Topic |
Frequency |
war |
111 |
jātaka, avadāna |
110 |
Mahāyāna |
105 |
Bhakti |
103 |
dharma |
103 |
King, rājanīti |
98 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
89 |
Medicine |
87 |
Giving, dāna |
87 |
Agni |
84 |
Buddha's life |
82 |
Indra |
81 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
77 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
75 |
marriage, wedding |
73 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
71 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
60 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
59 |
varṇas, castes |
55 |
Brideship and marriage |
50 |
karman doctrine |
48 |
fable |
47 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
45 |
narrative literature |
40 |
botany, plants |
40 |
Aśvins |
39 |
Tīrthas |
39 |
Dharmaśāstra |
38 |
Buddhism |
38 |
Alchemy |
37 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
34 |
good behaviour |
33 |
Sāṃkhya |
30 |
Soma sacrifice |
30 |
ātman |
30 |
prāyaścitta |
28 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
27 |
(Im-)purity |
27 |
Brahmin |
26 |
yuga theory |
26 |
dāna, giving |
26 |
śrāddha |
26 |
cow |
25 |
Asceticism, tapas |
25 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
25 |
saṃsāra |
23 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
22 |
Women |
22 |
Astronomy |
22 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
22 |
Law |
22 |
Viśve devāḥ |
22 |
vānaprastha |
21 |
Yoga |
21 |
āśrama |
20 |
Moral literature |
20 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
20 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
19 |
Poetology |
18 |
agnihotra |
18 |
Kṣatriya |
18 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
18 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
18 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
18 |
Genealogies |
17 |
rebirth, transmigration |
17 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
17 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
17 |
long live, āyus |
16 |
rājasūya |
16 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
16 |
eating, food, anna |
16 |
manas |
16 |
Cosmology |
15 |
Peace and war |
15 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
15 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
15 |
ghost, monster, demon |
15 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
15 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
14 |
gṛhastha, householder |
14 |
āpaddharma |
14 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
14 |
for success, authority |
14 |
dīkṣā |
13 |
sexuality |
13 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
13 |
Mahābhārata |
12 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
12 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
12 |
upanayana, initiation |
12 |
against death, Nirṛti |
12 |
bad behaviour |
12 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
12 |
Soma |
12 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
12 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
12 |
Ṛbhus |
11 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
11 |
Politics |
11 |
gambling |
11 |
sacrificial fire |
11 |
Witness |
10 |
Śvetadvīpa |
10 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
10 |
Cosmogony |
10 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
10 |
Grammar |
9 |
Maruts |
9 |
water, rain |
9 |
saṃskāras |
9 |
vājapeya |
9 |
saṃnyāsa |
9 |
vyavahāra |
9 |
poverty, renunciation |
9 |
mahāvrata |
9 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
9 |
Creation of the world |
9 |
against bad omina and presigns |
9 |
Skanda |
9 |
for luck in gambling |
8 |
State finances |
8 |
Geography |
8 |
birth, pregnancy |
8 |
sāman |
8 |
for political power |
8 |
punarādheya |
8 |
against sorcery |
8 |
Dāruvana |
8 |
Time |
8 |
Senses and world |
8 |
dama |
7 |
theft, stealing |
7 |
vṛṣotsarga |
7 |
āśā, hope |
7 |
Pūṣan |
7 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
7 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
7 |
avatāras |
7 |
triguṇa |
7 |
gold |
7 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
7 |
Āpri hymn |
7 |
ṣoḍaśin |
7 |
Marutta |
7 |
Zoology |
7 |
kṣatradharma |
6 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
6 |
ṣaḍaha |
6 |
life, jīva |
6 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
6 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
6 |
Pregnancy |
6 |
pātaka |
6 |
mantra |
6 |
Manu, manvantara |
6 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
6 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
6 |
Rudra |
6 |
Kāmaśāstra |
6 |
consecration |
6 |
brahmacarya |
5 |
punarabhiṣeka |
5 |
prāṇa etc. |
5 |
Debt |
5 |
for a king |
5 |
seven steps |
5 |
India |
5 |
Uṣas |
5 |
third pressing |
5 |
linguistic speculation |
5 |
travelling, making a journey |
5 |
Varuṇa |
5 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
5 |
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
5 |
deluge, Manu |
5 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
5 |
agnicayana |
5 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
5 |
altar, vedi |
5 |
Agastya |
5 |
marman |
5 |
upāyakauśalya |
5 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
5 |
vrata |
5 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
5 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
5 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
5 |
Travel |
5 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
5 |
senses, indriya |
5 |
worship |
5 |
Architecture |
5 |
subhāṣita |
5 |
garbhādhāna |
4 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
4 |
Ordeal |
4 |
sautrāmaṇī |
4 |
Criminal law |
4 |
Yama |
4 |
godāna |
4 |
Rituals |
4 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
4 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
4 |
Paraśurāma |
4 |
Kalki(n) |
4 |
army |
4 |
Pārvatī |
4 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
4 |
Cosmography |
4 |
brahmahatyā |
4 |
agniṣṭoma |
4 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
4 |
Psychology |
4 |
Astrology |
4 |
for love, love charms |
4 |
kṣetrajña |
4 |
Religion and Philosophy |
4 |
meteorology, weather |
4 |
āśvina |
4 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
4 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
