Topic |
Frequency |
jātaka, avadāna |
67 |
agnihotra |
62 |
Alchemy |
58 |
war |
44 |
Mahāyāna |
37 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
30 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
29 |
prāyaścitta |
26 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
26 |
Buddha's life |
26 |
sāman |
25 |
Soma sacrifice |
24 |
Astronomy |
23 |
Time |
22 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
22 |
Dharmaśāstra |
22 |
mantra |
20 |
linguistic speculation |
19 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
19 |
good behaviour |
18 |
narrative literature |
18 |
rebirth, transmigration |
17 |
(Im-)purity |
15 |
Asceticism, tapas |
14 |
atirātra |
14 |
agnyupasthāna |
14 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
14 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
13 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
13 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
13 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
12 |
Medicine |
11 |
dīkṣā |
11 |
vrātya |
11 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
11 |
varṇas, castes |
10 |
gṛhastha, householder |
10 |
dharma |
10 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
10 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
10 |
punarādheya |
9 |
dāna, giving |
9 |
Law |
9 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
9 |
yuga theory |
9 |
pravargya |
9 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
9 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
9 |
agniṣṭoma |
8 |
prāṇa etc. |
8 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
8 |
Bhakti |
8 |
marriage, wedding |
8 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
7 |
Brahmin |
7 |
Mahābhārata |
7 |
Women |
7 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
7 |
ghost, monster, demon |
7 |
vrata |
7 |
Kāmaśāstra |
7 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
7 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
6 |
worship |
6 |
aṣṭakā |
6 |
Yama |
6 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
6 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
6 |
Agni |
6 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
6 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
6 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
6 |
sacrifice and time |
6 |
Witness |
6 |
Tīrthas |
6 |
Brideship and marriage |
6 |
kṛcchra |
6 |
Pregnancy |
6 |
Creation of the world |
5 |
āśrama |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
long live, āyus |
5 |
cow |
5 |
vānaprastha |
5 |
year |
5 |
Grammar |
5 |
sun and sacrifice |
5 |
sacrificial fire |
5 |
Politics |
5 |
Sāṃkhya |
5 |
Lexicography |
5 |
vaśā |
5 |
Rāma(candra) |
4 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
4 |
ātman |
4 |
Behaviour, politeness |
4 |
Amāvāsyā |
4 |
saṃnyāsa |
4 |
Rudra |
4 |
fable |
4 |
Aditi |
4 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
4 |
sexuality |
4 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
4 |
eating, food, anna |
4 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
4 |
anatomy, human body |
4 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
4 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
4 |
subhāṣita |
4 |
Yoga |
4 |
King, rājanīti |
4 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
4 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
4 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
4 |
vaiśvadeva |
3 |
brahmacarya |
3 |
saṃsāra |
3 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
3 |
vājapeya |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
against evil |
3 |
Criminal law |
3 |
process, jurisdiction |
3 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
3 |
botany, plants |
3 |
upasad |
3 |
avadāna |
3 |
punishment for crime |
3 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
3 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
3 |
alms, bhikṣā |
3 |
against rivals |
3 |
Cosmography |
3 |
Vāstoṣpati |
3 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
3 |
Debt |
3 |
nakṣatras |
3 |
āpaddharma |
3 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
3 |
Materia medica |
3 |
Nature poetry |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
2 |
Pūtanā |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
against bad omina and presigns |
2 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
2 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
criminal investigation |
2 |
meteorology, weather |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
puṃsavana |
2 |
rājasūya |
2 |
Police |
2 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
2 |
putting to sleep |
2 |
against sorcery |
2 |
Military science |
2 |
torture |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
agricultural rites |
2 |
Geography |
2 |
Giving, dāna |
2 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
2 |
śrāddha |
2 |
poison, antidotes |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
Sleeping |
2 |
udaka ritual |
2 |
theft, stealing |
2 |
Aphrodisiacs |
2 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
2 |
inundation |
2 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
saṃskāras |
2 |
Buddhism |
2 |
snātaka |
2 |
ekāṣṭakā |
2 |
yajus verses |
2 |
bhasmasnāna, ashes |
2 |
jātakarman |
2 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
bad behaviour |
2 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
2 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
2 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
vyavahāra |
2 |
brahman priest |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
1 |
milk |
1 |
soma graha |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
keśavapaṇīya |
1 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
agnicayana |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
for political power |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
mahāvrata |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
caula |
1 |
pṛṣātaka |
1 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
1 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
spy, secret service, intelligence |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
japa |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
śotha |
1 |
pāṇḍuroga |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
Architecture |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
Indra |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
Cosmogony |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
India |
1 |
dvadaśāha |
1 |
court live |
1 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
1 |
āśvina |
1 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
sacrificial horse |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
1 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
1 |
worship of the Buddha |
1 |
against poison, venom |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
Uṣas |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
Skanda |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
bali |
1 |
Varāha |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
dvīpa |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
prāṇāyāma |
1 |