Topic |
Frequency |
jātaka, avadāna |
234 |
Mahāyāna |
170 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
73 |
agnihotra |
70 |
Buddha's life |
47 |
Soma sacrifice |
40 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
37 |
Alchemy |
36 |
agnicayana |
34 |
agniṣṭoma |
33 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
33 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
30 |
pṛṣṭha |
28 |
sāman |
27 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
25 |
war |
24 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
23 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
22 |
prāyaścitta |
21 |
narrative literature |
20 |
dharma |
18 |
rājasūya |
18 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
17 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
17 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
16 |
brahmacarya |
16 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
14 |
ājya hymns |
14 |
linguistic speculation |
14 |
Trade |
13 |
mantra |
13 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
12 |
prauga śastra |
12 |
prāṇa etc. |
12 |
punarādheya |
12 |
Giving, dāna |
12 |
Mahābhārata |
11 |
Buddhism |
11 |
mahāvrata |
11 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
10 |
vājapeya |
10 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
10 |
ṣoḍaśin |
10 |
dīkṣā |
10 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
10 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
10 |
Law |
10 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
10 |
ekāha |
10 |
Rudra |
9 |
ṣaḍaha |
9 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
9 |
upāyakauśalya |
9 |
atirātra |
9 |
avadāna |
9 |
prātaḥsavana |
9 |
āśvina |
8 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
8 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
8 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
8 |
Merchants |
8 |
Brahmin |
8 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
7 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
7 |
Bṛhaspati |
7 |
Business law |
7 |
pravargya |
7 |
King, rājanīti |
7 |
snāna, bathing |
7 |
Medicine |
7 |
hunting |
6 |
uktha |
6 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
6 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
6 |
Bhakti |
6 |
(Im-)purity |
6 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
6 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
6 |
Politics |
6 |
sacrificial fire |
6 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
6 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
5 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
5 |
vrātya |
5 |
Grammar |
5 |
brahman priest |
5 |
purohita, house priest |
5 |
subrahmaṇyā |
5 |
missiles of Agni |
5 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
5 |
vāmadevya |
5 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
5 |
varṇas, castes |
5 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
5 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
5 |
Creation of the world |
5 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
4 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
4 |
Soma |
4 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
4 |
ukthya |
4 |
bricks |
4 |
botany, plants |
4 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
4 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
4 |
ahīna |
4 |
altar, vedi |
4 |
daśahotra |
4 |
brahmayajña |
4 |
sautrāmaṇī |
4 |
Sāṃkhya |
4 |
five mahāyajñas |
4 |
vyākaraṇa |
4 |
viṣṭuti |
4 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
4 |
alms, bhikṣā |
4 |
Genealogies |
4 |
Nyāya |
3 |
spoons |
3 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
3 |
rejuvenation |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
midday pavamāna |
3 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
gṛhastha, householder |
3 |
seasons |
3 |
Cyavana |
3 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
3 |
hathayoga |
3 |
vātavyādhi |
3 |
cow |
3 |
fable |
3 |
śunāsīrya |
3 |
ekādaśinī |
3 |
Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
3 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
2 |
vaśā |
2 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
2 |
immortality, amṛta |
2 |
āpyāyana |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
udgātṛ |
2 |
deities of the moon, nights |
2 |
āhavanīya |
2 |
punishment for crime |
2 |
prātaranuvāka |
2 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
2 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
vaiśvadeva |
2 |
pavitra, purifier |
2 |
against poison, venom |
2 |
Astronomy |
2 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa |
2 |
Varāha |
2 |
Tīrthas |
2 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
2 |
pātaka |
2 |
avatāras |
2 |
saṃsāra |
2 |
vrata |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
Cosmogony |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
2 |
Peace and war |
2 |
āpaddharma |
2 |
Witness |
2 |
Time |
2 |
marriage, wedding |
2 |
Women |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
2 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
2 |
advaita philosophy |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
Debt |
2 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
Yoga |
2 |
Dharmaśāstra |
2 |
Manu, manvantara |
2 |
śruti, Veda |
2 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
Poetology |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
ukhā |
1 |
Brideship and marriage |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
1 |
Prostitution |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
inundation |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
for political power |
1 |
Love |
1 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
1 |
Āpri hymn |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
1 |
Pūru |
1 |
virāj |
1 |
Manu Vaivasvata |
1 |
patnīvata |
1 |
divorce |
1 |
soma graha |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
somapariṇayana |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
placing the somakalaśa |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
dākṣāyaṇayajña |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
ātman |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
viṣuvat |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
children |
1 |
bali |
1 |
eldest brother |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
gāyatrī |
1 |
odana |
1 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
Agni |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
aponaptrīya |
1 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
1 |
for success, authority |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
worship of the Buddha |
1 |
Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
upanayana, initiation |
1 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
cāturmāsya |
1 |
ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
has the hide of man |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
prayāja |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
army |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
deluge, Manu |
1 |
arśas |
1 |
gulma |
1 |
vidradhi |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
plīhan |
1 |
udara |
1 |
dūrohaṇa |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
Śeṣa |
1 |