Topic |
Frequency |
jātaka, avadāna |
113 |
Mahāyāna |
75 |
Indra |
45 |
Soma |
33 |
war |
33 |
Geography |
28 |
narrative literature |
23 |
agnicayana |
21 |
agniṣṭoma |
19 |
Aśvins |
18 |
Cosmogony |
18 |
Buddha's life |
16 |
Tīrthas |
16 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
15 |
Soma sacrifice |
15 |
Agni |
14 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
14 |
Genealogies |
12 |
Bhakti |
12 |
water, rain |
12 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
11 |
India |
11 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
11 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
11 |
fable |
10 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
10 |
pravargya |
10 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
10 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
9 |
Alchemy |
9 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
8 |
Creation of the world |
8 |
āhavanīya |
8 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
8 |
agnihotra |
8 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
8 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
8 |
Viśve devāḥ |
8 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
8 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
7 |
cow |
7 |
Paraśurāma |
7 |
Maruts |
7 |
Matsyāvatāra |
7 |
Kaśyapa |
7 |
Agriculture |
6 |
Mahābhārata |
6 |
Cosmography |
6 |
Astronomy |
6 |
immortality, amṛta |
6 |
vaśā |
6 |
dharma |
6 |
Dharmaśāstra |
6 |
udgātṛ |
5 |
Kṛṣṇa |
5 |
priest, ṛtvij |
5 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
5 |
sāman |
5 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
5 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
5 |
dvīpa |
5 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
5 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
5 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
5 |
Varuṇa |
5 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
5 |
for political power |
5 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
5 |
marriage, wedding |
5 |
(Im-)purity |
5 |
Buddhism |
5 |
inundation |
5 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
5 |
mahāvrata |
4 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
4 |
sacrificial horse |
4 |
Pracetas |
4 |
avatāras |
4 |
Manu, manvantara |
4 |
sacrificial fire |
4 |
nakṣatras |
4 |
Himālaya |
4 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
4 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
4 |
Devala and Asita |
4 |
āśrama |
4 |
Brahmin |
4 |
sahasranāman |
4 |
Purāṇa |
4 |
Asceticism, tapas |
4 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
4 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
4 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
3 |
brahmacarya |
3 |
against anger, wrath, fury |
3 |
amulets |
3 |
Viśvāmitra |
3 |
Gandharva |
3 |
vyavahāra |
3 |
prāyaścitta |
3 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
3 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
3 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
3 |
Poetology |
3 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
3 |
Tripura |
3 |
pūjā |
3 |
worship |
3 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
3 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
3 |
altar, vedi |
3 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
Religion and Philosophy |
3 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
3 |
Apsaras |
3 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
Brideship and marriage |
3 |
śruti, Veda |
3 |
chandoma |
3 |
Vasiṣṭha |
3 |
Ṛbhus |
2 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
2 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
āsrāva |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
Vena |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
2 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
2 |
ukhya |
2 |
pavitra, purifier |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
avadāna |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
deluge, Manu |
2 |
medhājanana |
2 |
sattra |
2 |
bricks |
2 |
odana |
2 |
crossing water |
2 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
2 |
dogs |
2 |
for water and rain |
2 |
yajus verses |
2 |
putting to sleep |
2 |
arghya |
2 |
āpyāyana |
2 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
2 |
against bad omina and presigns |
2 |
Manu Vaivasvata |
2 |
subhāṣita |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
Politics |
2 |
King, rājanīti |
2 |
Sāṃkhya |
2 |
Vṛtra |
2 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
2 |
friendship |
2 |
Pregnancy |
2 |
Vaiśeṣika |
2 |
army |
2 |
Sleeping |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
bali |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
śrāddha |
2 |
Medicine |
2 |
human meat, cannibalism |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
Yoga |
2 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
2 |
botany, plants |
2 |
Pradyumna |
2 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
1 |
soṣyantīsavana |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
upanayana, initiation |
1 |
aupāsana |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
āgrayaṇa |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Yakṣī, Yakṣa |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
divine waters, āpaḥ |
1 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
mantra |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
upayāja |
1 |
iḍā |
1 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
maṇikāvadhāna, placing the maṇika |
1 |
Time |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
ekāha |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
against natural disasters |
1 |
earthquake |
1 |
for prestige, influence |
1 |
dāna, giving |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
Prajāpati |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
destruction of Dvārakā |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
Vāstoṣpati |
1 |
Nahuṣa |
1 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
Balarāma |
1 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
meteorology, weather |
1 |
River deities |
1 |
Uṣas |
1 |
Rudra |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
for cattle, cows |
1 |
Giving, dāna |
1 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
Prophesy |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
Palmistry |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
consecration |
1 |
rājasūya |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
cough, kāsa |
1 |
atisāra, flux, diarrhea |
1 |
urinary diseases |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
dama |
1 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
manas |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
against bad weather |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
ātman |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
against fire, incendy |
1 |
Agni in the water |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
Bharata |
1 |