Topic |
Frequency |
Alchemy |
90 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
59 |
rājasūya |
54 |
prāyaścitta |
49 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
48 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
47 |
Soma sacrifice |
46 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
45 |
war |
41 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
39 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
38 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
36 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
35 |
jātaka, avadāna |
30 |
agnicayana |
26 |
Bhakti |
26 |
dīkṣā |
26 |
Tīrthas |
25 |
agnihotra |
24 |
Mahāyāna |
23 |
marriage, wedding |
23 |
kṛcchra |
22 |
Time |
22 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
22 |
Dharmaśāstra |
21 |
Brideship and marriage |
20 |
cāturmāsya |
18 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
18 |
Medicine |
17 |
vājapeya |
16 |
upanayana, initiation |
16 |
pṛṣṭha |
14 |
Technique of Yoga |
14 |
ṣaḍaha |
14 |
prāṇa etc. |
14 |
Genealogies |
13 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
13 |
Mahābhārata |
13 |
botany, plants |
13 |
agniṣṭoma |
13 |
vrata |
12 |
(Im-)purity |
12 |
mantra |
12 |
Prajāpati |
11 |
Astronomy |
10 |
dharma |
10 |
worship |
10 |
Asceticism, tapas |
10 |
rebirth, transmigration |
10 |
dvadaśāha |
10 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
9 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
9 |
āśrama |
9 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
9 |
linguistic speculation |
8 |
punarādheya |
8 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
8 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
8 |
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya |
8 |
mahāvrata |
7 |
pravargya |
7 |
Criminal law |
7 |
varṇas, castes |
7 |
śrāddha |
6 |
Business law |
6 |
Lexicography |
6 |
sacrificial fire |
6 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
6 |
Astrology |
6 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
6 |
viṣṭuti |
6 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
6 |
uktha |
6 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
6 |
Law |
6 |
King, rājanīti |
6 |
vaiśvadeva |
6 |
Buddha's life |
6 |
pātaka |
5 |
sāman |
5 |
upasad |
5 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
5 |
rasāyana |
5 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
5 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
5 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
5 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
5 |
sexuality |
5 |
vānaprastha |
5 |
against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
brahmacarya |
5 |
fever, jvara, takman |
4 |
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar |
4 |
recitation during sacrifice |
4 |
ṣoḍaśin |
4 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
4 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
4 |
Śrīvidyā |
4 |
dhanurveda |
4 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
4 |
year |
4 |
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual |
4 |
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice |
4 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
4 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
4 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
4 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
4 |
sautrāmaṇī |
3 |
bali |
3 |
sattra |
3 |
Giving, dāna |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
bricks |
3 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
3 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
3 |
Public disasters, catastrophies |
3 |
alms, bhikṣā |
3 |
gṛhastha, householder |
3 |
altar, vedi |
3 |
narrative literature |
3 |
eating, food, anna |
3 |
Agriculture |
3 |
Yoga |
3 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
3 |
creates fever |
3 |
Buddhism |
3 |
godāna |
3 |
good behaviour |
3 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
3 |
Creation of the world |
3 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
3 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
3 |
midday pavamāna |
3 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
3 |
saṃskāras |
3 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
3 |
Women |
3 |
upāyakauśalya |
3 |
gāyatrī |
2 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
2 |
havirdhāna |
2 |
spoons |
2 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
2 |
aupāsana |
2 |
anatomy, human body |
2 |
dūrohaṇa |
2 |
Merchants |
2 |
Keśin Dārbhya |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
Police |
2 |
punishment for crime |
2 |
rape, sexual harassment |
2 |
meteor, ulkā |
2 |
brahman priest |
2 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
2 |
pākayajña |
2 |
studying the mahānāmnīs |
2 |
saṃpāta, sampāta |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
āvāpa, insertion |
2 |
prātaranuvāka |
2 |
aṣṭamīvrata |
2 |
Peace and war |
2 |
Trade |
2 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
2 |
yuga theory |
2 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
Skanda |
2 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
2 |
inundation |
2 |
ahaṃkāra |
2 |
snāna, bathing |
2 |
Cosmogony |
2 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
2 |
kṣetrajña |
2 |
Cosmography |
2 |
pūjā |
2 |
Brahmin |
2 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
2 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
2 |
robbery |
2 |
Kṛṣṇa |
2 |
army |
2 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
2 |
hathayoga |
2 |
Aditi |
2 |
against rivals |
2 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
2 |
Dynasties |
2 |
Grammar |
2 |
Māndhātṛ |
2 |
blood rain |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
Sāṃkhya |
1 |
aghamarṣaṇa |
1 |
Pregnancy |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
ekādaśinī |
1 |
māsiśrāddha |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
jātakarman |
1 |
process, jurisdiction |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
idhma, fuel |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
Politics |
1 |
Witness |
1 |
paśupuroḍāśa |
1 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
1 |
stomabhāga |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
agnyupasthāna |
1 |
Family |
1 |
nakṣatras |
1 |
dāna, giving |
1 |
paridhikarman |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
abhiplava |
1 |
taptakṛcchra |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
for success, authority |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
dakṣiṇā |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
1 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
torture |
1 |
criminal investigation |
1 |
murder |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
vyavahāra |
1 |
śruti, Veda |
1 |
viṣuvat |
1 |
Prajāpati's children |
1 |
atirātra |
1 |
Varuṇa |
1 |
birth, pregnancy |
1 |
Viśve devāḥ |
1 |
Ṛbhus |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
childhood rites |
1 |
for the birth of sons |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
theft, stealing |
1 |
abhyuddhṛtā |
1 |
samāvartana |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
āpaddharma |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
ātman |
1 |
śunāsīrya |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
āgrayaṇa |
1 |
dākṣāyaṇayajña |
1 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
1 |
third eye |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
1 |
puṃsavana |
1 |
immortality, amṛta |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
saṃsāra |
1 |
Himālaya |
1 |
Devala and Asita |
1 |
ahīna |
1 |
cow |
1 |
gold |
1 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |