Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
827 |
Agni |
546 |
Soma |
274 |
Aśvins |
256 |
Viśve devāḥ |
183 |
Soma sacrifice |
155 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
128 |
Maruts |
121 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
96 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
94 |
Varuṇa |
92 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
75 |
marriage, wedding |
65 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
65 |
Mitra |
64 |
Grammar |
63 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
63 |
agnicayana |
60 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
60 |
Uṣas |
56 |
prāyaścitta |
56 |
agniṣṭoma |
56 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
55 |
Brideship and marriage |
54 |
upanayana, initiation |
54 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
52 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
52 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
50 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
48 |
mahāvrata |
48 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
45 |
ṣaḍaha |
42 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
41 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
41 |
birth, pregnancy |
41 |
water, rain |
38 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
36 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
35 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
32 |
rājasūya |
30 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
30 |
for political power |
29 |
ekāha |
29 |
Āpri hymn |
28 |
vājapeya |
28 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
28 |
pravargya |
27 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
27 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
26 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
26 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
26 |
agnihotra |
25 |
against sorcery |
24 |
cow |
24 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
23 |
Bṛhaspati |
23 |
pregnancy |
23 |
Pūṣan |
23 |
for success, authority |
23 |
chandoma |
22 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
21 |
Police |
20 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
20 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
19 |
punarādheya |
19 |
atirātra |
18 |
Ṛbhus |
18 |
raising the yūpa |
18 |
(Im-)purity |
18 |
for love, love charms |
18 |
dīkṣā |
18 |
manas |
18 |
vrata |
17 |
for cattle, cows |
17 |
Rudra |
17 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
17 |
abhiplava |
16 |
stotriyavikāra |
16 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
15 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
15 |
vrātya |
14 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
14 |
sexuality |
14 |
āhavanīya |
14 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
14 |
ukhya |
14 |
vaśā |
13 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
13 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
13 |
sattra |
13 |
brahman priest |
13 |
saṃskāras |
13 |
upasad |
13 |
Ādityas |
13 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
12 |
śrāddha |
12 |
ukthya |
12 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
12 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
12 |
against death, Nirṛti |
11 |
against rivals |
11 |
Vṛtra |
11 |
sava |
11 |
śūlagava |
11 |
uktha |
11 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
11 |
prāṇa etc. |
11 |
sāman |
11 |
Mahābhārata |
11 |
prātaranuvāka |
11 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
10 |
amulets |
10 |
against bad omina and presigns |
10 |
errors in sacrifice |
10 |
daśahotra |
10 |
godāna |
10 |
prayāja |
10 |
sacrificial fire |
10 |
consecration |
9 |
bali |
9 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
9 |
for battle fury |
9 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
9 |
for a king |
9 |
altar, vedi |
9 |
Yama |
9 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
9 |
for the birth of sons |
9 |
long live, āyus |
9 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
9 |
sorcery |
9 |
āśrama |
9 |
mahābhiṣeka |
9 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
9 |
sutyā |
9 |
brahmacarya |
9 |
midday pavamāna |
8 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
8 |
King, rājanīti |
8 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
8 |
apavargya |
8 |
mantra |
8 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
8 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
8 |
prātaḥsavana |
8 |
agnyupasthāna |
7 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
7 |
kṛcchra |
7 |
pṛṣṭha |
7 |
River deities |
7 |
aponaptrīya |
7 |
against serpents, snakebites |
7 |
Materia medica |
7 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
7 |
grahagrahaṇa |
7 |
travelling, making a journey |
7 |
sīmantonnayana |
7 |
puṃsavana |
7 |
ṣoḍaśin |
7 |
cāturmāsya |
7 |
for potency |
6 |
Apsaras |
6 |
Aditi |
6 |
against evil |
6 |
dānastuti |
6 |
eating, food, anna |
6 |
Medicine |
6 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
6 |
Yoga |
6 |
svaru |
6 |
arghya |
6 |
varṇas, castes |
6 |
ekāṣṭakā |
6 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
6 |
Bhakti |
6 |
snāna, bathing |
6 |
war |
6 |
samāvartana |
6 |
ātman |
6 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
6 |
Pārvatī |
6 |
Kṣatriya |
6 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
6 |
alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
for sufficient food |
5 |
for prestige, influence |
5 |
śravaṇākarman |
5 |
priest, ṛtvij |
5 |
cātvāla |
5 |
udaka ritual |
5 |
āptoryāman |
5 |
arrow |
5 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
5 |
anatomy, human body |
5 |
Kaśyapa |
5 |
Astronomy |
5 |
Gandharva |
5 |
Accents |
5 |
dakṣiṇā |
5 |
Viśvāmitra |
5 |
gambling |
5 |
Trita and his brothers |
5 |
Time |
5 |
dharma |
5 |
Brahmin |
5 |
Genealogies |
5 |
ghost, monster, demon |
5 |
Asceticism, tapas |
5 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
5 |
good behaviour |
5 |
Reduplication |
5 |
Therapy |
4 |
caturviṃśa day |
4 |
odanasava |
4 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
4 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
4 |
māsiśrāddha |
4 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
4 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
4 |
Zoology |
4 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
4 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
4 |
jātakarman |
