Topic |
Frequency |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
92 |
war |
70 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
39 |
rājasūya |
39 |
Agni |
34 |
āpyāyana |
34 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
28 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
26 |
Mahābhārata |
25 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
24 |
Indra |
23 |
Soma |
22 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
22 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
18 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
18 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
18 |
pravargya |
17 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
17 |
Soma sacrifice |
15 |
ghost, monster, demon |
14 |
against sorcery |
14 |
King, rājanīti |
13 |
against rivals |
13 |
botany, plants |
13 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
13 |
Pulomā/an |
12 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
11 |
agnīṣomīya |
11 |
dharma |
11 |
cātvāla |
11 |
Manu, manvantara |
10 |
deluge, Manu |
10 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
10 |
raising the yūpa |
10 |
svaru |
9 |
Medicine |
9 |
Genealogies |
9 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
9 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
9 |
sacrificial fire |
8 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
8 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
8 |
birth, pregnancy |
8 |
Viśve devāḥ |
8 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
8 |
Vasiṣṭha |
8 |
vājapeya |
7 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
7 |
against bad omina and presigns |
7 |
cow |
7 |
Aśvins |
7 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
7 |
Tīrthas |
7 |
marriage, wedding |
7 |
śrāddha |
6 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
6 |
human meat, cannibalism |
6 |
Viśvāmitra |
6 |
agnihotra |
6 |
Skanda |
6 |
altar, vedi |
5 |
uktha |
5 |
Āpri hymn |
5 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
5 |
Bhṛgu |
5 |
Giving, dāna |
5 |
upākaraṇa |
5 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
5 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
5 |
upanayana, initiation |
5 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
4 |
bali |
4 |
dīkṣā |
4 |
Time |
4 |
prāyaścitta |
4 |
dāna, giving |
4 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
4 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
4 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
4 |
paridhi enclosings |
4 |
Dharmaśāstra |
4 |
fable |
4 |
agnyupasthāna |
4 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
4 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
3 |
pūjā |
3 |
āgnīdhra priest |
3 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
3 |
spoons |
3 |
Gandharva |
3 |
Apsaras |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
worship |
3 |
for a good birth |
3 |
agnicayana |
3 |
avadāna |
3 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
3 |
vapāhoma |
3 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
3 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
3 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
3 |
Cosmography |
3 |
amulets |
3 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
Brideship and marriage |
3 |
hole for the yūpa |
2 |
omina with fire |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
ukhā |
2 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
2 |
midday pavamāna |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
against death, Nirṛti |
2 |
anvārambhana |
2 |
uttaravedi |
2 |
sadas |
2 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
2 |
Astronomy |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
Bhakti |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
varṇas, castes |
2 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
Nahuṣa |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
Creation of the world |
2 |
Politics |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
Bṛhaspati |
2 |
Alchemy |
2 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
2 |
Maruts |
2 |
mantra |
2 |
diseases |
2 |
fever, jvara, takman |
2 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
meteor, ulkā |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Brahmin |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
sahasranāman |
1 |
for prestige, influence |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
Rudra |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
1 |
āghāra |
1 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
catvāla, pit |
1 |
Sāṃkhya |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
(Im-)purity |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
frogs |
1 |
madness, unmāda, insanity |
1 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
against anger, wrath, fury |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
gold |
1 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
Karṇa (from MBh) |
1 |
childhood rites |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
takman |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
Prajāpati |
1 |
Mitra |
1 |
Varuṇa |
1 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
cāturmāsya |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
rudrabhāga |
1 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
gāyatrī |
1 |
digestion |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
vaśā |
1 |
brahman priest |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
cooking the animal |
1 |