Topic |
Frequency |
war |
154 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
139 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
123 |
Medicine |
96 |
ātman |
93 |
Bhakti |
80 |
botany, plants |
69 |
King, rājanīti |
67 |
Sāṃkhya |
63 |
Yoga |
61 |
dharma |
56 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
52 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
52 |
karman doctrine |
50 |
Creation of the world |
47 |
Cosmogony |
47 |
Dharmaśāstra |
46 |
Alchemy |
46 |
good behaviour |
42 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
42 |
Genealogies |
39 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
38 |
Mahābhārata |
37 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
35 |
varṇas, castes |
32 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
32 |
saṃsāra |
32 |
Senses and world |
31 |
Asceticism, tapas |
30 |
Time |
28 |
saṃnyāsa |
28 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
27 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
27 |
brahman |
27 |
Giving, dāna |
26 |
senses, indriya |
26 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
25 |
rebirth, transmigration |
24 |
Kṣatriya |
23 |
sahasranāman |
22 |
āśrama |
21 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
20 |
jātaka, avadāna |
19 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
19 |
Politics |
19 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
18 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
18 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
18 |
vānaprastha |
18 |
Tīrthas |
18 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
18 |
triguṇa |
17 |
Brahmin |
17 |
Astronomy |
17 |
dāna, giving |
17 |
Buddha's life |
17 |
Cosmology |
15 |
(Im-)purity |
15 |
marriage, wedding |
15 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
14 |
eating, food, anna |
14 |
bali |
14 |
prāyaścitta |
14 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
13 |
manas |
13 |
narrative literature |
13 |
Rudra |
13 |
prāṇa etc. |
13 |
Skanda |
12 |
gṛhastha, householder |
12 |
Cosmography |
12 |
Himālaya |
12 |
Geography |
12 |
mahāvrata |
12 |
Mahāyāna |
12 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
12 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
12 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
12 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
11 |
cow |
11 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
11 |
Brideship and marriage |
11 |
fever, jvara, takman |
11 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
11 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
11 |
creates fever |
11 |
Law |
11 |
worship |
10 |
bad behaviour |
10 |
dīkṣā |
10 |
vaiśvadeva |
10 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
10 |
Brahmā |
10 |
Nyāya |
9 |
mantra |
9 |
pūjā |
9 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
9 |
Buddhism |
9 |
altar, vedi |
9 |
yuga theory |
9 |
unsteadiness of life |
9 |
Soma sacrifice |
8 |
fable |
8 |
third eye |
8 |
vrata |
8 |
poverty, renunciation |
8 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
8 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
8 |
Behaviour, politeness |
8 |
weapons, arms |
8 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
8 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
7 |
Women |
7 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
7 |
ahaṃkāra |
7 |
mankind |
7 |
agnihotra |
7 |
Customs and taxes |
7 |
theft, stealing |
7 |
sarvamedha |
7 |
Structure of the world |
7 |
Ordeal |
7 |
gold |
6 |
Śvetadvīpa |
6 |
kṣetrajña |
6 |
poison, antidotes |
6 |
army |
6 |
life, jīva |
6 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
6 |
nirukti |
6 |
Tāraka |
6 |
Pārvatī |
6 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
6 |
Lexicography |
6 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
6 |
consecration |
6 |
agnicayana |
6 |
dama |
5 |
Religion and Philosophy |
5 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
5 |
inundation |
5 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
5 |
Marutta |
5 |
parivrājaka |
5 |
avatāras |
5 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
5 |
paridhi enclosings |
5 |
Yogācāra |
5 |
Agni |
5 |
Kirātārjunīya |
5 |
śrāddha |
5 |
Paraśurāma |
5 |
Kaṃsa |
5 |
Military science |
5 |
mekhalābandhana |
5 |
subhāṣita |
5 |
snāna, bathing |
5 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
4 |
Varāha |
4 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
4 |
Devala and Asita |
4 |
fighting |
4 |
against rivals |
4 |
Grammar |
4 |
Prajāpati's children |
4 |
for a king |
4 |
Witness |
4 |
Śrīvidyā |
4 |
Dāruvana |
4 |
praṇayana |
4 |
upanayana, initiation |
4 |
meteorology, weather |
4 |
Bharata |
4 |
birth, pregnancy |
4 |
Manu, manvantara |
4 |
śruti, Veda |
4 |
five mahāyajñas |
4 |
godāna |
4 |
Tripura |
4 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
4 |
pātaka |
4 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
4 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
4 |
Kṛṣṇa |
4 |
Rituals |
4 |
Indra |
4 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
4 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
all-unity |
3 |
Nandin |
3 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
3 |
āpaddharma |
3 |
Durgā |
3 |
Tilottamā |
3 |
Andhaka |
3 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
3 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
3 |
Materia medica |
3 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
3 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
3 |
agniṣṭoma |
3 |
ekāha |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
3 |
Stories |
3 |
calmness of mind |
3 |
Moral literature |
3 |
rājasūya |
3 |
nāndīmukha |
3 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
3 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
3 |
Debts and interest |
3 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
3 |
Pregnancy |
3 |
kālacakra |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
3 |
Criminal law |
3 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
3 |
Technique of Yoga |
3 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
2 |
prevention |
2 |
riddle hymns |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
Raji |
2 |
priest, ṛtvij |
2 |
for fame, glory |
2 |
pravargya |
2 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
vrātya |
2 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
2 |
āgrayaṇa |
2 |
vaśā |
2 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
against sorcery |
2 |
dikpālas, guardians of the quarters |
2 |
ācamana |
2 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
2 |
punishment for crime |
2 |
udgītha |
2 |
stepping on the stone |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
Peace and war |
2 |
rasāyana |
2 |
digestion |
2 |
Logic |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
marman |
2 |
dhanurveda |
2 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
2 |
India |
2 |
vāmadevya |
2 |
pṛṣṭha |
2 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
Property of Brahmins |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
vyavahāra |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
Pracetas |
2 |
sāman |
2 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
2 |
process, jurisdiction |
2 |
Vena |
2 |
śūlagava |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
svādhyāya |
2 |
ṣaṣṭhī |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
1 |
Saṃjñā and Vivasvant |
1 |
immortality, amṛta |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
vājapeya |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
cāturmāsya |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
1 |
madhuparka |
1 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
1 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
1 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
hunting |
1 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
People |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
lobha, greed |
1 |
burnt by Śiva |
1 |
Burning of Kāma |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
State finances |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
Accents |
1 |
Minister |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
Nahuṣa |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
Poetology |
1 |
Debt |
1 |
Therapy |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
Family |
1 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
against bad luck |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
gāyatrī |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
prauga śastra |
1 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
worship of the Buddha |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Prajāpati |
1 |
Bhṛgu |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
Soma |
1 |
Pūtanā |
1 |
advaita philosophy |
1 |
paramārtha |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
human meat, cannibalism |
1 |
Kubera |
1 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
svadharma |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
Pūru |
1 |