Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
250 |
agniṣṭoma |
211 |
Soma sacrifice |
166 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
157 |
Agni |
146 |
agnihotra |
131 |
dīkṣā |
130 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
127 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
121 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
116 |
rājasūya |
108 |
prāyaścitta |
98 |
agnicayana |
96 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
96 |
sāman |
87 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
86 |
mahāvrata |
81 |
Aśvins |
73 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
69 |
ukhā |
61 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
56 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
55 |
vājapeya |
50 |
Viśve devāḥ |
49 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
48 |
pravargya |
47 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
46 |
ṣaḍaha |
45 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
44 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
44 |
Soma |
43 |
sacrificial fire |
43 |
Grammar |
43 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
42 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
42 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
40 |
prāṇa etc. |
39 |
spoons |
39 |
vaśā |
39 |
cow |
36 |
nakṣatras |
36 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
36 |
Varuṇa |
35 |
pṛṣṭha |
35 |
ekāha |
35 |
altar, vedi |
33 |
chandoma |
31 |
Maruts |
30 |
atirātra |
30 |
marriage, wedding |
30 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
28 |
Brideship and marriage |
27 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
26 |
ātman |
25 |
uktha |
24 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
24 |
Uṣas |
23 |
vrata |
23 |
prayāja |
23 |
ahīna |
23 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
22 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
22 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
21 |
ṣoḍaśin |
21 |
avadāna |
21 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
20 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
20 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
20 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
19 |
bricks |
19 |
midday pavamāna |
19 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
19 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
19 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
19 |
cāturmāsya |
19 |
Mitra |
18 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
18 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
18 |
sautrāmaṇī |
18 |
for love, love charms |
17 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
17 |
punarādheya |
16 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
16 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
16 |
Prajāpati |
16 |
against poison, venom |
15 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
15 |
sākamedha |
15 |
has the hide of man |
15 |
udgātṛ |
15 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
15 |
raising the yūpa |
15 |
virāj |
15 |
paridhi enclosings |
14 |
mahābhiṣeka |
14 |
āpyāyana |
14 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
14 |
Rudra |
13 |
linguistic speculation |
13 |
Creation of the world |
13 |
Bṛhaspati |
13 |
gāyatrī |
13 |
āhavanīya |
12 |
against sorcery |
12 |
samiṣṭayajus |
12 |
Pūṣan |
12 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
12 |
sexuality |
12 |
ukhya |
11 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
11 |
vaiśvadeva |
11 |
śruti, Veda |
11 |
agnihotrī |
10 |
ukthya |
10 |
ājya hymns |
10 |
anatomy, human body |
10 |
amulets |
10 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
10 |
udgītha |
10 |
upākaraṇa |
10 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
9 |
brahman priest |
9 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
9 |
long live, āyus |
9 |
for success, authority |
9 |
punarabhiṣeka |
9 |
agnyupasthāna |
9 |
upasad |
9 |
water, rain |
9 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
9 |
deluge, Manu |
8 |
prātaḥsavana |
8 |
daśahotra |
8 |
svaru |
8 |
stotriyavikāra |
8 |
Materia medica |
8 |
Manu, manvantara |
8 |
vapāhoma |
8 |
Yama |
8 |
prātaranuvāka |
8 |
Āpri hymn |
8 |
vāstuśamana |
8 |
cātvāla |
8 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
8 |
āśvina |
8 |
dāna, giving |
7 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
7 |
against serpents, snakebites |
7 |
Ṛbhus |
7 |
eating, food, anna |
7 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
7 |
immortality, amṛta |
7 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
7 |
brahman |
7 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
7 |
against bad omina and presigns |
7 |
poison, antidotes |
7 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
7 |
sun and sacrifice |
7 |
diseases |
6 |
religious speculation, mystic |
6 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
6 |
fever, jvara, takman |
6 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
6 |
errors in sacrifice |
6 |
sattra |
6 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
6 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
6 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
6 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
6 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
6 |
dakṣiṇā |
6 |
Vṛtra |
6 |
against evil |
6 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
6 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
6 |
aponaptrīya |
6 |
āptoryāman |
6 |
upanayana, initiation |
6 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
5 |
raurava |
5 |
takman |
5 |
mantra |
5 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
5 |
havirdhāna |
5 |
pākayajña |
5 |
for potency |
5 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
5 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
5 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
5 |
Śunaḥśepa |
5 |
Apsaras |
5 |
varṇas, castes |
5 |
ekādaśinī |
5 |
Nirṛti |
5 |
riddle hymns |
5 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
4 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
4 |
year |
4 |
attacks Prajāpati |
4 |
paśupati |
4 |
Medicine |
4 |
keśavapaṇīya |
4 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
4 |
Bhakti |
4 |
aṣṭakā |
4 |
good behaviour |
4 |
Aditi |
4 |
Parjanya, rain |
4 |
Yoga |
4 |
Gandharva |
4 |
āsrāva |
4 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
4 |
birth, pregnancy |
4 |
(Im-)purity |
4 |
sadas |
4 |
anvārambhana |
4 |
jaundice |
4 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
4 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
4 |
apavargya |
4 |
rebirth, transmigration |
4 |
pavitra, purifier |
4 |
Aryaman |
4 |
āgrayaṇa |
4 |
against death, Nirṛti |
4 |
kṣatra and brahman |
4 |
arrow |
4 |
rejuvenation |
3 |
Love |
3 |
godāna |
3 |
consent of the animal |
3 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
3 |
Cyavana |
3 |
Genealogies |
3 |
ṛc |
3 |
aptoryāman |
3 |
arghya |
3 |
āghāra |
3 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
3 |
seasons |
3 |
kṛcchra |
3 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
3 |
Kṣatriya |
3 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
3 |
prauga śastra |
3 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
3 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
3 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
3 |
viṣuvat |
3 |
childhood rites |
3 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
3 |
Ādityas |
3 |
friendship |
3 |
consecration |
3 |
Accents |
3 |
Reduplication |
3 |
for the birth of sons |
3 |
against rivals |
3 |
children |
3 |
Agastya |
3 |
dānastuti |
3 |
Apālā |
3 |
origin of the sacrifice |
3 |
saṃsāra |
3 |
for cattle, cows |
3 |
chastity |
2 |
leprosy, kilāsa |
2 |
haviryajña |
2 |
kṣaya, rājayakṣman |
2 |
against jealousy |
2 |
jātaka, avadāna |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
high position of Brahmins |
2 |
ādityadarśana |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
travelling, making a journey |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
saṃdhistotra, sandhistotra |
2 |
reaching svarga |
2 |
Trita and his brothers |
2 |
Noun derivation |
2 |
Viśvakarman |
2 |
upāyakauśalya |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
meteor, ulkā |
2 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
2 |
King, rājanīti |
2 |
sorcery |
2 |
ghost, monster, demon |
2 |
grahagrahaṇa |
2 |
śunāsīrya |
2 |
āśrama |
2 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
against possession |
2 |
sacrifice and time |
2 |
Kaśyapa |
2 |
for sufficient food |
2 |
son, advantage of having sons |
2 |
śrāddha |
2 |
sava |
2 |
puṃsavana |
2 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
2 |
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 |
2 |
dūrohaṇa |
2 |
Mahāyāna |
2 |
for fame, glory |
2 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
saṃpradāna |
2 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
2 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
vrātya |
2 |
Trade |
2 |
priest, ṛtvij |
2 |
five mahāyajñas |
2 |
fracture, broken bone |
2 |
yakṣma |
2 |
against sins, misdeeds |
2 |
dākṣāyaṇayajña |
2 |
anunirvāpyā |
2 |
Pregnancy |
2 |
brahmodya |
2 |
Language |
2 |
for hair, against palita etc. |
2 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
2 |
for impotency |
2 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
2 |
milk |
2 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
2 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
2 |
placing the somakalaśa |
1 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
1 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
1 |
atyagniṣṭoma |
1 |
avāntaradīkṣā |
1 |
gotamastoma |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
against headache |
1 |
sarvamedha |
1 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
1 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
1 |
soma graha |
1 |
nirukti |
1 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
āgnīdhra priest |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
alcohol |
1 |
bṛhatī |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
haviṣpaṅkti |
1 |
yajus verses |
1 |
bali |
1 |
pṛṣātaka |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
āvāpa, insertion |
1 |
subrahmaṇyā |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
against fever |
1 |
Tārkṣya |
1 |
Amāvāsyā |
1 |
caturviṃśa day |
1 |
Cosmography |
1 |
nivid |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
Anumati |
1 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
atisāra, flux, diarrhea |
1 |
vālakhilyā |
1 |
River deities |
1 |
Bhṛgu |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
1 |
manas |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
1 |
kuṣṭha |
1 |
vyāhṛtis |
1 |
Syntax |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
skin diseases |
1 |
alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
vihāra, transposition |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
death of a sacrificer |
1 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
against kṛtyās |
1 |
weaving |
1 |
against scorpions |
1 |
Sāṃkhya |
1 |
dharma |
1 |
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice |
1 |
Buddha's life |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
Law |
1 |
Women |
1 |
Therapy |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
21-fold, ekaviṃśa |
1 |
space, ākāśa |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
ājyabhāga |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |