Topic |
Frequency |
Sacrifice, yajña |
31 |
marriage, wedding |
25 |
King, rājanīti |
19 |
brahman priest |
16 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
15 |
Agni |
15 |
priest, ṛtvij |
14 |
Brideship and marriage |
11 |
varṇas, castes |
10 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
10 |
agniṣṭoma |
10 |
Dharmaśāstra |
10 |
saṃskāras |
9 |
(Im-)purity |
9 |
arghya |
9 |
rājasūya |
8 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
8 |
Soma sacrifice |
8 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
8 |
dīkṣā |
8 |
errors in sacrifice |
8 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
8 |
Law |
8 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
7 |
gṛhastha, householder |
7 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
7 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
7 |
pravargya |
6 |
prāyaścitta |
6 |
vājapeya |
6 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
5 |
Business law |
5 |
śruti, Veda |
5 |
Tīrthas |
5 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
5 |
śrāddha |
5 |
Customs and taxes |
5 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
4 |
prayāja |
4 |
war |
4 |
daśahotra |
4 |
udgātṛ |
4 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
4 |
dharma |
4 |
worship |
3 |
general or default rules for the sacrifice |
3 |
Prajāpati |
3 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
3 |
dakṣiṇā |
3 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
3 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
3 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
3 |
vyavahāra |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
punarabhiṣeka |
3 |
eating, food, anna |
3 |
cow |
2 |
Soma |
2 |
Himālaya |
2 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
2 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
2 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
2 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
2 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
2 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
ṣaḍaha |
2 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
2 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
madhuparka |
2 |
upanayana, initiation |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
Astronomy |
2 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
2 |
Women |
2 |
theft, stealing |
2 |
Genealogies |
2 |
Indra |
2 |
Criminal law |
2 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
āśrama |
2 |
Time |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
Grammar |
2 |
aptoryāman |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
mahāvrata |
1 |
Alchemy |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
spoons |
1 |
punarādheya |
1 |
Witness |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
vaiśvadeva |
1 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
sautrāmaṇī |
1 |
udaka ritual |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
1 |
Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
maitrāvaruṇa |
1 |
āghāra |
1 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
āpyāyana |
1 |
saṃnyāsa |
1 |
yajus verses |
1 |
Marutta |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
Manu, manvantara |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Āpri hymn |
1 |
Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
Giving, dāna |
1 |
Minister |
1 |
Accents |
1 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
1 |
Cities |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
Property of Brahmins |
1 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
senses, indriya |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
deluge, Manu |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
agnihotra |
1 |
subrahmaṇyā |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
punishment for crime |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
ukthya |
1 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
cooking the animal |
1 |