Topic |
Frequency |
Tīrthas |
147 |
Asceticism, tapas |
89 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
82 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
81 |
Buddha's life |
79 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
59 |
Mahābhārata |
57 |
war |
56 |
Giving, dāna |
56 |
varṇas, castes |
56 |
Bhakti |
55 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
54 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
53 |
dharma |
40 |
King, rājanīti |
35 |
Sāṃkhya |
34 |
Dharmaśāstra |
31 |
Indra |
30 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
30 |
Genealogies |
29 |
dāna, giving |
29 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
28 |
Yoga |
28 |
āśrama |
27 |
narrative literature |
27 |
karman doctrine |
27 |
Paraśurāma |
26 |
brahman |
26 |
Creation of the world |
25 |
Brahmin |
24 |
prāyaścitta |
24 |
cow |
24 |
Tripura |
22 |
(Im-)purity |
21 |
Cosmogony |
20 |
vānaprastha |
20 |
Soma sacrifice |
20 |
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
20 |
prāṇa etc. |
19 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
19 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
18 |
Alchemy |
17 |
triguṇa |
17 |
eating, food, anna |
17 |
Śvetadvīpa |
17 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
16 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
16 |
ātman |
15 |
good behaviour |
15 |
Tāraka |
15 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
15 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
14 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
14 |
fable |
14 |
saṃnyāsa |
13 |
Behaviour, politeness |
12 |
Agni |
12 |
rebirth, transmigration |
12 |
Astronomy |
12 |
avatāras |
12 |
marriage, wedding |
12 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
12 |
Women |
11 |
brahmacarya |
11 |
Kṣatriya |
11 |
Pārvatī |
11 |
female ascetics |
11 |
yuga theory |
11 |
Viśvāmitra |
11 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
11 |
Sunda and Upasunda |
11 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
11 |
pravargya |
10 |
saṃsāra |
10 |
śrāddha |
10 |
Trita and his brothers |
9 |
Devala and Asita |
9 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
9 |
Time |
9 |
Moral literature |
9 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
9 |
Dāruvana |
9 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
9 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
9 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
8 |
upanayana, initiation |
8 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
8 |
āśā, hope |
8 |
gṛhastha, householder |
8 |
Purāṇa |
8 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
8 |
saṃskāras |
8 |
Politics |
7 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
7 |
Cosmography |
7 |
Agastya |
7 |
Matsyāvatāra |
7 |
agnihotra |
7 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
7 |
śruti, Veda |
7 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
6 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
6 |
sahasranāman |
6 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
6 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
6 |
Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
6 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
6 |
Himālaya |
6 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
6 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
6 |
Religion and Philosophy |
6 |
svādhyāya |
6 |
vrata |
6 |
japa |
5 |
India |
5 |
dīkṣā |
5 |
Kirātārjunīya |
5 |
rājasūya |
5 |
Marutta |
5 |
Bhṛgu |
5 |
Lexicography |
5 |
Burning of Kāma |
5 |
Pracetas |
5 |
midday pavamāna |
5 |
Skanda |
5 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
5 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
5 |
burnt by Śiva |
5 |
svadharma |
5 |
Pulomā/an |
5 |
Brideship and marriage |
5 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
5 |
subhāṣita |
5 |
Psychology |
4 |
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga |
4 |
manas |
4 |
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
4 |
for battle fury |
4 |
Cosmology |
4 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
4 |
sāvitrī |
4 |
falls on Śivas head |
4 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
4 |
errors in sacrifice |
4 |
Law |
4 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
4 |
garbhādhāna |
4 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
4 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
4 |
ekāṣṭakā |
4 |
Brahmā |
4 |
Medicine |
4 |
Māndhātṛ |
4 |
āpaddharma |
4 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
4 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
