Topic |
Frequency |
Alchemy |
118 |
botany, plants |
100 |
Medicine |
92 |
jātaka, avadāna |
72 |
narrative literature |
66 |
Mahāyāna |
60 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
53 |
Genealogies |
53 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
53 |
Bhakti |
45 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
41 |
Rudra |
39 |
war |
34 |
Tīrthas |
34 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
33 |
Indra |
33 |
Mahābhārata |
30 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
26 |
Agni |
25 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
24 |
dīkṣā |
23 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
22 |
marriage, wedding |
22 |
Buddhism |
21 |
Brideship and marriage |
21 |
Soma sacrifice |
20 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
19 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
18 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
18 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
17 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
17 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
16 |
Geography |
16 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
16 |
Buddha's life |
16 |
dvīpa |
15 |
Lexicography |
15 |
Politics |
14 |
rājasūya |
14 |
worship |
14 |
pravargya |
14 |
Viśve devāḥ |
13 |
dharma |
13 |
birth, pregnancy |
13 |
Dharmaśāstra |
13 |
Law |
12 |
Maruts |
12 |
India |
12 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
11 |
Soma |
11 |
Women |
11 |
śrāddha |
11 |
Grammar |
11 |
Military science |
10 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
9 |
altar, vedi |
9 |
Giving, dāna |
9 |
Astronomy |
9 |
upanayana, initiation |
8 |
Kalki(n) |
8 |
cow |
8 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
8 |
fever, jvara, takman |
8 |
Materia medica |
8 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
8 |
Dynasties |
8 |
Pregnancy |
7 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
7 |
Creation of the world |
7 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
7 |
anvaṣṭakya |
7 |
paridhi enclosings |
7 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
7 |
childhood rites |
6 |
sahasranāman |
6 |
agnihotra |
6 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
6 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
6 |
jātakarman |
6 |
sacrificial fire |
6 |
Religion and Philosophy |
6 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
6 |
Witness |
6 |
avatāras |
6 |
cātvāla |
6 |
(Im-)purity |
6 |
saṃskāras |
6 |
hole for the yūpa |
6 |
Manu, manvantara |
6 |
Cosmogony |
5 |
Aśvins |
5 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
5 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
5 |
agniṣṭoma |
5 |
Cosmography |
5 |
ghost, monster, demon |
5 |
Ordeal |
5 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
5 |
Kṛṣṇa |
5 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
5 |
Astrology |
5 |
Zoology |
5 |
āśrama |
5 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
5 |
piṇḍa |
5 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
5 |
Uṣas |
5 |
Debts and interest |
5 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
5 |
urinary diseases |
4 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
4 |
medhājanana |
4 |
good behaviour |
4 |
attacks Prajāpati |
4 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
4 |
sīmantonnayana |
4 |
senses, indriya |
4 |
Kaṃsa |
4 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
4 |
Prajāpati |
4 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
4 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
4 |
Varuṇa |
4 |
Noun derivation |
4 |
avadāna |
4 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
4 |
Māndhātṛ |
4 |
sāman |
4 |
śruti, Veda |
4 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
4 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
4 |
paśupati |
4 |
upāyakauśalya |
4 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
4 |
Moral literature |
4 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
4 |
agnyupasthāna |
4 |
dhanurveda |
4 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
4 |
Criminal law |
4 |
Family |
4 |
Time |
4 |
deluge, Manu |
3 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
3 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
3 |
Viśvāmitra |
3 |
for love, love charms |
3 |
water, rain |
3 |
varṇas, castes |
3 |
sexuality |
3 |
abhiṣeka |
3 |
Aditi |
3 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
3 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
3 |
cāturmāsya |
3 |
yuga theory |
3 |
inundation |
3 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
Administration |
3 |
rasāyana |
3 |
Yoga |
3 |
Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
kuṣṭha |
3 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
3 |
ṣaḍaha |
3 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
3 |
gṛhastha, householder |
3 |
King, rājanīti |
3 |
mahāvrata |
3 |
prāṇa etc. |
3 |
vājapeya |
3 |
Bṛhaspati |
2 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
2 |
against poison, venom |
2 |
Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
Sāṃkhya |
2 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
2 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
2 |
mantra |
2 |
Asceticism, tapas |
2 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
Śiśupāla |
2 |
consecration |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
playing dice |
2 |
brahmacarya |
2 |
Ṛbhus |
2 |
for the birth of sons |
2 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
for battle fury |
2 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
2 |
brahman |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
third pressing |
2 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
2 |
Behaviour, politeness |
2 |
aṣṭakā |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
bali |
2 |
Travel |
2 |
children |
2 |
ukhya |
2 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
Himālaya |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
hunting |
2 |
burnt by Śiva |
2 |
Śrīvidyā |
2 |
Burning of Kāma |
2 |
poison, antidotes |
2 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
2 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
Accents |
2 |
theft, stealing |
2 |
āhavanīya |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
Prophesy |
2 |
grahagrahaṇa |
2 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
2 |
Paraśurāma |
2 |
Poetology |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
2 |
caula |
2 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
Tilottamā |
2 |
arghya |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
vyavahāra |
2 |
creates fever |
1 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
1 |
ṛc |
1 |
Police |
1 |
criminal investigation |
1 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
1 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
torture |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
1 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
sun and sacrifice |
1 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
prayāja |
1 |
āpyāyana |
1 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
immortality, amṛta |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
Agni Jātavedas |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
anvārambhanīyā iṣṭi |
1 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
yajus verses |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
against bad luck |
1 |
pṛṣātaka |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
agnicayana |
1 |
punarādheya |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
brahmagavī |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
robbery |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
Nāga |
1 |
Brahmin |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
gambling |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
Gaṇeśa |
1 |
Language |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
raktapitta |
1 |
arśas |
1 |
Anti-social behaviour |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
Property |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
Nandin |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
hathayoga |
1 |
saṃnyāsa |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
prāyaścitta |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
Prostitution |
1 |
Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
Debt |
1 |
non-attachment |
1 |
Phonetics |
1 |
Anumati |
1 |
against rivals |
1 |
against sorcery |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
for luck in gambling |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
frogs |
1 |
for success in discussions |
1 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
1 |
for cattle, cows |
1 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
against (dangerous) animals |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
against bad weather |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
differences between women and men |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
Varāha |
1 |
Prajāpati's children |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
Pracetas |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
unsteadiness of life |
1 |
Māṇḍavya |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
daughter |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
paramārtha |
1 |
advaita philosophy |
1 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
1 |
systematics |
1 |
Balarāma |
1 |
nāndīmukha |
1 |