 |
for a king |
21 |
agnihotra |
21 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
21 |
Aśvins |
20 |
Brideship and marriage |
19 |
against rivals |
19 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
19 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
18 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
18 |
Bṛhaspati |
17 |
Maruts |
17 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
17 |
Mitra |
16 |
mahāvrata |
16 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
16 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
16 |
against sorcery |
15 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
15 |
agniṣṭoma |
14 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
12 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
12 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
11 |
war |
11 |
pravargya |
11 |
chandoma |
11 |
Uṣas |
11 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
11 |
prāyaścitta |
11 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
10 |
rājasūya |
10 |
Pūṣan |
10 |
for love, love charms |
10 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
10 |
pṛṣṭha |
9 |
water, rain |
9 |
fever, jvara, takman |
8 |
cow |
7 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
7 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
7 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
7 |
consecration |
7 |
Rudra |
7 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
7 |
amulets |
7 |
Ādityas |
6 |
against death, Nirṛti |
6 |
for success, authority |
6 |
arrow |
6 |
ṣaḍaha |
6 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
6 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
6 |
vaśā |
6 |
sāman |
5 |
dīkṣā |
5 |
upanayana, initiation |
5 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
5 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
5 |
midday pavamāna |
5 |
Ṛbhus |
5 |
for battle fury |
5 |
agnicayana |
5 |
ukhya |
5 |
against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
4 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
4 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
4 |
sacrificial fire |
4 |
āhavanīya |
4 |
for political power |
4 |
Materia medica |
4 |
sorcery |
4 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
4 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
4 |
mahābhiṣeka |
4 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
4 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
3 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
3 |
varṇas, castes |
3 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
3 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
3 |
Kṣatriya |
3 |
high position of Brahmins |
3 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
3 |
long live, āyus |
3 |
jātaka, avadāna |
3 |
grahagrahaṇa |
3 |
Agastya |
3 |
Brahmin |
3 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
3 |
riddle hymns |
3 |
Aditi |
3 |
śrāddha |
3 |
against evil |
3 |
Buddha's life |
3 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
3 |
punarādheya |
3 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
spoons |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
against anger, wrath, fury |
2 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
playing dice |
2 |
sattra |
2 |
atirātra |
2 |
war drum |
2 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
anatomy, human body |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
for hair, against palita etc. |
2 |
vājapeya |
2 |
River deities |
2 |
against bad dreams |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
Vṛtra |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
dānastuti |
2 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
gambling |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
Cattle as property |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
Landed property |
2 |
Creation of the world |
2 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
soma graha |
2 |
prasthita libation |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
against poison, venom |
2 |
for water and rain |
2 |
for the birth of sons |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
frogs |
2 |
Parjanya, rain |
2 |
upasad |
1 |
for prestige, influence |
1 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
agnyupasthāna |
1 |
daśahotra |
1 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
gṛhya rituals |
1 |
somapariṇayana |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
paridhikarman |
1 |
sautrāmaṇī |
1 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
1 |
ukhā |
1 |
droṇakalaśa |
1 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
1 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
1 |
agricultural rites |
1 |
altar, vedi |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |
takman |
1 |
caula |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
servants |
1 |
bali |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
prāṇa etc. |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
Āpri hymn |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
dharma |
1 |
King, rājanīti |
1 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
narrative literature |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
Nirṛti |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
cāturmāsya |
1 |
childhood rites |
1 |
prayāja |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 |
1 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
against fever |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
against fear |
1 |
Vala myth |
1 |
Vācaspati |
1 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
for luck in gambling |
1 |
Śarva |
1 |
Bhava |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
alcohol |
1 |