4 |
yajus verses |
3 |
(handing over the) daṇḍa |
3 |
sarvamedha |
3 |
uktha |
3 |
prāṇāyāma |
3 |
agnicayana |
3 |
has the hide of man |
3 |
Manu, manvantara |
3 |
creates fever |
3 |
for children, offspring, progeny |
3 |
anatomy, human body |
3 |
Nahuṣa |
3 |
jātaka, avadāna |
3 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
3 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
3 |
Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
3 |
Rudra |
3 |
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga |
3 |
Kaṃsa |
3 |
Sagara, Sāgara |
3 |
fighting |
3 |
Debt |
3 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
3 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
3 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
3 |
fever, jvara, takman |
3 |
Kṛṣṇa |
3 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
3 |
pātaka |
3 |
Military science |
3 |
Nandin |
3 |
Astrology |
3 |
Mahāyāna |
3 |
Witness |
3 |
botany, plants |
3 |
daiva vs. puruṣakāra |
3 |
gold |
3 |
Technique of Yoga |
3 |
birth, pregnancy |
2 |
Atharvaveda |
2 |
Viśve devāḥ |
2 |
brahman priest |
2 |
worship |
2 |
priest, ṛtvij |
2 |
Varuṇa |
2 |
Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
pediatrics, child diseases |
2 |
dvadaśāha |
2 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
2 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
2 |
Stories |
2 |
against rivals |
2 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
2 |
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra |
2 |
Travel |
2 |
house building, correct residence, śālākarman, vastukarman |
2 |
Andhaka |
2 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
2 |
weapons, arms |
2 |
Pregnancy |
2 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
2 |
puṃsavana |
2 |
Property of Brahmins |
2 |
religious speculation, mystic |
2 |
Kalki(n) |
2 |
sīmantonnayana |
2 |
vaiśvadeva |
2 |
mahāvrata |
2 |
Criminal law |
2 |
daśahotra |
2 |
Grammar |
2 |
senses, indriya |
2 |
Vātāpi and Ilvala |
2 |
Vasiṣṭha |
2 |
Kubera |
2 |
Jayadratha |
2 |
vāstuśamana |
2 |
Maruts |
2 |
Pṛthu and the Earth |
2 |
Vāmadeva |
2 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
2 |
Śrī, Lakṣmī |
2 |
third eye |
2 |
gṛhapraveśa |
2 |
Meditation |
2 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
calmness of mind |
2 |
trivarga, caturvarga |
2 |
dama |
2 |
mantra |
2 |
ārbhava pavamāna |
2 |
hathayoga |
2 |
inundation |
1 |
sacrificial fire |
1 |
parivrājaka |
1 |
Zoology |
1 |
āhavanīya |
1 |
reaching svarga |
1 |
son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
brahmagavī |
1 |
abhiṣeka |
1 |
immortality, amṛta |
1 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
1 |
riddle hymns |
1 |
nakṣatras |
1 |
for political power |
1 |
vrātya |
1 |
Buddhism |
1 |
agricultural rites |
1 |
aṣṭakā |
1 |
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
1 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
1 |
kūśmāṇḍahoma |
1 |
ekāha |
1 |
ukhya |
1 |
pākayajña |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
yamastoma |
1 |
Rituals |
1 |
kṛcchra |
1 |
agnyupasthāna |
1 |
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord |
1 |
bali |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
army |
1 |
Bṛhaspati |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
1 |
Soma |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
1 |
State finances |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
water, rain |
1 |
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu |
1 |
Tilottamā |
1 |
kṣetrajña |
1 |
Minister |
1 |
Structure of the world |
1 |
human meat, cannibalism |
1 |
Indra's capital |
1 |
conflicting worldviews |
1 |
Noun derivation |
1 |
unsteadiness of life |
1 |
Kurukṣetra |
1 |
linguistic speculation |
1 |
children |
1 |
Prajāpati's children |
1 |
long live, āyus |
1 |
Dynasties |
1 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
1 |
vaśā |
1 |
against bad weather |
1 |
odana |
1 |
murder |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) |
1 |
caturviṃśa day |
1 |
Harivaṃśa |
1 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
1 |
agniṣṭoma |
1 |
Senses and world |
1 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
1 |
Love |
1 |
Customs and taxes |
1 |
bhasmasnāna, ashes |
1 |
Candra, Candramas, moon |
1 |
Poetology |
1 |
arrow |
1 |
against bad dreams |
1 |
against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
Nāga |
1 |
kṣatradharma |
1 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
1 |
for love, love charms |
1 |
against sorcery |
1 |
piṇḍa |
1 |
grahas |
1 |
ṣaṣṭhī |
1 |