Topic |
Frequency |
Alchemy |
154 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
112 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
100 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
70 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
68 |
prāyaścitta |
63 |
marriage, wedding |
51 |
agniṣṭoma |
39 |
rājasūya |
35 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
34 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
33 |
spoons |
31 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
31 |
ājya hymns |
30 |
Soma sacrifice |
29 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
27 |
pākayajña |
26 |
Brideship and marriage |
26 |
agnihotra |
23 |
prayāja |
22 |
errors in sacrifice |
18 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
18 |
upanayana, initiation |
17 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
16 |
against bad omina and presigns |
16 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
16 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
16 |
cāturmāsya |
13 |
Medicine |
13 |
avadāna |
12 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
12 |
sacrificial fire |
11 |
sattra |
10 |
sthālīpāka |
10 |
aṣṭakā |
10 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
10 |
agnicayana |
9 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
9 |
worship |
9 |
punarādheya |
9 |
śūlagava |
9 |
Agni |
8 |
ṣaḍaha |
8 |
āghāra |
8 |
dīkṣā |
8 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
8 |
saṃskāras |
8 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
7 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
7 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
7 |
mahāvrata |
7 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
7 |
brahman priest |
7 |
mantra |
7 |
war |
7 |
raising the yūpa |
7 |
vaśā |
6 |
botany, plants |
6 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
6 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
6 |
sautrāmaṇī |
6 |
chandoma |
6 |
madhuparka |
6 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
6 |
sava |
6 |
kṛcchra |
6 |
upasad |
6 |
Mahābhārata |
6 |
āpyāyana |
6 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
6 |
nakṣatras |
5 |
birth, pregnancy |
5 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
5 |
pṛṣṭha |
5 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
5 |
viṣṭuti |
5 |
śrāddha |
5 |
Bhakti |
5 |
puṃsavana |
5 |
agricultural rites |
4 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
4 |
paristaraṇa |
4 |
jātakarman |
4 |
altar, vedi |
4 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
4 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
4 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
4 |
Āpri hymn |
4 |
cātvāla |
4 |
sīmantonnayana |
4 |
preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya |
4 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
4 |
dakṣiṇā |
4 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
4 |
paridhi enclosings |
4 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
4 |
King, rājanīti |
4 |
āśrama |
4 |
Pregnancy |
4 |
vrata |
4 |
Zoology |
4 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
general or default rules for the sacrifice |
4 |
brahmacarya |
3 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
3 |
samāvartana |
3 |
svaru |
3 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
3 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
3 |
producing surā |
3 |
vapāhoma |
3 |
ṣoḍaśin |
3 |
Indra |
3 |
godāna |
3 |
ekāha |
3 |
varṇas, castes |
3 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
3 |
preparing sacrificial requisites |
3 |
āgrayaṇa |
3 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
3 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
3 |
anatomy, human body |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
Dharmaśāstra |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
upākaraṇa |
3 |
Astrology |
3 |
cow |
3 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
śravaṇākarman |
3 |
for love, love charms |
3 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
3 |
for the birth of sons |
3 |
for success, authority |
3 |
brahmodya |
3 |
anvaṣṭakya |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
garbhādhāna |
2 |
aupāsana |
2 |
daśahotra |
2 |
garbharakṣaṇa |
2 |
dharma |
2 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
(Im-)purity |
2 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
2 |
narrative literature |
2 |
svādhyāya |
2 |
hathayoga |
2 |
medhājanana |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
sākamedha |
2 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
2 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
2 |
vājapeya |
2 |
Tīrthas |
2 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
2 |
blood rain |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
Kāma |
2 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
2 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
2 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
2 |
against death, Nirṛti |
2 |
rasāyana |
2 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
2 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
2 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
2 |
for cattle, cows |
2 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
2 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
2 |
vātarakta |
2 |
vṛṣotsarga |
2 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
2 |
grahas |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
āptoryāman |
2 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
2 |
priest, ṛtvij |
2 |
ahīna |
2 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
2 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
1 |
ājyatantra |
1 |
hole for the yūpa |
1 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
1 |
samārohaṇa of the fire |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
sarvamedha |
1 |
indramahotsava |
1 |
anvārambhana |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
candradarśana |
1 |
ādityadarśana |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
anirukta |
1 |
ātithyeṣṭi |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
odanasava |
1 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
1 |
soma graha |
1 |
maitrāvaruṇa |
1 |
pṛṣātaka |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
1 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
caturthīkarman |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
Skanda |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
prāṇa etc. |
1 |
Meditation |
1 |
good behaviour |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
against possession |
1 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
Time |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
Buddhism |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
1 |
sexuality |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
Creation of the world |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
bali |
1 |
sāman |
1 |
gṛhya rituals |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
atirātra |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
ājyabhāga |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
prātaranuvāka |
1 |
ants, termites |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
ukthya |
1 |
recitation during sacrifice |
1 |
paramārtha |
1 |
against sorcery |
1 |
Śvetadvīpa |
1 |
Soma |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
Rudra |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
Gandharva |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
pravargya |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
against (dangerous) animals |
1 |
against sins, misdeeds |
1 |
prātaḥsavana |
1 |