Topic |
Frequency |
Genealogies |
50 |
narrative literature |
40 |
Brideship and marriage |
36 |
marriage, wedding |
36 |
dharma |
35 |
Women |
31 |
Dharmaśāstra |
27 |
Mahābhārata |
24 |
fable |
21 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
19 |
King, rājanīti |
19 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
19 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
16 |
Buddha's life |
16 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
15 |
Asceticism, tapas |
13 |
Pulomā/an |
13 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
12 |
(Im-)purity |
11 |
dāna, giving |
11 |
gṛhastha, householder |
11 |
Dāruvana |
10 |
Sāṃkhya |
10 |
prāyaścitta |
10 |
Bhṛgu |
10 |
Law |
10 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
9 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
9 |
Kāmaśāstra |
9 |
varṇas, castes |
9 |
Buddhism |
9 |
Politics |
8 |
Peace and war |
8 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
8 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
8 |
āśrama |
7 |
vānaprastha |
7 |
Tīrthas |
6 |
Family law |
6 |
Lexicography |
6 |
Family |
6 |
eating, food, anna |
6 |
Bhakti |
5 |
yuga theory |
5 |
theft, stealing |
5 |
ghost, monster, demon |
5 |
Zoology |
5 |
subhāṣita |
5 |
bad behaviour |
5 |
saṃsāra |
5 |
botany, plants |
5 |
Agastya |
5 |
Criminal law |
5 |
Technique of Yoga |
4 |
jātaka, avadāna |
4 |
pātaka |
4 |
Kṛṣṇa |
4 |
punishment for crime |
4 |
prāṇa etc. |
4 |
Creation of the world |
4 |
avatāras |
4 |
saṃskāras |
4 |
vyavahāra |
4 |
Viśvāmitra |
4 |
Dakṣa |
4 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
Paraśurāma |
3 |
good behaviour |
3 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
3 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
3 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
Behaviour, politeness |
3 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
3 |
svarga, heaven |
3 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
3 |
sexuality |
3 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
3 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
3 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
3 |
Military science |
3 |
Witness |
3 |
Pradyumna |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
Widow |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
Māndhātṛ |
2 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
Prajāpati's children |
2 |
Balarāma |
2 |
children |
2 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
2 |
saṃnyāsa |
2 |
Nala and Damayantī |
2 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
2 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
āpaddharma |
2 |
ātman |
2 |
arghya |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
2 |
Tilottamā |
2 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
worship |
2 |
for the birth of sons |
2 |
Debt |
2 |
ukhā |
2 |
Mahāyāna |
2 |
divorce |
2 |
war |
2 |
Rāma(candra) |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
agnicayana |
2 |
sapiṇḍīkaraṇa |
1 |
spy, secret service, intelligence |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
upasad |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
Soma sacrifice |
1 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
Police |
1 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
Śiśupāla |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
daughter |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Professions |
1 |
Indra |
1 |
Love |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
Sleeping |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
Yoga |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
unsteadiness of life |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
eldest brother |
1 |
bali |
1 |
selling children, adoption |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
1 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
Palmistry |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
dīkṣā |
1 |
Giving, dāna |
1 |