Topic |
Frequency |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
170 |
rājasūya |
169 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
166 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
153 |
Soma sacrifice |
131 |
dīkṣā |
128 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
112 |
agnihotra |
101 |
war |
95 |
Alchemy |
94 |
King, rājanīti |
89 |
sāman |
87 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
80 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
78 |
vājapeya |
71 |
mahāvrata |
63 |
Giving, dāna |
62 |
pravargya |
58 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
57 |
Mahāyāna |
56 |
Buddha's life |
54 |
dharma |
53 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
52 |
agnicayana |
51 |
altar, vedi |
51 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
50 |
spoons |
48 |
avadāna |
47 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
45 |
prāṇa etc. |
45 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
43 |
varṇas, castes |
41 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
41 |
jātaka, avadāna |
41 |
good behaviour |
39 |
Bhakti |
38 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
38 |
anatomy, human body |
36 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
36 |
prayāja |
35 |
Dharmaśāstra |
35 |
(Im-)purity |
34 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
34 |
Buddhism |
34 |
eating, food, anna |
33 |
agniṣṭoma |
33 |
narrative literature |
33 |
nirukti |
33 |
ṣaḍaha |
33 |
sacrificial fire |
33 |
bricks |
32 |
Genealogies |
32 |
Yoga |
31 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
31 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
31 |
ātman |
30 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
29 |
Mahābhārata |
29 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
29 |
linguistic speculation |
29 |
prāyaścitta |
29 |
Sāṃkhya |
28 |
sākamedha |
28 |
raising the yūpa |
28 |
vaśā |
28 |
Prajāpati |
28 |
Creation of the world |
27 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
27 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
27 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
27 |
fable |
27 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
27 |
sautrāmaṇī |
26 |
Rudra |
26 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
26 |
cāturmāsya |
26 |
dāna, giving |
24 |
paridhi enclosings |
24 |
karman doctrine |
23 |
marriage, wedding |
23 |
punarādheya |
22 |
Time |
21 |
Law |
21 |
svaru |
21 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
21 |
cātvāla |
21 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
20 |
Tīrthas |
20 |
cow |
19 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
19 |
brahman priest |
19 |
Manu, manvantara |
19 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
19 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
18 |
śrāddha |
18 |
deluge, Manu |
18 |
Brideship and marriage |
18 |
uktha |
18 |
botany, plants |
17 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
17 |
āpaddharma |
17 |
priest, ṛtvij |
17 |
Kṣatriya |
17 |
Kāmaśāstra |
17 |
udgātṛ |
17 |
mahābhiṣeka |
17 |
pṛṣṭha |
16 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
16 |
daśahotra |
16 |
has the hide of man |
16 |
gṛhastha, householder |
16 |
Women |
16 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
15 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
15 |
Politics |
15 |
rebirth, transmigration |
15 |
origin of the sacrifice |
15 |
āpyāyana |
15 |
nivid |
15 |
sexuality |
15 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
15 |
fever, jvara, takman |
14 |
ukthya |
14 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
14 |
Peace and war |
14 |
viṣṭuti |
14 |
āghāra |
14 |
āśvina |
14 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
13 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
13 |
vrata |
13 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
13 |
ukhā |
13 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
13 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
13 |
saṃsāra |
13 |
gold |
12 |
Psychology |
12 |
samiṣṭayajus |
12 |
ṛc |
12 |
year |
12 |
midday pavamāna |
12 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
11 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
11 |
Paraśurāma |
11 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
10 |
Vaiśeṣika |
10 |
abhiṣeka |
10 |
upākaraṇa |
10 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
10 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
10 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
10 |
udgītha |
9 |
Vṛtra |
9 |
Medicine |
9 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
9 |
saṃskāras |
9 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
9 |
Āpri hymn |
9 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
9 |
Asceticism, tapas |
9 |
hathayoga |
9 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
9 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
9 |
gāyatrī |
8 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
8 |
Agni |
8 |
errors in sacrifice |
8 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
8 |
Astronomy |
8 |
ājya hymns |
8 |
vaiśvadeva |
8 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
8 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
8 |
Brahmin |
8 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
8 |
consent of the animal |
8 |
āśrama |
8 |
upasad |
8 |
pavitra, purifier |
8 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
8 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
7 |
Moral literature |
7 |
long live, āyus |
7 |
prauga śastra |
7 |
bali |
7 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
7 |
Nyāya |
7 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
7 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
7 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
7 |
chandoma |
7 |
bad behaviour |
7 |
vānaprastha |
7 |
army |
7 |
ghost, monster, demon |
7 |
rudrabhāga |
7 |
lobha, greed |
7 |
theft, stealing |
7 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
7 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
6 |
keśavapaṇīya |
6 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
6 |
avatāras |
6 |
Cosmogony |
6 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
6 |
saṃnyāsa |
