Topic |
Frequency |
war |
267 |
Mahāyāna |
120 |
agnicayana |
110 |
jātaka, avadāna |
75 |
Mahābhārata |
66 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
57 |
rājasūya |
56 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
52 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
49 |
Buddha's life |
48 |
Alchemy |
43 |
dīkṣā |
41 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
39 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
38 |
pravargya |
38 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
36 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
34 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
33 |
Bhakti |
32 |
ukhā |
32 |
agniṣṭoma |
30 |
Soma sacrifice |
30 |
Genealogies |
29 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
27 |
vrātya |
26 |
upāyakauśalya |
26 |
narrative literature |
26 |
Rudra |
25 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
23 |
sāman |
23 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
21 |
Soma |
20 |
Indra |
20 |
agnihotra |
20 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
19 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
19 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
19 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
19 |
ekāha |
19 |
marriage, wedding |
18 |
altar, vedi |
18 |
ātman |
17 |
Tīrthas |
17 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
17 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
17 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
17 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
17 |
mahābhiṣeka |
17 |
avadāna |
17 |
Grammar |
16 |
agnyupasthāna |
16 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
16 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
16 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
16 |
Creation of the world |
15 |
prāyaścitta |
15 |
worship |
15 |
vaiśvadeva |
14 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
14 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
14 |
sacrificial fire |
14 |
pṛṣṭha |
14 |
Brideship and marriage |
14 |
Time |
13 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
13 |
Architecture |
13 |
prātaranuvāka |
13 |
bali |
12 |
Cosmography |
12 |
Lexicography |
12 |
udgātṛ |
12 |
seasons |
12 |
śūlagava |
11 |
bricks |
11 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
11 |
Cosmology |
10 |
Buddhism |
10 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
10 |
raising the udumbara pillar |
10 |
dharma |
10 |
daśahotra |
10 |
upanayana, initiation |
10 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
10 |
Pārvatī |
10 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
10 |
Dharmaśāstra |
9 |
priest, ṛtvij |
9 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
9 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
9 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
9 |
śrāddha |
9 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
9 |
pūjā |
9 |
Asceticism, tapas |
9 |
punarabhiṣeka |
8 |
Medicine |
8 |
vājapeya |
8 |
aṣṭakā |
8 |
Nature poetry |
8 |
weapons, arms |
8 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
8 |
Poetology |
8 |
Astronomy |
7 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
7 |
Vaiśeṣika |
7 |
fable |
7 |
upasad |
7 |
Yogācāra |
7 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
7 |
Noun derivation |
7 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
7 |
against (dangerous) animals |
7 |
ants, termites |
7 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
7 |
Brahmin |
7 |
prāṇa etc. |
7 |
space, ākāśa |
7 |
āpyāyana |
7 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
7 |
Agni |
6 |
Law |
6 |
King, rājanīti |
6 |
good behaviour |
6 |
(Im-)purity |
6 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
6 |
Himālaya |
6 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
6 |
pākayajña |
6 |
brahman priest |
6 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
6 |
against bad omina and presigns |
6 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
6 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
6 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
6 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
6 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
6 |
Nyāya |
6 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
5 |
Manu Vaivasvata |
5 |
Politics |
5 |
puṃsavana |
5 |
snāna, bathing |
5 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
5 |
Kirātārjunīya |
5 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
5 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
5 |
prātaḥsavana |
5 |
vasāhoma |
5 |
brahman |
5 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
5 |
sacrificial horse |
4 |
Yoga |
4 |
vaśā |
4 |
amulets |
4 |
for success, authority |
4 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
4 |
pregnancy |
4 |
sava |
4 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
4 |
vānaprastha |
4 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
4 |
Travel |
4 |
ukhya |
4 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
4 |
army |
4 |
Marutta |
4 |
Love |
4 |
mahāvrata |
4 |
midday pavamāna |
4 |
sahasranāman |
4 |
Kṛṣṇa |
4 |
India |
3 |
atharvan priest |
3 |
Aśvins |
3 |
five mahāyajñas |
3 |
dakṣiṇā |
3 |
Prajāpati |
3 |
ṣaḍaha |
3 |
Manu, manvantara |
3 |
Kalki(n) |
3 |
cāturmāsya |
3 |
avāntaradīkṣā |
3 |
yuga theory |
3 |
measuring the vedi, vedivimāna |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
3 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
3 |
spoons |
3 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
3 |
for political power |
3 |
āhavanīya |
3 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
3 |
arrow |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
Prophesy |
3 |
varṇas, castes |
3 |
burnt by Śiva |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
3 |
Bhṛgu |
3 |
Burning of Kāma |
3 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
3 |
Śrīvidyā |
3 |
karman doctrine |
3 |
godāna |
3 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
3 |
Sāṃkhya |
3 |
Structure of the world |
3 |
āgrayaṇa |
3 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
3 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
3 |
against serpents, snakebites |
2 |
kṛcchra |
2 |
pṛthisava |
2 |
Pūru |
2 |
stotriyā |
2 |
māsiśrāddha |
2 |
uktha |
2 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
2 |
sākamedha |
2 |
udgītha |
2 |
śravaṇākarman |
2 |
sarvamedha |
2 |
subrahmaṇyā |
2 |
felling the tree for the yūpa |
2 |
vapāhoma |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
origin of the Vedas |
2 |
anvaṣṭakya |
2 |
ahīna |
2 |
darbha grass |
2 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
dvadaśāha |
2 |
punarādheya |
2 |
abhiṣeka |
2 |
atirātra |
2 |
ukthya |
2 |
paryagnikaraṇa |
2 |
rudrabhāga |
2 |
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) |
2 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
2 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
2 |
Māndhātṛ |
2 |
mṛtyusava |
2 |
fighting |
2 |
Śvetadvīpa |
2 |
water, rain |
2 |
Śeṣa |
2 |
tulāpuruṣa |
2 |
inundation |
2 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
Matsyāvatāra |
2 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
2 |
long live, āyus |
2 |
cow |
2 |
Viśvāmitra |
2 |
Trade |
2 |
saṃskāras |
2 |
Tāraka |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
for cattle, cows |
2 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
2 |
Accents |
2 |
Ṛṣi |
2 |
Kṣatriya |
2 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
2 |
Geography |
2 |
People |
2 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
robbery |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
Uṣas |
2 |
against sorcery |
2 |
Cosmogony |
2 |
āśrama |
2 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
consecration |
2 |
Criminal law |
2 |
gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
hathayoga |
2 |
for water and rain |
2 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
2 |
Witness |
2 |
Varuṇa |
2 |
mantra |
2 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
Women |
2 |
Astrology |
2 |
Zoology |
2 |
Debt |
1 |
year |
1 |
vyākaraṇa |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
Language |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
dhanurveda |
1 |
eating, food, anna |
1 |
against natural disasters |
1 |
earthquake |
1 |
odanasava |
1 |
Aphrodisiacs |
1 |
Moral literature |
1 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
somasava |
1 |
poison, antidotes |
1 |
pātaka |
1 |
Deities and cults |
1 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
1 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
dāna, giving |
1 |
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
Stories |
1 |
maṇikāvadhāna, placing the maṇika |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
Nandin |
1 |
avatāras |
1 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
1 |
upākaraṇa |
1 |
stepping on the stone |
1 |
agricultural rites |
1 |
consecration of ponds, wells, and tanks |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
Technique of Yoga |
1 |
vṛṣotsarga |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa |
1 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
Tripura |
1 |
arghya |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
Logic |
1 |
for victory in battle |
1 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
botany, plants |
1 |
murder |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
sacrifice and time |
1 |
Balarāma |
1 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
1 |
Pūtanā |
1 |
Kaṃsa |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
for a king |
1 |
madness, unmāda, insanity |
1 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
1 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
1 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
gāyatrī |
1 |
ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
destruction of Dvārakā |
1 |
Methodology |
1 |
Peace and war |
1 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
caula |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
senses, indriya |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
āśā, hope |
1 |
hunting |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
Giving, dāna |
1 |
saṃsāra |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
vighasa, eating the remainder of food |
1 |
Kaśyapa |
1 |
Agni sāṃtapana |
1 |
Bali and Indra |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
Vāmadeva |
1 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
21-fold, ekaviṃśa |
1 |
Devala and Asita |
1 |
gold |
1 |
differences between women and men |
1 |
sīmantonnayana |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
female ascetics |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
Syntax |
1 |