Topic |
Frequency |
Alchemy |
176 |
jātaka, avadāna |
70 |
agnicayana |
65 |
war |
38 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
36 |
narrative literature |
35 |
marriage, wedding |
33 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
33 |
Mahāyāna |
33 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
31 |
Brideship and marriage |
27 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
25 |
Soma sacrifice |
23 |
agniṣṭoma |
21 |
upanayana, initiation |
18 |
Medicine |
18 |
dharma |
17 |
Bhakti |
16 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
16 |
Mahābhārata |
16 |
dīkṣā |
16 |
mahāvrata |
16 |
Politics |
16 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
15 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
15 |
rājasūya |
15 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
14 |
pravargya |
14 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
13 |
worship |
13 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
12 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
11 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
11 |
Law |
10 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
10 |
prāyaścitta |
10 |
pākayajña |
10 |
sacrificial fire |
10 |
botany, plants |
10 |
Buddha's life |
10 |
Dharmaśāstra |
10 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
9 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
9 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
9 |
altar, vedi |
9 |
sīmantonnayana |
9 |
Indra |
9 |
agnihotra |
9 |
hathayoga |
8 |
King, rājanīti |
8 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
8 |
daśahotra |
8 |
Astronomy |
7 |
army |
7 |
spoons |
7 |
vājapeya |
7 |
(Im-)purity |
7 |
Genealogies |
6 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
6 |
śrāddha |
6 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
6 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
6 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
6 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
6 |
bali |
6 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
6 |
puṃsavana |
5 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
5 |
upasad |
5 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
5 |
Zoology |
5 |
Giving, dāna |
5 |
fable |
5 |
Agni |
5 |
Brahmin |
5 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
5 |
against bad omina and presigns |
5 |
good behaviour |
5 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
5 |
pregnancy |
5 |
Military science |
5 |
bricks |
5 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
4 |
caula |
4 |
cow |
4 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
4 |
Buddhism |
4 |
birth, pregnancy |
4 |
Creation of the world |
4 |
cāturmāsya |
4 |
against sorcery |
4 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
4 |
sautrāmaṇī |
4 |
Lexicography |
4 |
Pārvatī |
4 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
4 |
anuyāja, after-offering |
4 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
4 |
Asceticism, tapas |
4 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
4 |
eating, food, anna |
4 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
4 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
4 |
brahman priest |
3 |
vaiśvadeva |
3 |
vaśā |
3 |
prāṇa etc. |
3 |
priest, ṛtvij |
3 |
sava |
3 |
long live, āyus |
3 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
3 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
3 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
3 |
saṃsāra |
3 |
Śvetadvīpa |
3 |
pūjā |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
śravaṇākarman |
3 |
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana |
3 |
Grammar |
3 |
trirātra |
3 |
Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
mantra |
3 |
gṛhastha, householder |
3 |
Cosmogony |
3 |
dhanurveda |
3 |
varṇas, castes |
3 |
Witness |
3 |
keśānta |
3 |
jyotiṣṭoma |
3 |
svaru |
3 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
3 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
3 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
3 |
anvaṣṭakya |
3 |
pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
praṇayana |
3 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
3 |
Moral literature |
3 |
sacrificial horse |
2 |
dhiṣṇya, side altar |
2 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
2 |
punarādheya |
2 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
2 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
2 |
jātakarman |
2 |
paribhāṣā, general rules |
2 |
avadāna |
2 |
amulets |
2 |
ekāha |
2 |
ṣoḍaśin |
2 |
piṇḍapitṛyajña |
2 |
paristaraṇa |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
for the birth of sons |
2 |
alcohol |
2 |
nāndīśrāddha |
2 |
placing the somakalaśa |
2 |
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha |
2 |
gṛhya rituals |
2 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
for finding a husband |
2 |
punarabhiṣeka |
2 |
upāyakauśalya |
2 |
paridhi enclosings |
2 |
third pressing, tṛtīyasavana |
2 |
agricultural rites |
2 |
āpyāyana |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
medhājanana |
2 |
playing dice |
2 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma, sāyamāhuti, prātarāhuti |
2 |
creates fever |
2 |
sattra |
2 |
sthālīpāka |
2 |
cātvāla |
2 |
godāna |
2 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
2 |
purification of gold |
2 |
general or default rules for the sacrifice |
2 |
darbha grass |
2 |
Paurṇāmāsī |
2 |
Amāvāsyā |
2 |
against poison, venom |
2 |
measuring the vedi, vedivimāna |
2 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
2 |
poison, antidotes |
2 |
Bhṛgu |
2 |
gold |
2 |
bad behaviour |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
2 |
ātman |
2 |
Psychology |
2 |
Peace and war |
2 |
āpaddharma |
2 |
Minister |
2 |
theft, stealing |
2 |
Cosmography |
2 |
vyavahāra |
2 |
sexuality |
2 |
Poetology |
2 |
process, jurisdiction |
2 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
2 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
2 |
Debts and interest |
2 |
Tīrthas |
2 |
saṃnyāsa |
2 |
vānaprastha |
2 |
Yoga |
2 |
Pulomā/an |
2 |
urinary diseases |
2 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
2 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
2 |
Rudra |
2 |
Prajāpati |
2 |
ghost, monster, demon |
2 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
2 |
odanasava |
1 |
Andhaka |
1 |
for cattle, cows |
1 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
1 |
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana |
1 |
raising the yūpa |
1 |
uttaravedi |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
military formation |
1 |
for success, authority |
1 |
Nyāya |
1 |
Materia medica |
1 |
Nosology |
1 |
Kalki(n) |
1 |
pratyavarohaṇa |
1 |
Uṣas |
1 |
against kṛtyās |
1 |
garbhādhāna |
1 |
tulāpuruṣa |
1 |
udgītha |
1 |
Buddha |
1 |
rebirth, transmigration |
1 |
uktha |
1 |
pṛṣṭha |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
Astrology |
1 |
Language |
1 |
cremation |
1 |
brahmacarya |
1 |
ājyatantra |
1 |
meteorology, weather |
1 |
Shivaite Tantrism |
1 |
gṛhapraveśa |
1 |
vāṇa |
1 |
Vena |
1 |
karman doctrine |
1 |
agnyupasthāna |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
paridhikarman |
1 |
Sāṃkhya |
1 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
mankind |
1 |
court live |
1 |
āśrama |
1 |
hole for the yūpa |
1 |
Criminal law |
1 |
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
for a good birth |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
Family |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
Inheritance, heritage, heirs |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
travelling, making a journey |
1 |
saṃskāras |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
svarga, heaven |
1 |
snāna, bathing |
1 |
Śrīvidyā |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
Aśvins |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
fighting |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
brahmahatyā |
1 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
1 |
selling children, adoption |
1 |
gāyatrī |
1 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
1 |
Atharvaveda |
1 |
purohita, house priest |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
sāman |
1 |
for victory in battle |
1 |
Bharata |
1 |
human meat, cannibalism |
1 |
criminal investigation |
1 |
suicide |
1 |
murder |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
atirātra |
1 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
Tāraka |
1 |
Mitra |
1 |
Maruts |
1 |
brahman |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
Agriculture |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
against fear |
1 |
Durgā |
1 |
Logic |
1 |
Methodology |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
śūlagava |
1 |
against possession |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
vrata |
1 |
somakraya, buying Soma |
1 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
kuṣṭha |
1 |
madhuparka |
1 |
vātarakta |
1 |
Paraśurāma |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
against serpents, snakebites |
1 |
Anti-social behaviour |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
Varuṇa |
1 |
varuṇapraghāsa |
1 |
State finances |
1 |
abhyuddhṛtā |
1 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
1 |
sorcery |
1 |