4 |
aṣṭakā |
4 |
Criminal law |
4 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
4 |
aptoryāman |
4 |
sautrāmaṇī |
4 |
ācamana |
4 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
4 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
4 |
paridhi enclosings |
4 |
against poison, venom |
4 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
4 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
4 |
deities of the moon, nights |
4 |
bṛhaspatisava |
4 |
Agriculture |
3 |
strophes used in sacrifice |
3 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
3 |
bricks |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
3 |
Dharmaśāstra |
3 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
3 |
poison, antidotes |
3 |
odana |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
purohita, house priest |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
Palmistry |
3 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
3 |
vānaprastha |
3 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
3 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
3 |
rebirth, transmigration |
3 |
brahman |
3 |
stotriyā |
3 |
for water and rain |
3 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
3 |
udgītha |
3 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
3 |
nakṣatras |
3 |
Buddha's life |
3 |
trirātra |
3 |
ājya hymns |
3 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
3 |
āpyāyana |
3 |
Women |
3 |
linguistic speculation |
3 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
3 |
praṇayana |
3 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
3 |
botany, plants |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
3 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
against kṛtyās |
2 |
Geography |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
riddle hymns |
2 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
Ordeal |
2 |
Politics |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
Sleeping |
2 |
ṛc |
2 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
2 |
spoons |
2 |
against natural disasters |
2 |
ukhā |
2 |
against wounds |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
2 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
yajus verses |
2 |
sadas |
2 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
2 |
āgrayaṇa |
2 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
2 |
Nature poetry |
2 |
death of a sacrificer |
2 |
kṣatra and brahman |
2 |
Noun derivation |
2 |
Vala myth |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
Kāma |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
Sarasvat |
2 |
measuring the vedi, vedivimāna |
2 |
vāṇa |
2 |
nāndīmukha |
2 |
hunting |
2 |
for success in discussions |
2 |
sūtasava |
2 |
agnīṣomīya |
2 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
2 |
war drum |
2 |
Saṃjñā and Vivasvant |
2 |
horses |
2 |
chastity |
2 |
leprosy, kilāsa |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
sthapatisava |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
ātithyeṣṭi |
2 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
2 |
Bhaga |
2 |
ahīna |
2 |
playing dice |
2 |
Parjanya, rain |
2 |
putting to sleep |
2 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
2 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
2 |
agnihotrī |
2 |
for luck in gambling |
2 |
skin diseases |
2 |
ājyatantra |
2 |
paridhikarman |
2 |
somapariṇayana |
2 |
Tārkṣya |
2 |
dikpālas, guardians of the quarters |
2 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
2 |
Amāvāsyā |
2 |
gosava |
2 |
dvadaśāha |
2 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
2 |
indramahotsava |
1 |
Alchemy |
1 |
pṛṣātaka |
1 |
Military science |
1 |
agricultural rites |
1 |
virāj |
1 |
pṛthisava |
1 |
somasava |
1 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
1 |
aghamarṣaṇa |
1 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
atyagniṣṭoma |
1 |
Sāṃkhya |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
droṇakalaśa |
1 |
āghāra |
1 |
narrative literature |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
soṣyantīsavana |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
soma graha |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
maitrāvaruṇa |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
bṛhatī |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
kaukilī |
1 |
producing surā |
1 |
Tīrthas |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
vapāhoma |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
for hair, against palita etc. |
1 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
Anumati |
1 |
nivid |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
saṃsāra |
1 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
children |
1 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
1 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
Syntax |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
fable |
1 |
seasons |
1 |
punishment for crime |
1 |
Agni in the water |
1 |
gold |
1 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
high position of Brahmins |
1 |
Aryaman |
1 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
1 |
Prajāpati |
1 |
Vāstoṣpati |
1 |
jātaka, avadāna |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
Vācaspati |
1 |
Property of Brahmins |
1 |
against jealousy |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
against curses |
1 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
for victory in battle |
1 |
kuṣṭha |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
Mahāyāna |
1 |
Deities and cults |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
1 |
Poetology |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
madhuparka |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
Creation of the world |
1 |
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
1 |
earthquake |
1 |
eclipse |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
brahmagavī |
1 |
purification of gold |
1 |
kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
1 |
āvāpa, insertion |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
grahas |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
Prophesy |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
Giving, dāna |
1 |
Logic |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
worship |
1 |
has the hide of man |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
raurava |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
indrastut |
1 |