Topic |
Frequency |
agnicayana |
209 |
Soma sacrifice |
115 |
agniṣṭoma |
109 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
108 |
Grammar |
92 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
74 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
61 |
mahāvrata |
53 |
pravargya |
52 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
51 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
47 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
46 |
altar, vedi |
45 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
42 |
agnihotra |
40 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
33 |
ṣoḍaśin |
29 |
ukhā |
27 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
26 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
24 |
ṣaḍaha |
22 |
Noun derivation |
21 |
Creation of the world |
20 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
20 |
sāman |
20 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
18 |
rājasūya |
17 |
atirātra |
17 |
prāyaścitta |
17 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
15 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
15 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
14 |
ukhya |
14 |
Accents |
14 |
dīkṣā |
13 |
pṛṣṭha |
13 |
prātaranuvāka |
13 |
vājapeya |
13 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
13 |
varṇas, castes |
12 |
Prajāpati |
12 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
12 |
spoons |
12 |
Kṣatriya |
12 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
12 |
mahābhiṣeka |
12 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
12 |
yajus verses |
11 |
vaśā |
11 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
11 |
Reduplication |
11 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
10 |
sacrifice and time |
10 |
sacrificial fire |
10 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
10 |
āhavanīya |
10 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
10 |
agnyupasthāna |
10 |
Bhakti |
9 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
9 |
Alchemy |
9 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
9 |
Indra |
9 |
Yama |
9 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
8 |
ahīna |
8 |
chandoma |
8 |
Atharvaveda |
7 |
priest, ṛtvij |
7 |
origin of the sacrifice |
7 |
punarādheya |
7 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
7 |
linguistic speculation |
6 |
stotriyā |
6 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
6 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
6 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
5 |
brahman priest |
5 |
śruti, Veda |
5 |
sattra |
5 |
gṛhastha, householder |
5 |
recitation during sacrifice |
5 |
sautrāmaṇī |
5 |
(Im-)purity |
5 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
5 |
Syntax |
5 |
uktha |
5 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
5 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
5 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
5 |
year |
4 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
4 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
4 |
udgītha |
4 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
4 |
svādhyāya |
4 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
4 |
saṃdhistotra, sandhistotra |
4 |
Poetology |
4 |
ājya hymns |
4 |
sava |
4 |
high position of Brahmins |
4 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
4 |
udgātṛ |
4 |
Phonetics |
4 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
4 |
placing the somakalaśa |
4 |
vaiśvadeva |
4 |
dāna, giving |
4 |
madhuparka |
4 |
midday pavamāna |
3 |
riddle hymns |
3 |
upākaraṇa |
3 |
aupāsana |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
sāvitrī |
3 |
āśvina |
3 |
caturviṃśa day |
3 |
ekāha |
3 |
upasad |
3 |
five mahāyajñas |
3 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
3 |
droṇakalaśa |
3 |
upanayana, initiation |
3 |
brahmodya |
3 |
Astronomy |
3 |
gāyatrī |
3 |
Sāṃkhya |
3 |
Agni |
3 |
vrata |
3 |
prāṇa etc. |
3 |
Viśve devāḥ |
3 |
avatāras |
3 |
marriage, wedding |
3 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
3 |
cow |
3 |
against bad omina and presigns |
3 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
nivid |
3 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
3 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
theft, stealing |
2 |
good behaviour |
2 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
adhrigupraiṣa |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
Language |
2 |
Mahāyāna |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
2 |
Time |
2 |
karman doctrine |
2 |
daśahotra |
2 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
bṛhatī |
2 |
Dharmaśāstra |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
2 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
2 |
bali |
2 |
Soma |
2 |
meteorology, weather |
2 |
Agni's bodies |
2 |
Vāmadeva |
2 |
anatomy, human body |
2 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
2 |
dvadaśāha |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
Law |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
1 |
Witness |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
odana |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
Women |
1 |
saṃskāras |
1 |
Brideship and marriage |
1 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
1 |
agnīṣomīya |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
measuring the vedi, vedivimāna |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
sutyā |
1 |
prauga śastra |
1 |
stotriyavikāra |
1 |
sacrificial horse |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
viṣuvat |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
yamastoma |
1 |
āpyāyana |
1 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
King, rājanīti |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
worship |
1 |
haviryajña |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
saṃsāra |
1 |
gold |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
Giving, dāna |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
Property of Brahmins |
1 |
viṣṭuti |
1 |
pregnancy |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
svāhā |
1 |
Mahābhārata |
1 |
Genealogies |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
svarasāman days |
1 |
Cosmography |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
1 |