6 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
6 |
mantra |
6 |
Rituals |
6 |
Customs and taxes |
6 |
Tāraka |
6 |
subhāṣita |
6 |
creates fever |
6 |
Minister |
6 |
Cosmography |
6 |
Kṛṣṇa |
6 |
Agriculture |
6 |
Śunaḥśepa |
5 |
Kaṃsa |
5 |
brahman |
5 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
5 |
alms, bhikṣā |
5 |
poverty, renunciation |
5 |
snāna, bathing |
5 |
aponaptrīya |
5 |
Aditi |
5 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
5 |
Architecture |
5 |
worship of the Buddha |
5 |
Yogācāra |
5 |
rasāyana |
5 |
ṣoḍaśin |
5 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
5 |
āstāva |
5 |
Religion and Philosophy |
5 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
5 |
Indra |
5 |
sun and sacrifice |
5 |
life, jīva |
5 |
svadharma |
5 |
Soma |
5 |
son, advantage of having sons |
4 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
4 |
high position of Brahmins |
4 |
upanayana, initiation |
4 |
haviryajña |
4 |
ukhya |
4 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
4 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
4 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
4 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
4 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
4 |
śruti, Veda |
4 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
4 |
Nahuṣa |
4 |
water, rain |
4 |
children |
4 |
Tripura |
4 |
Family |
4 |
State finances |
4 |
Viśvāmitra |
4 |
dhanurveda |
4 |
svarga, heaven |
4 |
Grammar |
4 |
Skanda |
4 |
dakṣiṇā |
4 |
sahasranāman |
3 |
Trade |
3 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
Administration |
3 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
3 |
abhiplava |
3 |
dūrohaṇa |
3 |
Property of Brahmins |
3 |
Agni's bodies |
3 |
pātaka |
3 |
svādhyāya |
3 |
Economy |
3 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
3 |
Atharvaveda |
3 |
Meditation |
3 |
senses, indriya |
3 |
kṣatra and brahman |
3 |
sattra |
3 |
vihāra, transposition |
3 |
vālakhilyā |
3 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
3 |
ahīna |
3 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
3 |
Materia medica |
3 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
3 |
brahmacarya |
3 |
Ordeal |
3 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
3 |
prasthita libation |
3 |
vyavahāra |
3 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
agnyupasthāna |
3 |
Pregnancy |
3 |
Zoology |
3 |
Vasiṣṭha |
3 |
human meat, cannibalism |
3 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
3 |
triguṇa |
3 |
soma graha |
2 |
snātaka |
2 |
Military science |
2 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
2 |
hunting |
2 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
2 |
usury, lending money |
2 |
dākṣāyaṇayajña |
2 |
adhrigupraiṣa |
2 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
2 |
Poetology |
2 |
Technique of Yoga |
2 |
crying |
2 |
Prostitution |
2 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
adhvaryu |
2 |
hotṛ priest |
2 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
2 |
travelling, making a journey |
2 |
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
samṛtayajña |
2 |
worship |
2 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
raktapitta |
2 |
process, jurisdiction |
2 |
low castes |
2 |
atirātra |
2 |
unsteadiness of life |
2 |
Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
recitation during sacrifice |
2 |
Bharata |
2 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
2 |
sacrifice and time |
2 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
2 |
against rivals |
2 |
Phonetics |
2 |
deities of the moon, nights |
2 |
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma |
2 |
Yama |
2 |
viṣuvat |
2 |
seasons |
2 |
ācamana |
2 |
caturviṃśa day |
2 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
2 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
2 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
2 |
Trita and his brothers |
2 |
Bṛhaspati |
2 |
Court |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
1 |
tānūnaptra |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
strophes used in sacrifice |
1 |
Landed property |
1 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
Vāmadeva |
1 |
Pracetas |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
1 |
death of a sacrificer |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
parivrājaka |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
divorce |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
daśapeya |
1 |
āptoryāman |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
Pūtanā |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
stomabhāga |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
Witness |
1 |
paramārtha |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
for success, authority |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
Bhṛgu |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
āgnīdhra priest |
1 |
childhood rites |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
Cattle as property |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
āgrayaṇa |
1 |
punishment for crime |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
odana |
1 |
atharvan priest |
1 |
missiles of Agni |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
1 |
manas |
1 |
Kaśyapa |
1 |
purification of gold |
1 |
criminal investigation |
1 |
Marutta |
1 |
punarabhiṣeka |
1 |
marman |
1 |
kṣetrajña |
1 |
brahmagavī |
1 |
ahaṃkāra |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
non-attachment |
1 |
embryology |
1 |
subrahmaṇyā |
1 |
India |
1 |
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 |
1 |
torture |
1 |
murder |
1 |
vāmadevya |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
brahmahatyā |
1 |
differences between women and men |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
People |
1 |
sad-asad, real and non-existent |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
Cities |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
havirdhāna |
1 |
dvadaśāha |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
cough, kāsa |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
arśas |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
bhasmasnāna, ashes |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |