Topic |
Frequency |
jātaka, avadāna |
192 |
Indra |
135 |
Mahāyāna |
131 |
Buddha's life |
123 |
war |
111 |
narrative literature |
106 |
Agni |
88 |
Bhakti |
64 |
dharma |
59 |
Mahābhārata |
56 |
King, rājanīti |
51 |
Buddhism |
48 |
Politics |
38 |
Soma |
29 |
marriage, wedding |
29 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
27 |
Varuṇa |
27 |
Aśvins |
25 |
Kāmaśāstra |
25 |
Mitra |
22 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
22 |
Alchemy |
22 |
subhāṣita |
21 |
Asceticism, tapas |
20 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
20 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
20 |
Kṛṣṇa |
19 |
Viśve devāḥ |
19 |
Brideship and marriage |
19 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
19 |
Dharmaśāstra |
19 |
upāyakauśalya |
17 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
17 |
good behaviour |
16 |
botany, plants |
16 |
Law |
14 |
Tīrthas |
14 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
14 |
varṇas, castes |
14 |
Pārvatī |
13 |
Women |
12 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
12 |
Medicine |
12 |
pravargya |
12 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
12 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
11 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
11 |
karman doctrine |
11 |
Maruts |
11 |
Grammar |
10 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
10 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
10 |
dāna, giving |
10 |
Uṣas |
10 |
eating, food, anna |
9 |
fable |
9 |
saṃsāra |
9 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
9 |
Poetology |
9 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
9 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
9 |
against sorcery |
8 |
Genealogies |
8 |
Sleeping |
8 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
8 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
8 |
agnihotra |
8 |
prāyaścitta |
8 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
8 |
Lexicography |
8 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
8 |
Military science |
8 |
Criminal law |
8 |
agnicayana |
7 |
Zoology |
7 |
Religion and Philosophy |
7 |
Sāṃkhya |
7 |
Kṣatriya |
7 |
theft, stealing |
7 |
putting to sleep |
7 |
Love |
7 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
7 |
Time |
7 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
7 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
7 |
rebirth, transmigration |
7 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
7 |
yuga theory |
7 |
rājasūya |
7 |
Nature poetry |
6 |
against rivals |
6 |
Brahmin |
6 |
prāṇa etc. |
6 |
Agriculture |
6 |
cow |
6 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
6 |
Aditi |
6 |
Yoga |
6 |
Cosmogony |
6 |
army |
6 |
Minister |
6 |
Soma sacrifice |
6 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
6 |
ghost, monster, demon |
6 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
6 |
Geography |
6 |
State finances |
6 |
India |
6 |
Bṛhaspati |
6 |
fever, jvara, takman |
5 |
Peace and war |
5 |
against serpents, snakebites |
5 |
poverty, renunciation |
5 |
āpaddharma |
5 |
Astronomy |
5 |
dīkṣā |
5 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
5 |
Bharata |
5 |
(Im-)purity |
5 |
āhavanīya |
5 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
5 |
long live, āyus |
5 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
5 |
Customs and taxes |
5 |
bad behaviour |
5 |
Moral literature |
5 |
Administration |
5 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
5 |
for love, love charms |
4 |
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) |
4 |
for a king |
4 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
4 |
sāman |
4 |
Rudra |
4 |
Ādityas |
4 |
advaita philosophy |
4 |
dvīpa |
4 |
suicide |
4 |
Creation of the world |
4 |
murder |
4 |
for political power |
4 |
Kalki(n) |
4 |
avatāras |
4 |
snāna, bathing |
4 |
Materia medica |
4 |
Cosmography |
4 |
criminal investigation |
4 |
triguṇa |
4 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
4 |
Behaviour, politeness |
4 |
hathayoga |
4 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
4 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
4 |
gṛhastha, householder |
4 |
People |
4 |
ukhya |
3 |
Gandharva |
3 |
Apsaras |
3 |
Varāha |
3 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
3 |
Vāmadeva |
3 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
3 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
3 |
mantra |
3 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
3 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
3 |
water, rain |
3 |
servants |
3 |
Kaṃsa |
3 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
3 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
Witness |
3 |
sorcery |
3 |
arghya |
3 |
Cities |
3 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
3 |
Skanda |
3 |
abhiṣeka |
3 |
Paraśurāma |
3 |
vrata |
3 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
3 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
3 |
friendship |
3 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
3 |
sahasranāman |
3 |
Vāstoṣpati |
3 |
vaśā |
3 |
dogs |
3 |
non-attachment |
3 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
3 |
hunting |
3 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
3 |
errors in sacrifice |
2 |
vaśīkaraṇa |
2 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
2 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
2 |
amulets |
2 |
mahābhiṣeka |
2 |
Aryaman |
2 |
for success, authority |
2 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
2 |
dakṣiṇā |
2 |
Śiśupāla |
2 |
samāvartana |
2 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
2 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
2 |
upanayana, initiation |
2 |
for success at court, in a juridicial process |
2 |
third pressing |
2 |
cāturmāsya |
2 |
yajus verses |
2 |
śravaṇākarman |
2 |
madhuparka |
2 |
worship of the Buddha |
2 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
2 |
takman |
2 |
against fever |
2 |
mahāvrata |
2 |
Śarva |
2 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
2 |
Bhava |
2 |
prātaranuvāka |
2 |
bali |
2 |
Senses and world |
2 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
2 |
ātman |
2 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
process, jurisdiction |
2 |
Debt |
2 |
conflicting worldviews |
2 |
inundation |
2 |
Yogācāra |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
third eye |
2 |
Rituals |
2 |
linguistic speculation |
2 |
Tripura |
2 |
unsteadiness of life |
2 |
svadharma |
2 |
worship |
2 |
dhanurveda |
2 |
pātaka |
2 |
Pūṣan |
2 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
2 |
Architecture |
2 |
gambling |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
Yama |
2 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
Purāṇa |
1 |
śunāsīrya |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
Court |
1 |
śrāddha |
1 |
vrātya |
1 |
sexuality |
1 |
sattra |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
Property |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti |
1 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
rape, sexual harassment |
1 |
against bad luck |
1 |
Language |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
Travel |
1 |
Viśvakarman |
1 |
vājapeya |
1 |
godāna |
1 |
correct behaviour |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
agnīṣomīya |
1 |
mankind |
1 |
droṇakalaśa |
1 |
sadas |
1 |
stomabhāga |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
Family |
1 |
nakṣatras |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
midday pavamāna |
1 |
for finding a husband |
1 |
brahmacarya |
1 |
for prestige, influence |
1 |
ājya hymns |
1 |
grahagrahaṇa |
1 |
Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
spy, secret service, intelligence |
1 |
ukhā |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
Rāma(candra) |
1 |
Police |
1 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
1 |
viṣuvat |
1 |
Nirṛti |
1 |
kālacakra |
1 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
all-unity |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
selling children, adoption |
1 |
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara |
1 |
against evil |
1 |
Property of Brahmins |
1 |
eldest brother |
1 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
1 |
court live |
1 |
Apāṃ Napāt |
1 |
for luck in gambling |
1 |
Nala and Damayantī |
1 |
Māṇḍavya |
1 |
Agastya |
1 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
1 |
Balarāma |
1 |
Pradyumna |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
1 |
lobha, greed |
1 |
against poison, venom |
1 |
ṣaḍaha |
1 |
Accents |
1 |
ṣoḍaśin |
1 |
agniṣṭoma |
1 |
Crime |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
robbery |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
for concord, harmony |
1 |
against death, Nirṛti |
1 |
kuṣṭha |
1 |
Reduplication |
1 |
for fame, glory |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
dānastuti |
1 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
1 |
dama |
1 |
calmness of mind |
1 |
against jealousy |
1 |
digestion |
1 |
Psychology |
1 |
manas |
1 |
senses, indriya |
1 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
1 |
Burning of Kāma |
1 |
burnt by Śiva |
1 |
high position of Brahmins |
1 |
ādityadarśana |
1 |