4 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
4 |
Love |
4 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
3 |
Materia medica |
3 |
sorcery |
3 |
Bhaga |
3 |
grahagrahaṇa |
3 |
svarga, heaven |
3 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
3 |
pravargya |
3 |
uttaravedi |
3 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
3 |
Cyavana |
3 |
dvīpa |
3 |
Military science |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
3 |
āhavanīya |
3 |
ājya hymns |
3 |
takman |
3 |
Behaviour, politeness |
3 |
hathayoga |
3 |
rejuvenation |
3 |
Tilottamā |
3 |
Tāraka |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
process, jurisdiction |
3 |
bali |
3 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
3 |
against bad dreams |
3 |
female ascetics |
3 |
nakṣatras |
3 |
Himālaya |
3 |
ukhya |
3 |
agnyupasthāna |
3 |
puṃsavana |
3 |
ahaṃkāra |
3 |
lobha, greed |
3 |
Customs and taxes |
3 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
3 |
for concord, harmony |
3 |
agricultural rites |
3 |
Property of Brahmins |
3 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
3 |
Vāmadeva |
3 |
unsteadiness of life |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
against rivals |
3 |
against natural disasters |
3 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
3 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
3 |
for cattle, cows |
3 |
Nala and Damayantī |
3 |
Vasiṣṭha |
3 |
bricks |
3 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
for the birth of sons |
2 |
dikpālas, guardians of the quarters |
2 |
Vāstoṣpati |
2 |
son, advantage of having sons |
2 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
2 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
ukhā |
2 |
Agni's bodies |
2 |
for battle fury |
2 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
2 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
milk |
2 |
against sins, misdeeds |
2 |
for success in discussions |
2 |
upasad |
2 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
2 |
sīmantonnayana |
2 |
kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
immortality, amṛta |
2 |
brahman |
2 |
Minister |
2 |
hunting |
2 |
non-attachment |
2 |
conflicting worldviews |
2 |
kālacakra |
2 |
yajus verses |
2 |
Meditation |
2 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
2 |
rasāyana |
2 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
2 |
friendship |
2 |
gulma |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
2 |
piṇḍa |
2 |
Nāga |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
2 |
Andhaka |
2 |
Stories |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
Debts and interest |
2 |
gṛhapraveśa |
2 |
Lexicography |
2 |
Kurukṣetra |
2 |
calmness of mind |
2 |
differences between women and men |
2 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
2 |
Nahuṣa |
2 |
advaita philosophy |
2 |
Kirātārjunīya |
2 |
pṛṣṭha |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
2 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
2 |
Mitra |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
Kaṃsa |
2 |
destruction of Dvārakā |
2 |
servants |
2 |
Nirṛti |
2 |
eclipse |
2 |
Brahmā |
2 |
Māṇḍavya |
2 |
Ādityas |
2 |
vāṇa |
1 |
parimara |
1 |
āptoryāman |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
apavargya |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
nāndīmukha |
1 |
usury, lending money |
1 |
against kṣetriya |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
gṛhya rituals |
1 |
utthāna |
1 |
ants, termites |
1 |
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits |
1 |
āpyāyana |
1 |
earthquake |
1 |
Prajāpati and the sacrifice |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
against quarrel at home, in the family |
1 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
1 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
śunāsīrya |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
blood rain |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
against wounds |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
āplavana |
1 |
Surabhī, the wishing cow |
1 |
Kaśyapa |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
kuṣṭha |
1 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
1 |
vātavyādhi |
1 |
nirmālya |
1 |
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
1 |
Widow |
1 |
digestion |
1 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
urinary diseases |
1 |
Vṛtra |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
selling children, adoption |
1 |
children |
1 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
svadharma |
1 |
visarpa |
1 |
raktapitta |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
Family |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
Yogācāra |
1 |
Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
Therapy |
1 |
People |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
Nature poetry |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
Deities and cults |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
pūjā |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
robbery |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
1 |
mahābhiṣeka |
1 |
spy, secret service, intelligence |
1 |
amulets |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
against (dangerous) animals |
1 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
Sarasvat |
1 |
birds as omen |
1 |
murder |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
suicide |
1 |
criminal investigation |
1 |
Tārkṣya |
1 |
priest, ṛtvij |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
vaśā |
1 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
alms, bhikṣā |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
against fear |
1 |
human meat, cannibalism |
1 |
śraddhā |
1 |
daughter |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
systematics |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
1 |
Aditi |
1 |
for fame, glory |
1 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
1 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
against poison, venom |
1 |
worship of the Buddha |
1 |
prevention |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
Vācaspati |
1 |
against jealousy |
1 |
ṣaṣṭhī |
1 |