Topic |
Frequency |
Alchemy |
236 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
199 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
169 |
Bhakti |
144 |
worship |
87 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
77 |
King, rājanīti |
67 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
53 |
dīkṣā |
52 |
mantra |
45 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
44 |
war |
43 |
narrative literature |
37 |
marriage, wedding |
34 |
Mahābhārata |
28 |
Minister |
25 |
Politics |
23 |
Brideship and marriage |
23 |
Dharmaśāstra |
22 |
pūjā |
22 |
snāna, bathing |
22 |
Medicine |
21 |
varṇas, castes |
21 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
20 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
19 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
19 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
18 |
Pregnancy |
18 |
śrāddha |
18 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
18 |
linguistic speculation |
17 |
dharma |
15 |
Śrīvidyā |
15 |
Grammar |
13 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
13 |
upanayana, initiation |
13 |
jātaka, avadāna |
13 |
(Im-)purity |
12 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
12 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
12 |
poison, antidotes |
11 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
11 |
saṃskāras |
11 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
10 |
vrata |
10 |
Mahāyāna |
10 |
Agriculture |
10 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
10 |
eating, food, anna |
10 |
āśrama |
9 |
karman doctrine |
9 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
9 |
prāyaścitta |
9 |
Agni |
8 |
yuga theory |
8 |
botany, plants |
8 |
Criminal law |
8 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
8 |
Rituals |
8 |
Buddha's life |
8 |
Astronomy |
8 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
7 |
senses, indriya |
7 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
7 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
7 |
Yoga |
7 |
puṃsavana |
6 |
spy, secret service, intelligence |
6 |
pravargya |
6 |
for love, love charms |
6 |
Military science |
6 |
Durgā |
6 |
Tīrthas |
6 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
6 |
midday pavamāna |
6 |
sattra |
6 |
kṛcchra |
6 |
āpaddharma |
6 |
Economy |
5 |
fable |
5 |
Peace and war |
5 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
5 |
against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
Giving, dāna |
5 |
Law |
5 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
5 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
5 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
5 |
brahman priest |
5 |
Atharvaveda |
4 |
Indra |
4 |
dhanurveda |
4 |
rasāyana |
4 |
āghāra |
4 |
sacrificial fire |
4 |
gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
garbharakṣaṇa |
4 |
samāvartana |
4 |
śravaṇākarman |
4 |
prāṇa etc. |
4 |
punishment for crime |
4 |
garbhādhāna |
4 |
Women |
4 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
4 |
godāna |
4 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
4 |
tulāpuruṣa |
4 |
Māndhātṛ |
3 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
3 |
pākayajña |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
3 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
3 |
against kṛtyās |
3 |
Genealogies |
3 |
punarādheya |
3 |
good behaviour |
3 |
ācamana |
3 |
Sāṃkhya |
3 |
Sleeping |
3 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
3 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
3 |
weapons, arms |
3 |
son, advantage of having sons |
3 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
3 |
Property of Brahmins |
3 |
agnihotra |
3 |
hathayoga |
3 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
3 |
bali |
3 |
sautrāmaṇī |
3 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
3 |
vānaprastha |
3 |
Dāruvana |
3 |
Asceticism, tapas |
3 |
svadharma |
3 |
mahāvrata |
3 |
agnicayana |
3 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
3 |
Buddhism |
3 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
2 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
2 |
unsteadiness of life |
2 |
rājasūya |
2 |
vyavahāra |
2 |
court live |
2 |
Lexicography |
2 |
bricks |
2 |
priest, ṛtvij |
2 |
agniṣṭoma |
2 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
2 |
for concord, harmony |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
Kāmaśāstra |
2 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
2 |
Maruts |
2 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
2 |
āgrayaṇa |
2 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
2 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
2 |
Soma sacrifice |
2 |
caula |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
śruti, Veda |
2 |
gold |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
2 |
subhāṣita |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
pātaka |
2 |
Debts and interest |
2 |
Witness |
2 |
Ordeal |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
āplavana |
2 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
2 |
Time |
2 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
2 |
general or default rules for the sacrifice |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
Poetology |
2 |
Aphrodisiacs |
2 |
Creation of the world |
2 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
2 |
piṇḍa |
2 |
Tāraka |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
Viśvāmitra |
2 |
saṃsāra |
2 |
Marutta |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
altar, vedi |
2 |
Reduplication |
2 |
Accents |
2 |
Cities |
2 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
2 |
for finding a husband |
2 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
vrātya |
1 |
vājapeya |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
spoons |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
paridhikarman |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
mantrasnāna |
1 |
samārohaṇa of the fire |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
āpyāyana |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
for political power |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
sapiṇḍīkaraṇa |
1 |
ābhyudayika |
1 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
1 |
gṛhya rituals |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
upasad |
1 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Soma |
1 |
alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
plīhan |
1 |
Methodology |
1 |
grahas |
1 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
udara |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
theft, stealing |
1 |
bhasmasnāna, ashes |
1 |
army |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
State finances |
1 |
Logic |
1 |
Tantrism |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
Love |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
Brahmin |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
Vāstoṣpati |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
Ṛbhus |
1 |
Rudra |
1 |
Uṣas |
1 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
Mitra |
1 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
Police |
1 |
odana |
1 |
atharvan priest |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
Varuṇa |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
Devala and Asita |
1 |
Phonetics |
1 |
selling children, adoption |
1 |
children |
1 |
sāman |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
Yama |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |