Topic |
Frequency |
war |
129 |
Indra |
125 |
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
117 |
agnihotra |
66 |
Agni |
58 |
Alchemy |
56 |
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
55 |
Soma |
54 |
Astronomy |
48 |
Bhakti |
45 |
jātaka, avadāna |
40 |
Soma sacrifice |
38 |
Aśvins |
38 |
marriage, wedding |
37 |
Kashmirian Shivaism |
35 |
Cosmography |
35 |
rājasūya |
32 |
worship |
32 |
Varuṇa |
32 |
prāyaścitta |
31 |
Viśve devāḥ |
29 |
pravargya |
29 |
Mahāyāna |
27 |
Brideship and marriage |
26 |
Buddha's life |
26 |
Mitra |
25 |
Sacrifice, yajña |
25 |
Mahābhārata |
25 |
Shivaism, Śiva |
24 |
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
24 |
for protection, safety, and luck |
23 |
penance, prāyaścitta |
22 |
varṇas, castes |
21 |
Medicine |
20 |
Uṣas |
19 |
Giving, dāna |
18 |
Time |
18 |
animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
17 |
kāmyeṣṭi |
16 |
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
16 |
hathayoga |
16 |
Maruts |
15 |
dīkṣā |
15 |
King, rājanīti |
15 |
(Im-)purity |
15 |
good behaviour |
15 |
Genealogies |
15 |
Buddhism |
15 |
for long life, longevity, old age |
14 |
Tīrthas |
14 |
saṃskāras |
14 |
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
14 |
against enemies, armies, weapons |
13 |
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
13 |
water, rain |
13 |
Gaṅgā, Ganges |
13 |
healing rituals, against diseases |
13 |
Rituals |
13 |
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
12 |
upanayana, initiation |
12 |
against poison, venom |
12 |
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
12 |
study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
11 |
army |
11 |
Liberation, mokṣa, release |
11 |
agnicayana |
11 |
dharma |
11 |
aśvamedha, hayamedha |
10 |
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
10 |
āśvina |
10 |
botany, plants |
10 |
Dharmaśāstra |
10 |
third pressing |
10 |
omina, presigns, nimittas |
10 |
vrata |
10 |
linguistic speculation |
9 |
meteorology, weather |
9 |
cūḍākaraṇa |
9 |
mantra |
9 |
āhavanīya |
9 |
abhiṣeka |
8 |
amulets |
8 |
Skanda |
8 |
ātman |
8 |
for love, love charms |
8 |
cow |
8 |
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha |
8 |
Sāṃkhya |
8 |
vānaprastha |
8 |
Vedic metres in sacrifice |
8 |
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study |
7 |
yajus verses |
7 |
against sorcery |
7 |
poison, antidotes |
7 |
against serpents, snakebites |
7 |
saṃsāra |
7 |
pūjā |
7 |
Vāta, Vāyu, wind |
7 |
yuga theory |
7 |
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
7 |
Grammar |
7 |
Creation of the world |
7 |
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal |
6 |
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
6 |
snāna, bathing |
6 |
Cosmogony (gen.) |
6 |
long live, āyus |
6 |
Cosmogony |
6 |
agniṣṭoma |
6 |
sacrificial fire |
6 |
Pūṣan |
6 |
avatāras |
6 |
against death, Nirṛti |
6 |
Śvetadvīpa |
6 |
kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
6 |
against rivals |
5 |
vaśā |
5 |
pākayajña |
5 |
āpyāyana |
5 |
nirūḍhapaśubandha |
5 |
Kṛṣṇa |
5 |
karman doctrine |
5 |
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman |
5 |
Brahmin |
5 |
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra |
5 |
Birth, childhood, and youth |
5 |
āśrama |
5 |
vājapeya |
5 |
śrāddha |
5 |
Behaviour, strīdharma |
5 |
eating, food, anna |
5 |
Manu, manvantara |
5 |
Politics |
5 |
grahagrahaṇa |
5 |
sacrificial post, yūpa |
5 |
Dhruva aka. Polar Star |
4 |
Himālaya |
4 |
Vedic hymns, śastras |
4 |
sāman |
4 |
narrative literature |
4 |
Bṛhaspati |
4 |
against bad omina and presigns |
4 |
for material success, riches, wealth, prosperity |
4 |
Rudra |
4 |
for success, authority |
4 |
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī |
4 |
birth, pregnancy |
4 |
Vedic schools, śākhās |
4 |
mahāvrata |
4 |
punarādheya |
4 |
pavitra, purifier |
4 |
om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
4 |
against possession |
4 |
pralaya, destruction of the world |
4 |
śunāsīrya |
4 |
Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
4 |
Poetology |
4 |
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
4 |
Rāmāyaṇa |
4 |
kṛcchra |
4 |
rebirth, transmigration |
4 |
agnyupasthāna |
4 |
Geography |
4 |
godāna |
4 |
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
4 |
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start |
4 |
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
4 |
Kalki(n) |
4 |
paridhi enclosings |
4 |
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune |
4 |
Nirṛti |
3 |
Sleeping |
3 |
sexuality |
3 |
for intelligence, wisdom |
3 |
Urvaśī and Purūravas |
3 |
Apsaras |
3 |
saṃnyāsa |
3 |
Women |
3 |
Lexicography |
3 |
kills Mahiṣa |
3 |
ṣaḍaha |
3 |
altar, vedi |
3 |
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas |
3 |
consecration |
3 |
dānastuti |
3 |
prātaranuvāka |
3 |
cāturmāsya |
3 |
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
3 |
Kaṃsa |
3 |
Architecture |
3 |
niṣkevalya śastra |
3 |
arghya |
3 |
ukhya |
3 |
Śrīvidyā |
3 |
worms, krimi, ghuṇa |
3 |
aṣṭakā |
3 |
nāḍīvijñāna |
3 |
Astrology |
3 |
nakṣatras |
3 |
Sūrya's chariot |
3 |
Matsyāvatāra |
3 |
for a good birth |
3 |
Dadhikrā(van) |
3 |
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire |
3 |
bricks |
3 |
Bhaga |
3 |
inundation |
3 |
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
3 |
childhood rites |
3 |
for potency |
2 |
aponaptrīya |
2 |
for a king |
2 |
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman |
2 |
for luck in gambling |
2 |
jaundice |
2 |
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud |
2 |
dikpālas, guardians of the quarters |
2 |
arrow |
2 |
alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
sun and sacrifice |
2 |
madhuparka |
2 |
worship of relics, stūpas |
2 |
against (dangerous) animals |
2 |
Prajāpati creates the world |
2 |
rudrabhāga |
2 |
against evil |
2 |
truth, satya, ṛta |
2 |
Tripura |
2 |
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
2 |
brahmacarya |
2 |
prāṇa etc. |
2 |
dāna, giving |
2 |
Vṛtra |
2 |
Vṛtra and Indra |
2 |
Materia medica |
2 |
Stories |
2 |
Gandharva |
2 |
urinary diseases |
2 |
dhanurveda |
2 |
serpent worship, snake worship |
2 |
saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
2 |
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
2 |
piṇḍa |
2 |
Prophesy |
2 |
gambling |
2 |
Durgā |
2 |
sahasranāman |
2 |
Agriculture |
2 |
Underworld, hell, naraka |
2 |
Law |
2 |
Senses and world |
2 |
Yama |
2 |
dvīpa |
2 |
Dynasties |
2 |
dakṣiṇā |
2 |
Āpri hymn |
2 |
spoons |
2 |
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) |
2 |
ghost, monster, demon |
2 |
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu |
2 |
Brahmā |
2 |
svarga, heaven |
2 |
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti |
2 |
Agni Vaiśvānara |
2 |
brahman |
2 |
for political power |
2 |
gavām ayana, gavāmayana |
2 |
Pashupata Shaivism |
2 |
bali |
2 |
gold |
2 |
riddle hymns |
2 |
Aditi |
2 |
vaiśvadeva |
1 |
sākamedha |
1 |
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman |
1 |
general or default rules for the sacrifice |
1 |
ādityadarśana |
1 |
āgrayaṇa |
1 |
five mahāyajñas |
1 |
brahmayajña |
1 |
snātaka |
1 |
salutation, greeting, abhivādana |
1 |
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu |
1 |
caturthīkarman |
1 |
caula |
1 |
paristaraṇa |
1 |
medhājanana |
1 |
pṛṣṭha |
1 |
against wounds |
1 |
earthquake |
1 |
seven steps |
1 |
against natural disasters |
1 |
ants, termites |
1 |
twelve-day Soma rite |
1 |
returning the mind, manas of a person |
1 |
mekhalābandhana |
1 |
against kṛtyās |
1 |
upāyakauśalya |
1 |
year |
1 |
cremation ground, śmaśāna |
1 |
śravaṇākarman |
1 |
āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
sāyaṃprātarhoma |
1 |
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home |
1 |
keśānta |
1 |
Kāmaśāstra |
1 |
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
udgātṛ |
1 |
life, jīva |
1 |
cough, kāsa |
1 |
fable |
1 |
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
1 |
daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
friendship |
1 |
rasāyana |
1 |
manas |
1 |
subhāṣita |
1 |
senses, indriya |
1 |
Kāma |
1 |
Pārvatī |
1 |
marman |
1 |
bad behaviour |
1 |
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
1 |
India |
1 |
fever, jvara, takman |
1 |
grahas |
1 |
Viśvāmitra |
1 |
(Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
mankind |
1 |
Military science |
1 |
Debts and interest |
1 |
Witness |
1 |
Ordeal |
1 |
Dāruvana |
1 |
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña |
1 |
Churning of the Milk Ocean |
1 |
Yoga |
1 |
Prostitution |
1 |
Cosmology |
1 |
weapons, arms |
1 |
Kṣatriya |
1 |
Palmistry |
1 |
Trita and his brothers |
1 |
third eye |
1 |
punarabhiṣeka |
1 |
sacrifice and time |
1 |
religious speculation, mystic |
1 |
Vedic metres, prosody |
1 |
Prajāpati and his daughter |
1 |
creates fever |
1 |
sunbeams |
1 |
sun is fastened to the sky |
1 |
against dangers, difficult situations |
1 |
priest, ṛtvij |
1 |
puruṣa, primeval man |
1 |
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice |
1 |
sāvitrī |
1 |
playing dice |
1 |
ahīna |
1 |
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha |
1 |
Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
brahmagavī |
1 |
micro-macro cosmos speculation |
1 |
against bad weather |
1 |
Varāha |
1 |
Māndhātṛ |
1 |
Pracetas |
1 |
unsteadiness of life |
1 |
treasure, kośa, treasury |
1 |
Vasiṣṭha |
1 |
Religion and Philosophy |
1 |
Kirātārjunīya |
1 |
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs |
1 |
śraddhā |
1 |
sacrificial horse |
1 |
Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
Ādityas |
1 |
putting to sleep |
1 |
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth |
1 |
Vala myth |
1 |
errors in sacrifice |
1 |
anatomy, human body |
1 |
cāndrāyaṇa |
1 |