Topic |
Frequency |
narrative literature |
180 |
jātaka, avadāna |
120 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
107 |
Politics |
71 |
Alchemy |
50 |
Mahāyāna |
42 |
Medicine |
35 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
33 |
war |
31 |
Military science |
26 |
Bhakti |
25 |
Buddha's life |
22 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
20 |
Buddhism |
17 |
Mahābhārata |
15 |
mantra |
15 |
botany, plants |
14 |
dharma |
14 |
linguistic speculation |
14 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
14 |
marriage, wedding |
13 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
13 |
King, rājanīti |
12 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
12 |
Yoga |
11 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
11 |
Agni |
11 |
varṇas, castes |
11 |
prāyaścitta |
10 |
Sāṃkhya |
10 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
9 |
good behaviour |
9 |
Creation of the world |
9 |
Kaṃsa |
9 |
Law |
9 |
Tīrthas |
9 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
8 |
Cosmogony |
8 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
8 |
Astronomy |
8 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
7 |
Dharmaśāstra |
7 |
Indra |
7 |
Genealogies |
7 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
7 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
7 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
7 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
7 |
India |
7 |
Brideship and marriage |
6 |
agnihotra |
6 |
ātman |
6 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
6 |
Giving, dāna |
5 |
senses, indriya |
5 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
5 |
saṃskāras |
5 |
karman doctrine |
5 |
Geography |
5 |
Time |
5 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
5 |
(Im-)purity |
5 |
Bharata |
4 |
dīkṣā |
4 |
Brahmin |
4 |
eating, food, anna |
4 |
Witness |
4 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
4 |
Religion and Philosophy |
4 |
fever, jvara, takman |
4 |
vānaprastha |
4 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
4 |
Kṛṣṇa |
4 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
4 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
4 |
hunting |
4 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
4 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
4 |
Yogācāra |
4 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
4 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
4 |
non-attachment |
3 |
army |
3 |
āhavanīya |
3 |
āpyāyana |
3 |
agnicayana |
3 |
avatāras |
3 |
śrāddha |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
dvīpa |
3 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
3 |
advaita philosophy |
3 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
3 |
Vaiśeṣika |
3 |
Poetology |
3 |
Debt |
3 |
hathayoga |
3 |
Cosmology |
3 |
Ordeal |
3 |
raising the yūpa |
3 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
3 |
Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
Asceticism, tapas |
3 |
Grammar |
3 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
3 |
Māndhātṛ |
3 |
unsteadiness of life |
2 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
daśahotra |
2 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
2 |
śruti, Veda |
2 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
2 |
cātvāla |
2 |
Viśvakarman |
2 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
svaru |
2 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
2 |
mahāvrata |
2 |
ukhya |
2 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
2 |
sacrificial fire |
2 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
2 |
brahman priest |
2 |
creates fever |
2 |
religious speculation, mystic |
2 |
for battle fury |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
2 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
2 |
against sorcery |
2 |
Gandharva |
2 |
Apsaras |
2 |
brahman |
2 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
2 |
Brahmā |
2 |
ghost, monster, demon |
2 |
Viśve devāḥ |
2 |
Soma sacrifice |
2 |
against poison, venom |
2 |
manas |
2 |
Nyāya |
2 |
Meditation |
2 |
āpaddharma |
2 |
rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
Minister |
2 |
Cosmography |
2 |
Technique of Yoga |
2 |
calmness of mind |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
2 |
pātaka |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
Pārvatī |
2 |
saṃsāra |
2 |
gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
Senses and world |
2 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
bad behaviour |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
kṣetrajña |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
bricks |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
rejuvenation |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
inundation |
1 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
1 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
Cyavana |
1 |
altar, vedi |
1 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
idhma, fuel |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
Women |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
brahmacarya |
1 |
pṛṣṭha |
1 |
vājapeya |
1 |
spoons |
1 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
1 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
1 |
punarādheya |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
1 |
Economy |
1 |
fable |
1 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
1 |
Syntax |
1 |
paramārtha |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
dama |
1 |
Māṇḍavya |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
prāṇa etc. |
1 |
Varāha |
1 |
gold |
1 |
cow |
1 |
children |
1 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
1 |
Soma |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
leprosy, kilāsa |
1 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
1 |
Prostitution |
1 |
Love |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
Trade |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
Administration |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
Āpri hymn |
1 |
Uṣas |
1 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
Varuṇa |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
cough, kāsa |
1 |
Śiśupāla |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
kuṣṭha |
1 |
nāndīmukha |
1 |