Topic |
Frequency |
Indra |
404 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
319 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
243 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
211 |
jātaka, avadāna |
202 |
Agni |
194 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
194 |
war |
186 |
agnihotra |
162 |
Mahāyāna |
154 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
149 |
rājasūya |
149 |
Soma sacrifice |
143 |
dīkṣā |
131 |
Aśvins |
114 |
Buddhism |
109 |
pravargya |
107 |
sāman |
100 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
94 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
91 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
87 |
cāturmāsya |
81 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
79 |
prāyaścitta |
78 |
Maruts |
72 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
71 |
sākamedha |
69 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
66 |
vājapeya |
63 |
Buddha's life |
63 |
agnicayana |
57 |
punarādheya |
54 |
Soma |
51 |
vaśā |
51 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
51 |
Varuṇa |
50 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
49 |
mahāvrata |
47 |
sacrificial fire |
45 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
44 |
avadāna |
44 |
ṣaḍaha |
43 |
Viśve devāḥ |
42 |
marriage, wedding |
42 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
41 |
agniṣṭoma |
40 |
narrative literature |
39 |
prāṇa etc. |
39 |
pṛṣṭha |
38 |
vaiśvadeva |
36 |
altar, vedi |
35 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
34 |
Rudra |
33 |
spoons |
32 |
āpyāyana |
30 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
30 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
29 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
28 |
ukhā |
28 |
Bhakti |
28 |
Uṣas |
28 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
26 |
Mahābhārata |
26 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
26 |
bricks |
26 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
25 |
cow |
25 |
Mitra |
25 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
25 |
viṣṭuti |
25 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
24 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
24 |
agnyupasthāna |
24 |
anatomy, human body |
24 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
24 |
Kṣatriya |
23 |
uktha |
23 |
Brideship and marriage |
23 |
Vṛtra |
22 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
22 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
22 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
22 |
brahmacarya |
22 |
Poetology |
22 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
22 |
linguistic speculation |
22 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
21 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
20 |
sautrāmaṇī |
20 |
ukthya |
20 |
five mahāyajñas |
20 |
water, rain |
20 |
ātman |
20 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
20 |
hiṅ, hiṃkāra |
19 |
svādhyāya |
19 |
vrātya |
19 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
19 |
nivid |
19 |
śunāsīrya |
18 |
Alchemy |
18 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
18 |
brahman priest |
18 |
King, rājanīti |
18 |
botany, plants |
17 |
udgātṛ |
17 |
midday pavamāna |
17 |
raising the yūpa |
17 |
parimara |
17 |
Creation of the world |
17 |
Dharmaśāstra |
16 |
Medicine |
16 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
16 |
eating, food, anna |
16 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
16 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
16 |
chandoma |
15 |
prauga śastra |
15 |
prayāja |
15 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
15 |
dharma |
15 |
Āpri hymn |
15 |
Manu, manvantara |
14 |
errors in sacrifice |
14 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
14 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
14 |
nirukti |
14 |
vrata |
14 |
Genealogies |
13 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
13 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
13 |
good behaviour |
13 |
Prajāpati |
12 |
Asceticism, tapas |
12 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
12 |
sexuality |
12 |
Ṛbhus |
12 |
mahābhiṣeka |
12 |
deluge, Manu |
12 |
Bṛhaspati |
12 |
ājya hymns |
12 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
11 |
ācamana |
11 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
11 |
abhiṣeka |
11 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
11 |
gāyatrī |
11 |
against sins, misdeeds |
11 |
daśahotra |
11 |
āśvina |
10 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
10 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
10 |
upākaraṇa |
10 |
ukhya |
10 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
10 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
10 |
ṣoḍaśin |
10 |
paridhi enclosings |
10 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
10 |
udgītha |
10 |
cātvāla |
10 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
9 |
varṇas, castes |
9 |
Pārvatī |
9 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
9 |
Agni's bodies |
9 |
Yoga |
9 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
9 |
prāśitra, prāśita |
9 |
priest, ṛtvij |
9 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
9 |
svaru |
8 |
seasons |
8 |
Time |
8 |
long live, āyus |
8 |
dūrohaṇa |
8 |
against bad omina and presigns |
8 |
Politics |
8 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
8 |
Bhṛgu |
8 |
Brahmin |
8 |
Kṛṣṇa |
8 |
fever, jvara, takman |
8 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
8 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
7 |
sacrifice and time |
7 |
frogs |
7 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
7 |
(Im-)purity |
7 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
7 |
avatāras |
7 |
saṃskāras |
7 |
gambling |
7 |
Moral literature |
7 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
7 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
7 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
6 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
6 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
6 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
6 |
Yama |
6 |
atirātra |
6 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
6 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
6 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
6 |
āhavanīya |
6 |
mantra |
6 |
dākṣāyaṇayajña |
6 |
ahīna |
6 |
punarabhiṣeka |
6 |
River deities |
6 |
Kaṃsa |
6 |
purohita, house priest |
6 |
consent of the animal |
6 |
alms, bhikṣā |
6 |
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) |
6 |
svarasāman days |
5 |
for political power |
5 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
5 |
fable |
5 |
upāyakauśalya |
5 |
Trade |
5 |
bad behaviour |
5 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
5 |
Giving, dāna |
5 |
pañcayajña |
5 |
ṛc |
5 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
5 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
5 |
Tīrthas |
5 |
missiles of Agni |
5 |
vyavahāra |
5 |
sattra |
5 |
brahmayajña |
5 |
Sāṃkhya |
5 |
prātaranuvāka |
4 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
4 |
Śunaḥśepa |
4 |
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga |
4 |
agnihotrī |
4 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
4 |
soma graha |
4 |
Atharvaveda |
4 |
samiṣṭayajus |
4 |
āghāra |
4 |
viṣuvat |
4 |
rudrabhāga |
4 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
4 |
recitation during sacrifice |
4 |
pavitra, purifier |
4 |
havirdhāna |
4 |
has the hide of man |
4 |
vihāra, transposition |
4 |
upasad |
4 |
vālakhilyā |
4 |
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups |
4 |
murder |
4 |
keśavapaṇīya |
4 |
āgrayaṇa |
4 |
sun and sacrifice |
4 |
usury, lending money |
4 |
snāna, bathing |
4 |
brahmahatyā |
4 |
unsteadiness of life |
4 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
for cattle, cows |
4 |
Aditi |
4 |
Kirātārjunīya |
4 |
Tvaṣṭṛ |
4 |
saṃsāra |
4 |
Parjanya, rain |
4 |
medhājanana |
3 |
godāna |
3 |
Pūṣan |
3 |
abhiplava |
3 |
upanayana, initiation |
3 |
for luck in gambling |
3 |
army |
3 |
kṣatradharma |
3 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
3 |
dakṣiṇā |
3 |
playing dice |
3 |
subhāṣita |
3 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
3 |
fighting |
3 |
worship of the Buddha |
3 |
vāmadevya |
3 |
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana |
3 |
Ordeal |
3 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
3 |
sacrificial horse |
3 |
deities of the moon, nights |
3 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
Cosmogony |
3 |
Śvetadvīpa |
3 |
Vasiṣṭha |
3 |
Customs and taxes |
3 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
3 |
prasthita libation |
3 |
dāna, giving |
3 |
Materia medica |
3 |
immortality, amṛta |
3 |
tānūnaptra |
3 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
3 |
Women |
3 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
3 |
praṇayana |
2 |
Marutta |
2 |
adhrigupraiṣa |
2 |
Māṇḍavya |
2 |
Jayadratha |
2 |
anunirvāpyā |
2 |
Viśvāmitra |
2 |
Agastya |
2 |
Bali and Indra |
2 |
Astronomy |
2 |
manas |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
2 |
Military science |
2 |
aptoryāman |
2 |
anvārambhana |
2 |
hole for the yūpa |
2 |
rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
Love |
2 |
travelling, making a journey |
2 |
year |
2 |
Psychology |
2 |
garbhādhāna |
2 |
Cosmography |
2 |
frogs as omen |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice |
2 |
poverty, renunciation |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
sad-asad, real and non-existent |
2 |
rasāyana |
2 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
Cyavana |
2 |
birds as omen |
2 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
2 |
aponaptrīya |
2 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
2 |
for a good birth |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
sunbeams |
2 |
Vāstoṣpati |
2 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
2 |
leprosy, kilāsa |
2 |
subrahmaṇyā |
2 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
2 |
against sorcery |
2 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
2 |
rejuvenation |
2 |
atharvan priest |
2 |
sun is fastened to the sky |
2 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
2 |
takman |
2 |
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma |
2 |
sīmantonnayana |
2 |
śruti, Veda |
2 |
puṃsavana |
2 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
2 |
amulets |
2 |
dogs |
2 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
nakṣatras |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
Property |
1 |
against rivals |
1 |
inundation |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
āgnīdhra priest |
1 |
caturviṃśa day |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
Rāma(candra) |
1 |
prevention |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
Yogācāra |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
vāstuśamana |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
Lexicography |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
brahmodya |
1 |
anvārambhanīyā iṣṭi |
1 |
sarvamedha |
1 |
saṃpradāna |
1 |
hathayoga |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
ekāha |
1 |
attacks Prajāpati |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
paśupati |
1 |
dhanurveda |
1 |
Law |
1 |
agārapraveśa, entering the house |
1 |
Witness |
1 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
vasāhoma |
1 |
dānastuti |
1 |
āstāva |
1 |
placing the somakalaśa |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
dvadaśāha |
1 |
odana |
1 |
for sufficient food |
1 |
caula |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
Agni sāṃtapana |
1 |
non-attachment |
1 |
against bad weather |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
Aryaman |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
haviryajña |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
bali |
1 |
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 |
1 |
Prajāpati's children |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
Balarāma |
1 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
Pūtanā |
1 |
abhyuddhṛtā |
1 |
abhyuditā |
1 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
1 |
Kaśyapa |
1 |
patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
1 |
daughter |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
1 |
worship |
1 |
vyākaraṇa |
1 |
against fever |
1 |
adhvaryu |
1 |
hotṛ priest |
1 |
high position of Brahmins |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
gṛhya rituals |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
blood rain |
1 |
milk |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
meteorology, weather |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
diseases |
1 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
1 |
vātavyādhi |
1 |
third pressing |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
grahagrahaṇa |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
dama |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |