Topic |
Frequency |
Mahāyāna |
90 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
88 |
jātaka, avadāna |
83 |
war |
82 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
47 |
Soma sacrifice |
42 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
39 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
37 |
Indra |
37 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
36 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
35 |
Viśve devāḥ |
35 |
sāman |
28 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
25 |
Alchemy |
23 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
22 |
Bhakti |
19 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
19 |
Genealogies |
19 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
18 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
17 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
16 |
Agni |
16 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
15 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
14 |
Tīrthas |
14 |
dīkṣā |
14 |
good behaviour |
13 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
13 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
13 |
Tāraka |
12 |
Tripura |
12 |
Varuṇa |
12 |
amulets |
12 |
Mahābhārata |
12 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
12 |
Buddha's life |
12 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
12 |
pravargya |
11 |
prāṇa etc. |
11 |
Skanda |
11 |
upasad |
11 |
vājapeya |
10 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
10 |
udgītha |
10 |
Giving, dāna |
9 |
śrāddha |
9 |
Kaṃsa |
9 |
Kṛṣṇa |
9 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
9 |
Buddhism |
9 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
9 |
upāyakauśalya |
9 |
rebirth, transmigration |
9 |
daśahotra |
9 |
against rivals |
9 |
avatāras |
9 |
Prajāpati |
9 |
rājasūya |
8 |
Soma |
8 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
8 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
8 |
gold |
8 |
Paraśurāma |
8 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
8 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
7 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
7 |
Atharvaveda |
7 |
Creation of the world |
7 |
spoons |
6 |
ātman |
6 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
6 |
ukthya |
6 |
punarādheya |
6 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
6 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
6 |
agniṣṭoma |
6 |
soma graha |
6 |
uktha |
6 |
Māndhātṛ |
6 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
6 |
Mitra |
6 |
King, rājanīti |
6 |
punarabhiṣeka |
5 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
5 |
Medicine |
5 |
vaśā |
5 |
prayāja |
5 |
sākamedha |
5 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
5 |
avadāna |
5 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
5 |
varṇas, castes |
5 |
botany, plants |
5 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
4 |
Maruts |
4 |
pṛṣṭha |
4 |
samiṣṭayajus |
4 |
ājya hymns |
4 |
Rāji |
4 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
4 |
Astronomy |
4 |
worship |
4 |
marriage, wedding |
4 |
Sāṃkhya |
4 |
narrative literature |
4 |
Yoga |
4 |
dharma |
4 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
4 |
Stories |
4 |
Cosmogony |
4 |
sahasranāman |
4 |
pūjā |
4 |
Marutta |
4 |
Śiśupāla |
3 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
3 |
Brahmā |
3 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
3 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
3 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
origin of the Vedas |
3 |
brahman priest |
3 |
priest, ṛtvij |
3 |
sacrifice and time |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
3 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
3 |
prāyaścitta |
3 |
Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
3 |
cāturmāsya |
3 |
Dharmaśāstra |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
3 |
stomabhāga |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
vaiśvadeva |
3 |
midday pavamāna |
3 |
weapons, arms |
3 |
Agastya |
3 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
3 |
against bad omina and presigns |
2 |
Cosmography |
2 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
for success in discussions |
2 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
Poetology |
2 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
2 |
atirātra |
2 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
2 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
2 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
2 |
tānūnaptra |
2 |
nakṣatras |
2 |
mahāvrata |
2 |
kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
raurava |
2 |
Brideship and marriage |
2 |
udgātṛ |
2 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
2 |
creates fever |
2 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
2 |
Kāma |
2 |
Āpri hymn |
2 |
fable |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
Manu, manvantara |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
fever, jvara, takman |
2 |
army |
2 |
Tilottamā |
2 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
consecration |
2 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
2 |
bali |
2 |
cow |
2 |
differences between women and men |
2 |
female ascetics |
2 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
2 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
2 |
poison, antidotes |
2 |
Śeṣa |
2 |
for success, authority |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
third pressing |
1 |
viṣṭuti |
1 |
against sorcery |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
Time |
1 |
agnicayana |
1 |
praṇayana |
1 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
haviryajña |
1 |
upanayana, initiation |
1 |
saṃskāras |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
for potency |
1 |
India |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
agnyupasthāna |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
1 |
senses, indriya |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
paridhi enclosings |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
ekāṣṭakā |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
āsrāva |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
Ṛbhus |
1 |
poverty, renunciation |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
cattle |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
agnihotra |
1 |
sacrificial horse |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
śraddhā |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
anunirvāpyā |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
dāna, giving |
1 |
for water and rain |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
against poison, venom |
1 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
Parjanya, rain |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
Pradyumna |
1 |
Yama |
1 |
Tārkṣya |
1 |
Vala myth |
1 |