Topic |
Frequency |
war |
100 |
Mahābhārata |
39 |
Buddha's life |
29 |
marriage, wedding |
21 |
rājasūya |
21 |
amulets |
19 |
Tīrthas |
18 |
King, rājanīti |
17 |
Agni |
16 |
arghya |
16 |
Mahāyāna |
15 |
Indra |
15 |
jātaka, avadāna |
15 |
narrative literature |
15 |
snāna, bathing |
14 |
Dharmaśāstra |
13 |
dharma |
13 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
12 |
Kṣatriya |
12 |
agnihotra |
11 |
Brideship and marriage |
11 |
dīkṣā |
11 |
Soma |
11 |
Politics |
10 |
Soma sacrifice |
10 |
Giving, dāna |
10 |
Genealogies |
10 |
daśahotra |
9 |
saṃskāras |
8 |
Poetology |
8 |
vrātya |
8 |
Bhakti |
8 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
8 |
Medicine |
8 |
Creation of the world |
7 |
mahāvrata |
7 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
7 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
7 |
varṇas, castes |
7 |
Viśve devāḥ |
6 |
Pregnancy |
6 |
Brahmin |
6 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
dāna, giving |
6 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
6 |
vājapeya |
5 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
5 |
upanayana, initiation |
5 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
5 |
vrata |
5 |
good behaviour |
5 |
sāman |
5 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
5 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
5 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
5 |
prāṇa etc. |
5 |
Uṣas |
4 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
4 |
subhāṣita |
4 |
Varuṇa |
4 |
priest, ṛtvij |
4 |
Aśvins |
4 |
Garuḍa |
4 |
vyavahāra |
4 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
4 |
botany, plants |
4 |
cow |
4 |
fable |
4 |
agniṣṭoma |
4 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
4 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
4 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
4 |
(Im-)purity |
4 |
brahmacarya |
4 |
prāyaścitta |
4 |
for fame, glory |
4 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
4 |
against serpents, snakebites |
4 |
Moral literature |
4 |
Alchemy |
4 |
for prestige, influence |
3 |
praṇayana |
3 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
3 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
3 |
Nala and Damayantī |
3 |
sahasranāman |
3 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
3 |
Law |
3 |
brahman |
3 |
Buddhism |
3 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
3 |
pravargya |
3 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina |
3 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
3 |
gṛhastha, householder |
3 |
agnicayana |
3 |
śrāddha |
3 |
eating, food, anna |
3 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
3 |
yajus verses |
3 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
3 |
bricks |
2 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
2 |
Brahma's world, brahmaloka |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
brahmagavī |
2 |
unsteadiness of life |
2 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
2 |
Lexicography |
2 |
Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
Kāmaśāstra |
2 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
2 |
Sāṃkhya |
2 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
2 |
Kaṃsa |
2 |
anatomy, human body |
2 |
Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
Mitra |
2 |
Cosmogony |
2 |
Asceticism, tapas |
2 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
2 |
Maruts |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
female ascetics |
2 |
gāyatrī |
2 |
Marutta |
2 |
midday pavamāna |
2 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
ghost, monster, demon |
2 |
correct behaviour |
2 |
against possession |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
army |
2 |
rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
aponaptrīya |
2 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
2 |
altar, vedi |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
2 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
2 |
madhuparka |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
2 |
saṃsāra |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
fighting |
2 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
pravara, choosing the priest |
2 |
gold |
2 |
for love, love charms |
2 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
Astronomy |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
anvārambhanīyā iṣṭi |
1 |
saṃpradāna |
1 |
against headache |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
āplavana |
1 |
udgītha |
1 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
Tārkṣya |
1 |
childhood rites |
1 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
āgrayaṇa |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
upaniṣkramaṇa |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
ahīna |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
Prajāpati's children |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
Cosmography |
1 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
Minister |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
worship |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
kṣatradharma |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Burning of Kāma |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
1 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
yuga theory |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
Women |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
vānaprastha |
1 |
Grammar |
1 |
ātman |
1 |
burnt by Śiva |
1 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
yakṣma |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
against sorcery |
1 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
1 |
Apsaras |
1 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
1 |
River deities |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Pūṣan |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
Māṇḍavya |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
Pulomā/an |
1 |
svadharma |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
Bhṛgu |
1 |
bali |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
ṣaṣṭhī |
1 |