Topic |
Frequency |
war |
257 |
Alchemy |
127 |
jātaka, avadāna |
81 |
Geography |
62 |
Mahāyāna |
57 |
India |
48 |
Genealogies |
45 |
Astronomy |
38 |
yuga theory |
38 |
Cosmography |
36 |
saṃsāra |
29 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
29 |
Dharmaśāstra |
29 |
Bhakti |
28 |
Buddha's life |
27 |
bad behaviour |
27 |
Mahābhārata |
27 |
theft, stealing |
26 |
dharma |
25 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
24 |
upanayana, initiation |
23 |
Tīrthas |
22 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
21 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
21 |
Brideship and marriage |
21 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
20 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
19 |
marriage, wedding |
19 |
Time |
19 |
Law |
19 |
(Im-)purity |
18 |
narrative literature |
18 |
linguistic speculation |
16 |
Kalki(n) |
16 |
dvīpa |
16 |
rasāyana |
15 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
15 |
Giving, dāna |
15 |
Medicine |
15 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
14 |
Lexicography |
13 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
13 |
mantra |
13 |
King, rājanīti |
13 |
varṇas, castes |
12 |
cow |
12 |
godāna |
12 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
12 |
Dynasties |
12 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
11 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
11 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
11 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
11 |
Buddhism |
10 |
Kṛṣṇa |
10 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
10 |
water, rain |
10 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
10 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
10 |
pātaka |
9 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
9 |
gṛhastha, householder |
9 |
Cosmogony |
9 |
dāna, giving |
9 |
fable |
9 |
brahmacarya |
9 |
inundation |
8 |
Witness |
8 |
prāyaścitta |
8 |
People |
8 |
for water and rain |
8 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
7 |
good behaviour |
7 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
7 |
Debt |
7 |
vrata |
7 |
against bad omina and presigns |
7 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
7 |
Indra |
7 |
fighting |
6 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
6 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
6 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
6 |
Kirātārjunīya |
6 |
worship |
6 |
prāṇa etc. |
6 |
Moral literature |
6 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
6 |
Asceticism, tapas |
6 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
5 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
5 |
Property of Brahmins |
5 |
ātman |
5 |
Grammar |
5 |
Paraśurāma |
5 |
blood rain |
5 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
5 |
son, advantage of having sons |
5 |
Women |
5 |
Matsyāvatāra |
5 |
Technique of Yoga |
5 |
rebirth, transmigration |
5 |
Skanda |
5 |
Cosmology |
5 |
Palmistry |
4 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
4 |
subhāṣita |
4 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
4 |
botany, plants |
4 |
Himālaya |
4 |
pravargya |
4 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
4 |
agnihotra |
4 |
anatomy, human body |
4 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
4 |
āśrama |
4 |
Creation of the world |
4 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
4 |
sāvitrī |
4 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
4 |
meteorology, weather |
4 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
4 |
Maruts |
4 |
Politics |
4 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
3 |
mahāvrata |
3 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
3 |
Tāraka |
3 |
long live, āyus |
3 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
3 |
Pracetas |
3 |
udaka ritual |
3 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
3 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
3 |
mekhalābandhana |
3 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
3 |
Śvetadvīpa |
3 |
sāman |
3 |
upāyakauśalya |
3 |
nirukti |
3 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
3 |
Tripura |
3 |
śrāddha |
3 |
Customs and taxes |
3 |
Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
Purāṇa |
3 |
dīkṣā |
3 |
Family |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
3 |
eating, food, anna |
3 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
2 |
advaita philosophy |
2 |
against natural disasters |
2 |
Cattle as property |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
earthquake |
2 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
2 |
Sāṃkhya |
2 |
Marutta |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
Landed property |
2 |
Tilottamā |
2 |
Military science |
2 |
aṣṭakā |
2 |
Criminal law |
2 |
caula |
2 |
Peace and war |
2 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
2 |
saṃskāras |
2 |
alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
2 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
poverty, renunciation |
2 |
army |
2 |
hunting |
2 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
kṛcchra |
2 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
2 |
murder |
2 |
Bali and Indra |
2 |
Agni |
2 |
Travel |
2 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
1 |
divorce |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
mantrasnāna |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
anointing the animal, añjana |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
rājasūya |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
rape, sexual harassment |
1 |
binding the animal to the yūpa |
1 |
prayāja |
1 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
1 |
darbha grass |
1 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
svādhyāya |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
anvaṣṭakya |
1 |
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
dhanurveda |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
Rāma(candra) |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
1 |
Family law |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
Aṣṭāvakra |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
human meat, cannibalism |
1 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
unsteadiness of life |
1 |
Nāga |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
1 |
Vāmadeva |
1 |
Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
Brahmin |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
Sūrya's chariot |
1 |
Kurukṣetra |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
Gaṇeśa |
1 |
Budha, Mercury |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
Soma |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
high position of Brahmins |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
kills Mahiṣa |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
Nandin |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
triguṇa |
1 |
frogs |
1 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Prostitution |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
Business law |
1 |
Parjanya, rain |
1 |
ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
Āpri hymn |
1 |
Rudra |
1 |
Property |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
Śiśupāla |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |