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Dharmaśāstra (
112 chapters
)
History
Dynasties (
1 chapter
)
Language (
1 chapter
)
Grammar (
75 chapters
)
Accents (
2 chapters
)
Noun derivation (
4 chapters
)
Phonetics (
3 chapters
)
Reduplication (
1 chapter
)
Syntax (
2 chapters
)
Lexicography (
8 chapters
)
Poetology (
29 chapters
)
linguistic speculation (
12 chapters
)
mantra (
14 chapters
)
hiṅ, hiṃkāra (
4 chapters
)
om, oṃ, oṃkāra (
29 chapters
)
svāhā (
1 chapter
)
prosody
Vedic metres, prosody (
10 chapters
)
gāyatrī (
7 chapters
)
sāman (
60 chapters
)
21-fold, ekaviṃśa (
1 chapter
)
pṛṣṭha (
14 chapters
)
raurava (
1 chapter
)
svarasāman days (
1 chapter
)
udgītha (
8 chapters
)
uktha (
13 chapters
)
vāmadevya (
1 chapter
)
yajus verses (
10 chapters
)
sāvitrī (
7 chapters
)
ṛc (
2 chapters
)
Logic (
7 chapters
)
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Agriculture (
9 chapters
)
Alchemy (
398 chapters
)
purification of gold (
1 chapter
)
Architecture (
4 chapters
)
Astrology (
7 chapters
)
Astronomy (
13 chapters
)
Cosmology (
3 chapters
)
Cosmography (
13 chapters
)
Kāmaśāstra (
58 chapters
)
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra (
38 chapters
)
Prophesy (
3 chapters
)
Palmistry (
3 chapters
)
against (dangerous) animals (
2 chapters
)
against anger, wrath, fury (
4 chapters
)
against bad dreams (
8 chapters
)
against bad luck (
2 chapters
)
against bad omina and presigns (
47 chapters
)
against curses (
2 chapters
)
against dangers, difficult situations (
8 chapters
)
against death, Nirṛti (
8 chapters
)
against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits (
25 chapters
)
against enemies, armies, weapons (
62 chapters
)
against evil (
12 chapters
)
against fear (
1 chapter
)
against fire, incendy (
1 chapter
)
against jealousy (
3 chapters
)
against natural disasters (
5 chapters
)
against bad weather (
2 chapters
)
against inundations (
1 chapter
)
against poison, venom (
12 chapters
)
against quarrel at home, in the family (
1 chapter
)
against rivals (
22 chapters
)
against sins, misdeeds (
11 chapters
)
against sorcery (
17 chapters
)
amulets (
12 chapters
)
cātana hymn (
1 chapter
)
for a good birth (
7 chapters
)
for a king (
8 chapters
)
for aid, support (
4 chapters
)
for battle fury (
4 chapters
)
for cattle, cows (
12 chapters
)
for children, offspring, progeny (
8 chapters
)
for concord, harmony (
5 chapters
)
for fame, glory (
3 chapters
)
for finding a husband (
1 chapter
)
for impotency (
3 chapters
)
for intelligence, wisdom (
2 chapters
)
for long life, longevity, old age (
24 chapters
)
for love, love charms (
28 chapters
)
for luck, happiness, well-being, good fortune (
9 chapters
)
for luck in gambling (
5 chapters
)
for material success, riches, wealth (
34 chapters
)
for political power (
14 chapters
)
for potency (
4 chapters
)
for prestige, influence (
5 chapters
)
for protection, safety, and luck (
49 chapters
)
for success at court, in a juridicial process (
1 chapter
)
for success in discussions (
2 chapters
)
for success, authority (
22 chapters
)
for sufficient food (
1 chapter
)
for the birth of sons (
6 chapters
)
for victory in battle (
3 chapters
)
for water and rain (
2 chapters
)
healing rituals, against diseases (
81 chapters
)
against blood loss (
1 chapter
)
against fever (
2 chapters
)
against headache (
1 chapter
)
against kṣetriya (
1 chapter
)
against scorpions (
1 chapter
)
against serpents, snakebites (
12 chapters
)
against wounds (
1 chapter
)
yakṣma (
2 chapters
)
kṛtyā
against kṛtyās (
1 chapter
)
putting to sleep (
2 chapters
)
returning the mind, manas of a person (
2 chapters
)
vaśīkaraṇa (
1 chapter
)
Medicine (
292 chapters
)
Materia medica (
14 chapters
)
Nosology (
1 chapter
)
Therapy (
1 chapter
)
Aphrodisiacs (
2 chapters
)
immortality, amṛta (
6 chapters
)
rasāyana (
4 chapters
)
for hair, against palita etc. (
3 chapters
)
rejuvenation (
5 chapters
)
anatomy, human body (
8 chapters
)
birth, pregnancy (
21 chapters
)
body functions
urination (
1 chapter
)
digestion (
4 chapters
)
diseases (
8 chapters
)
amlapitta (
1 chapter
)
arocaka (
1 chapter
)
arśas (
1 chapter
)
atisāra, flux, diarrhea (
2 chapters
)
balāsa (
1 chapter
)
cough, kāsa (
2 chapters
)
fever, jvara, takman (
15 chapters
)
fracture, broken bone (
1 chapter
)
grahaṇīdoṣa (
1 chapter
)
gulma (
2 chapters
)
hikkā
jaundice (
2 chapters
)
kuṣṭha (
3 chapters
)
kṣaya, rājayakṣman (
5 chapters
)
leprosy, kilāsa (
4 chapters
)
madness, unmāda, insanity (
1 chapter
)
madātyaya (
1 chapter
)
plīhan (
1 chapter
)
pāṇḍuroga (
1 chapter
)
raktapitta (
2 chapters
)
skin diseases (
3 chapters
)
takman (
6 chapters
)
udara (
1 chapter
)
urinary diseases (
4 chapters
)
vidradhi (
2 chapters
)
visarpa (
2 chapters
)
vraṇa, sore (
1 chapter
)
vātarakta (
1 chapter
)
vātavyādhi (
1 chapter
)
worms, krimi, ghuṇa (
5 chapters
)
āsrāva (
2 chapters
)
śotha (
1 chapter
)
śvāsa (
1 chapter
)
embryology (
1 chapter
)
life, jīva (
3 chapters
)
marman (
1 chapter
)
nāḍīvijñāna (
19 chapters
)
pathogenesis, origin of a disease (
14 chapters
)
pediatrics, child diseases (
4 chapters
)
poison, antidotes (
11 chapters
)
prevention (
1 chapter
)
prognosis
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna (
7 chapters
)
Methodology (
1 chapter
)
Mineralogy, jewels, metals (
26 chapters
)
gold (
4 chapters
)
Weights, measures (
1 chapter
)
Zoology (
8 chapters
)
ants, termites (
2 chapters
)
cattle (
2 chapters
)
branding (
1 chapter
)
dogs (
2 chapters
)
flies, fly (
1 chapter
)
frogs (
3 chapters
)
horses (
1 chapter
)
botany, plants (
64 chapters
)
handicrafts
weaving (
1 chapter
)
meteorology, weather (
1 chapter
)
water, rain (
26 chapters
)
Poetry
Nature poetry (
2 chapters
)
subhāṣita (
4 chapters
)
Religion and Philosophy (
3 chapters
)
Buddhism (
14 chapters
)
Buddha's life (
36 chapters
)
Schools
Mahāyāna (
63 chapters
)
Yogācāra (
40 chapters
)
jātaka, avadāna (
51 chapters
)
upāyakauśalya (
2 chapters
)
vyākaraṇa (
1 chapter
)
worship of relics, stūpas (
3 chapters
)
worship of the Buddha (
1 chapter
)
Hindu
(Non-)vegetarism, meat (
4 chapters
)
human meat, cannibalism (
1 chapter
)
Cosmogony (gen.) (
33 chapters
)
Churning of the Milk Ocean (
4 chapters
)
Creation of the world (
22 chapters
)
Genealogies (
48 chapters
)
Geography (
9 chapters
)
Hells
India (
6 chapters
)
Himālaya (
6 chapters
)
Structure of the world (
3 chapters
)
Underworld, hell, naraka (
11 chapters
)
dvīpa (
1 chapter
)
Śvetadvīpa (
3 chapters
)
svarga, heaven (
4 chapters
)
reaching svarga (
2 chapters
)
Manu, manvantara (
4 chapters
)
People (
2 chapters
)
inundation (
6 chapters
)
micro-macro cosmos speculation (
12 chapters
)
pralaya, destruction of the world (
4 chapters
)
puruṣa, primeval man (
3 chapters
)
space, ākāśa (
1 chapter
)
triguṇa (
7 chapters
)
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras (
23 chapters
)
Deities and cults (
2 chapters
)
Aditi (
6 chapters
)
Agni (
275 chapters
)
Agni Gārhapatya, domestic fire (
5 chapters
)
Agni Jātavedas (
1 chapter
)
Agni Vaiśvānara (
9 chapters
)
Agni in the water (
3 chapters
)
Agni sāṃtapana (
1 chapter
)
Agni's bodies (
2 chapters
)
missiles of Agni (
1 chapter
)
sacrificial fire (
29 chapters
)
agnicayana (
27 chapters
)
mixing of sacrificial fires (
1 chapter
)
ukhya (
2 chapters
)
ukhā (
5 chapters
)
āhavanīya (
2 chapters
)
Anumati (
1 chapter
)
Apsaras (
7 chapters
)
Apāṃ Napāt (
1 chapter
)
Aryaman (
2 chapters
)
Aśvins (
75 chapters
)
Aṅgiras and his descendants (Āṅgirasas) (
5 chapters
)
Bhaga (
3 chapters
)
Bhakti (
31 chapters
)
Bhava (
2 chapters
)
Brahmaṇaspati (
6 chapters
)
Brahmā (
2 chapters
)
Brahma's world, brahmaloka (
3 chapters
)
Bṛhaspati (
17 chapters
)
Candra, Candramas, moon (
6 chapters
)
Dadhikrā(van) (
2 chapters
)
Dhātṛ (
1 chapter
)
Durgā (
4 chapters
)
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī (
5 chapters
)
Gandharva (
6 chapters
)
Garuḍa (
1 chapter
)
Gaṇeśa (
1 chapter
)
Indra (
346 chapters
)
Indra and Tvāṣṭra (sons of Tvaṣṭṛ) (
3 chapters
)
Indra's capital (
1 chapter
)
Vala myth (
1 chapter
)
Vṛtra (
7 chapters
)
Kubera (
1 chapter
)
Kāma (
1 chapter
)
burnt by Śiva (
1 chapter
)
Maruts (
49 chapters
)
Mitra (
35 chapters
)
Nirṛti (
2 chapters
)
Nāga (
2 chapters
)
Śeṣa (
1 chapter
)
Parjanya, rain (
3 chapters
)
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña (
11 chapters
)
piṇḍapitṛyajña (
3 chapters
)
Prajāpati (
15 chapters
)
Prajāpati and his daughter (
3 chapters
)
Prajāpati and the sacrifice (
2 chapters
)
Prajāpati creates the world (
22 chapters
)
Prajāpati's children (
1 chapter
)
Pārvatī (
7 chapters
)
Pūṣan (
16 chapters
)
River deities (
2 chapters
)
Rudra (
28 chapters
)
rudrabhāga (
2 chapters
)
Sarasvat (
3 chapters
)
Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech (
18 chapters
)
Shivaism, Śiva (
37 chapters
)
Dvaita Shaivism
Kashmirian Shivaism (
105 chapters
)
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman (
9 chapters
)
Pashupata Shaivism (
185 chapters
)
Anti-social behaviour (
1 chapter
)
Shivaite Tantrism (
3 chapters
)
Stories (
1 chapter
)
Andhaka (
2 chapters
)
Burning of Kāma (
1 chapter
)
Dāruvana (
1 chapter
)
Keśin Dārbhya (
3 chapters
)
Kirātārjunīya (
4 chapters
)
Nandin (
1 chapter
)
Tripura (
3 chapters
)
Tāraka (
3 chapters
)
attacks Prajāpati (
1 chapter
)
third eye (
1 chapter
)
creates fever (
1 chapter
)
kills Mahiṣa (
1 chapter
)
paśupati (
1 chapter
)
praise of Śiva
Śivaite rituals
bhasmasnāna, ashes (
3 chapters
)
Skanda (
8 chapters
)
Soma (
140 chapters
)
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun (
56 chapters
)
Sūrya's chariot (
1 chapter
)
sun and sacrifice (
2 chapters
)
sun is fastened to the sky (
1 chapter
)
sunbeams (
1 chapter
)
Tantrism (
2 chapters
)
Tvaṣṭṛ (
2 chapters
)
Tārkṣya (
2 chapters
)
Uṣas (
23 chapters
)
Varuṇa (
62 chapters
)
Viśvakarman (
2 chapters
)
Viśve devāḥ (
66 chapters
)
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism (
91 chapters
)
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman (
13 chapters
)
Nara-Nārāyaṇa (
2 chapters
)
avatāras (
8 chapters
)
Balarāma (
3 chapters
)
Buddha (
1 chapter
)
Kalki(n) (
3 chapters
)
Kṛṣṇa (
12 chapters
)
Birth, childhood, and youth (
15 chapters
)
Kaṃsa (
7 chapters
)
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs (
4 chapters
)
Pūtanā (
1 chapter
)
Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa (
1 chapter
)
Kṛṣṇa kills Naraka (
1 chapter
)
Pradyumna (
1 chapter
)
destruction of Dvārakā (
1 chapter
)
Matsyāvatāra (
3 chapters
)
Rāma(candra) (
1 chapter
)
Varāha (
2 chapters
)
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) (
11 chapters
)
Vācaspati (
1 chapter
)
Vāstoṣpati (
5 chapters
)
Vāta, Vāyu, wind (
21 chapters
)
Yama (
3 chapters
)
fetters of death (
2 chapters
)
celestial bodies
Budha, Mercury (
1 chapter
)
grahas (
2 chapters
)
nakṣatras (
7 chapters
)
deities of the moon, nights (
4 chapters
)
Amāvāsyā (
3 chapters
)
Kuhū (
1 chapter
)
Paurṇāmāsī (
3 chapters
)
Rākā (
1 chapter
)
Sinīvalī (
1 chapter
)
ekāṣṭakā (
5 chapters
)
āgrahāyaṇī (
6 chapters
)
dikpālas, guardians of the quarters (
2 chapters
)
divine waters, āpaḥ (
1 chapter
)
dyāvāpṛthivī, heaven and earth (
8 chapters
)
ghost, monster, demon (
4 chapters
)
Ādityas (
9 chapters
)
Śakti
Śrīvidyā (
3 chapters
)
Śarva (
2 chapters
)
Śrī, Lakṣmī (
2 chapters
)
Ṛbhus (
11 chapters
)
Ṛṣi (
1 chapter
)
Agastya (
4 chapters
)
Vasiṣṭha (
3 chapters
)
Viśvāmitra (
6 chapters
)
Vāmadeva (
1 chapter
)
Liberation, mokṣa, release (
44 chapters
)
all-unity (
2 chapters
)
non-attachment (
4 chapters
)
Rituals (
8 chapters
)
(Im-)purity (
22 chapters
)
Sacrifice, yajña (
153 chapters
)
Soma sacrifice (
129 chapters
)
abhiplava (
3 chapters
)
agniṣṭoma (
41 chapters
)
udayanīyā, udayanīyeṣṭi (
3 chapters
)
ātithyeṣṭi (
1 chapter
)
apavargya (
3 chapters
)
bahiṣpavamāna, out-of-doors laud (
28 chapters
)
caturviṃśa day (
3 chapters
)
chandoma (
6 chapters
)
dvadaśāha (
2 chapters
)
ekāha (
5 chapters
)
aptoryāman (
1 chapter
)
yamastoma (
1 chapter
)
āptoryāman (
4 chapters
)
grahagrahaṇa (
1 chapter
)
havirdhāna (
1 chapter
)
midday pavamāna (
9 chapters
)
midday sacrifice, mādhyandina (
2 chapters
)
nivid (
3 chapters
)
niṣkevalya śastra (
1 chapter
)
penalty for pressing out (= hurting) Soma (
1 chapter
)
placing the somakalaśa (
2 chapters
)
prauga śastra (
4 chapters
)
pravargya (
25 chapters
)
praṇayana (
3 chapters
)
prātaranuvāka (
4 chapters
)
soma graha (
2 chapters
)
somakraya, buying Soma (
3 chapters
)
somapariṇayana (
1 chapter
)
stomabhāga (
3 chapters
)
strophes used in sacrifice (
1 chapter
)
third pressing (
1 chapter
)
twelve-day Soma rite (
69 chapters
)
upasad (
13 chapters
)
vaṣaṭ, vaṣaṭkāra (
8 chapters
)
viṣuvat (
3 chapters
)
vājapeya (
24 chapters
)
ārbhava pavamāna (
5 chapters
)
ṛtuyāja, seasonal cups (
2 chapters
)
ṣaḍaha (
28 chapters
)
Vedic metres in sacrifice (
22 chapters
)
abhiṣeka (
3 chapters
)
mahābhiṣeka (
12 chapters
)
punarabhiṣeka (
4 chapters
)
agnihotra (
102 chapters
)
agnyupasthāna (
9 chapters
)
agnyādhāna, agnyādheya (
63 chapters
)
anvādhāna (
1 chapter
)
anvārambhanīyā iṣṭi (
1 chapter
)
ahīna (
13 chapters
)
altar, vedi (
14 chapters
)
bricks (
8 chapters
)
catvāla, pit (
1 chapter
)
dhiṣṇya, side altar (
1 chapter
)
idhma, fuel (
1 chapter
)
paridhi enclosings (
6 chapters
)
preparing sacrificial requisites (
1 chapter
)
spoons (
4 chapters
)
uttaravedi (
4 chapters
)
animal sacrifice, paśubandha (
150 chapters
)
adhrigupraiṣa (
1 chapter
)
agnīṣomīya (
2 chapters
)
anointing the animal, añjana (
3 chapters
)
anvārambhana (
3 chapters
)
avadāna (
14 chapters
)
binding the animal to the yūpa (
6 chapters
)
consent of the animal (
1 chapter
)
cātvāla (
3 chapters
)
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti (
2 chapters
)
driving the animal to the sacrificial area, upākaraṇa (
4 chapters
)
killing the sacrificial animal, saṃjñapana (
6 chapters
)
kāmyapaśubandha (
13 chapters
)
nirūḍhapaśubandha (
22 chapters
)
paryagnikaraṇa (
4 chapters
)
paśupuroḍāśa (
3 chapters
)
preparing the ājya, pṛṣadājya (
1 chapter
)
sacrificial post, yūpa (
29 chapters
)
felling the tree for the yūpa (
4 chapters
)
hole for the yūpa (
1 chapter
)
raising the yūpa (
8 chapters
)
svaru (
3 chapters
)
sprinkling the animal, prokṣaṇa (
3 chapters
)
upākaraṇa (
6 chapters
)
vapā, omentum, Netzhaut (
12 chapters
)
vapāhoma (
7 chapters
)
vasāhoma (
1 chapter
)
āpyāyana (
10 chapters
)
śūlagava (
11 chapters
)
anuyāja, after-offering (
7 chapters
)
arghya (
9 chapters
)
aśvamedha, hayamedha (
53 chapters
)
sacrificial horse (
1 chapter
)
aṣṭakā (
18 chapters
)
anvaṣṭakya (
7 chapters
)
bali (
12 chapters
)
caturhotra, caturhotṛ, caturhotar (
6 chapters
)
cāturmāsya (
23 chapters
)
sākamedha (
11 chapters
)
vaiśvadeva (
10 chapters
)
varuṇapraghāsa (
10 chapters
)
śunāsīrya (
3 chapters
)
dakṣiṇā (
8 chapters
)
darbha grass (
1 chapter
)
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice (
102 chapters
)
āghāra (
2 chapters
)
daśahotra (
13 chapters
)
daśahotṛ
daśapeya (
1 chapter
)
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman (
4 chapters
)
errors in sacrifice (
21 chapters
)
fire sacrifice, offering ājya, homa, āhuti (
3 chapters
)
kūśmāṇḍahoma (
2 chapters
)
prasthita libation (
2 chapters
)
sāyaṃprātarhoma (
1 chapter
)
five mahāyajñas (
3 chapters
)
brahmayajña (
2 chapters
)
gavām ayana (
4 chapters
)
general or default rules for the sacrifice (
1 chapter
)
getting a part, share of the sacrifice, yajñabhāga (
3 chapters
)
haviryajña (
2 chapters
)
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha (
7 chapters
)
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya (
8 chapters
)
iḍā (
1 chapter
)
jyotiṣṭoma (
11 chapters
)
atyagniṣṭoma (
1 chapter
)
droṇakalaśa (
1 chapter
)
pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa (
4 chapters
)
raising the udumbara pillar (
3 chapters
)
kāmyeṣṭi (
83 chapters
)
abhyuddhṛtā (
1 chapter
)
abhyuditā (
1 chapter
)
anunirvāpyā (
1 chapter
)
dākṣāyaṇayajña (
1 chapter
)
āgrayaṇa (
6 chapters
)
madhuparka (
2 chapters
)
mahāvrata (
42 chapters
)
navayajña, sacrifice of the first fruits (
3 chapters
)
odana (
2 chapters
)
order of sacrifices, yajñakrama (
1 chapter
)
origin of the sacrifice (
2 chapters
)
paribhāṣā, general rules (
3 chapters
)
paristaraṇa (
1 chapter
)
patnīsaṃyāja (
3 chapters
)
pavitra, purifier (
1 chapter
)
pañcayajña (
1 chapter
)
pravara, choosing the priest (
4 chapters
)
prayāja (
6 chapters
)
priest, ṛtvij (
14 chapters
)
adhvaryu (
1 chapter
)
agnīdh(ra) (
1 chapter
)
atharvan priest (
2 chapters
)
brahman priest (
20 chapters
)
hotṛ priest (
1 chapter
)
maitrāvaruṇa (
1 chapter
)
udgātṛ (
9 chapters
)
āgnīdhra priest (
1 chapter
)
prāśitra, prāśita (
2 chapters
)
punarādheya (
9 chapters
)
pākayajña (
14 chapters
)
pṛṣātaka (
2 chapters
)
recitation during sacrifice (
2 chapters
)
rājasūya (
53 chapters
)
gotamastoma (
1 chapter
)
keśavapaṇīya (
2 chapters
)
sautrāmaṇī (
3 chapters
)
sacrifice and time (
5 chapters
)
sacrificial ground, place of sacrifice, devayajana (
3 chapters
)
sadas (
2 chapters
)
samiṣṭayajus (
1 chapter
)
samṛtayajña (
1 chapter
)
sarvamedha (
3 chapters
)
sattra (
6 chapters
)
sava (
2 chapters
)
serpent worship, snake worship (
2 chapters
)
sthālīpāka (
4 chapters
)
ucchiṣṭa, remainder of the sacrifice (
1 chapter
)
ukthya (
4 chapters
)
upayāja (
1 chapter
)
utsarga, leaving out days of a sacrifice (
1 chapter
)
vyāhṛtis (
1 chapter
)
yajamānam iṣṭiṣu (
8 chapters
)
ājyabhāga (
1 chapter
)
āstāva (
1 chapter
)
śravaṇākarman (
5 chapters
)
against possession (
2 chapters
)
agricultural rites (
10 chapters
)
brahmacarya (
14 chapters
)
brahmodya (
1 chapter
)
childhood rites (
2 chapters
)
consecrating a garden (
1 chapter
)
consecration of ponds, wells, and tanks (
1 chapter
)
death of a sacrificer (
1 chapter
)
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha (
38 chapters
)
cremation (
2 chapters
)
cremation ground, śmaśāna (
2 chapters
)
paridhikarman (
1 chapter
)
saṃpradāna (
1 chapter
)
udaka ritual (
1 chapter
)
dāna, giving (
14 chapters
)
alms, bhikṣā (
4 chapters
)
dānastuti (
5 chapters
)
dīkṣā (
44 chapters
)
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha (
11 chapters
)
gṛhya rituals (
1 chapter
)
marriage, wedding (
96 chapters
)
caturthīkarman (
1 chapter
)
pariṇayana
seven steps (
3 chapters
)
stepping on the stone (
3 chapters
)
udvahana, bringing the bride to her new home (
4 chapters
)
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing (
3 chapters
)
nirmālya (
1 chapter
)
parimara (
3 chapters
)
piṇḍa (
4 chapters
)
pratyavarohaṇa (
3 chapters
)
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites (
18 chapters
)
prāyaścitta (
91 chapters
)
sahasranāman (
5 chapters
)
saṃdhyā, twilight worship (
3 chapters
)
saṃskāras (
10 chapters
)
annaprāśana, prāśanakarman (
11 chapters
)
candradarśana (
1 chapter
)
caula (
3 chapters
)
cūḍākaraṇa (
8 chapters
)
garbhādhāna (
3 chapters
)
godāna (
13 chapters
)
jātakarman (
5 chapters
)
soṣyantīsavana (
1 chapter
)
keśānta (
1 chapter
)
medhājanana (
4 chapters
)
mekhalābandhana (
1 chapter
)
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman (
12 chapters
)
puṃsavana (
16 chapters
)
samārohaṇa of the fire (
1 chapter
)
samāvartana (
7 chapters
)
sīmantonnayana (
14 chapters
)
upanayana, initiation (
45 chapters
)
upaniṣkramaṇa (
1 chapter
)
utthāna (
1 chapter
)
ādityadarśana (
1 chapter
)
tānūnaptra (
1 chapter
)
vrata (
24 chapters
)
kṛcchra (
4 chapters
)
taptakṛcchra (
1 chapter
)
studying the mahānāmnīs (
2 chapters
)
vrātya (
13 chapters
)
worship (
40 chapters
)
japa (
1 chapter
)
pūjā (
7 chapters
)
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord (
4 chapters
)
ācamana (
2 chapters
)
śrāddha (
40 chapters
)
sapiṇḍīkaraṇa (
2 chapters
)
ābhyudayika (
1 chapter
)
Time (
8 chapters
)
kālacakra (
1 chapter
)
seasons (
3 chapters
)
year (
11 chapters
)
yuga theory (
8 chapters
)
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga (
2 chapters
)
Tīrthas (
43 chapters
)
Gaṅgā, Ganges (
3 chapters
)
falls on Śivas head (
1 chapter
)
Kurukṣetra (
1 chapter
)
Veda
advaita philosophy (
2 chapters
)
brahman (
22 chapters
)
calmness of mind (
1 chapter
)
cow (
42 chapters
)
agnihotrī (
5 chapters
)
brahmagavī (
1 chapter
)
has the hide of man (
1 chapter
)
milk (
4 chapters
)
vaśā (
21 chapters
)
vṛṣotsarga (
4 chapters
)
daiva vs. puruṣakāra (
2 chapters
)
dharma (
57 chapters
)
Asceticism, tapas (
21 chapters
)
Behaviour, politeness (
4 chapters
)
Giving, dāna (
34 chapters
)
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya (
18 chapters
)
Sleeping (
4 chapters
)
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya (
18 chapters
)
(handing over the) daṇḍa (
3 chapters
)
paraṃparā, transmission of a text, list of teachers (
5 chapters
)
bad behaviour (
8 chapters
)
brahmahatyā (
2 chapters
)
lobha, greed (
2 chapters
)
loss of caste, becoming a patita, patanīya (
3 chapters
)
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā (
8 chapters
)
dama (
1 chapter
)
eating, food, anna (
40 chapters
)
vighasa, eating the remainder of food (
1 chapter
)
friendship (
3 chapters
)
good behaviour (
35 chapters
)
house building, correct residence, śālākarman (
23 chapters
)
agārapraveśa, entering the house (
2 chapters
)
maṇikāvadhāna, placing the maṇika (
1 chapter
)
vāstuśamana (
1 chapter
)
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge (
22 chapters
)
penance, prāyaścitta (
102 chapters
)
poverty, renunciation (
4 chapters
)
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca (
24 chapters
)
pātaka (
6 chapters
)
salutation, abhivādana (
1 chapter
)
sexuality (
14 chapters
)
snāna, bathing (
7 chapters
)
snātaka (
4 chapters
)
study, śiṣya, adhyāya (
35 chapters
)
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study (
8 chapters
)
brahmasattra, repeating the Veda as a ritual (
1 chapter
)
svādhyāya (
9 chapters
)
upākaraṇa, upākarman, start (
6 chapters
)
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal (
9 chapters
)
āplavana (
1 chapter
)
svadharma (
3 chapters
)
travelling, making a journey (
14 chapters
)
crossing water (
1 chapter
)
trivarga, caturvarga (
1 chapter
)
truth, satya, ṛta (
6 chapters
)
varṇas, castes (
30 chapters
)
Brahmin (
21 chapters
)
correct behaviour (
2 chapters
)
crying (
1 chapter
)
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana (
2 chapters
)
high position of Brahmins (
3 chapters
)
Kṣatriya (
27 chapters
)
kṣatra and brahman (
3 chapters
)
kṣatradharma (
2 chapters
)
mixture of castes, varṇasaṃkara (
2 chapters
)
vyavahāra (
1 chapter
)
āpaddharma (
6 chapters
)
āśrama (
13 chapters
)
gṛhastha, householder (
7 chapters
)
saṃnyāsa (
5 chapters
)
vānaprastha (
6 chapters
)
āśā, hope (
2 chapters
)
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā (
4 chapters
)
karman doctrine (
23 chapters
)
long live, āyus (
16 chapters
)
rebirth, transmigration (
18 chapters
)
religious speculation, mystic (
2 chapters
)
saṃsāra (
21 chapters
)
unsteadiness of life (
3 chapters
)
śruti, Veda (
14 chapters
)
Atharvaveda (
4 chapters
)
Vedic hymns, śastras (
52 chapters
)
aponaptrīya (
2 chapters
)
atirātra (
4 chapters
)
bhāllavistoma (
1 chapter
)
dūrohaṇa (
2 chapters
)
evayāmarut, ṚV 5.87 (
1 chapter
)
interpretation of individual hymns or stanzas (
1 chapter
)
saṃpāta, sampāta (
2 chapters
)
subrahmaṇyā (
1 chapter
)
vihāra, transposition (
1 chapter
)
viṣṭuti (
30 chapters
)
vālakhilyā (
1 chapter
)
Āpri hymn (
10 chapters
)
ājya hymns (
11 chapters
)
āvāpa, insertion (
1 chapter
)
āśvina (
4 chapters
)
ṣoḍaśin (
4 chapters
)
Vedic schools, śākhās (
1 chapter
)
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) (
1 chapter
)
origin of the Vedas (
2 chapters
)
riddle hymns (
2 chapters
)
Psychology (
4 chapters
)
Meditation (
3 chapters
)
manas (
7 chapters
)
prāṇa etc. (
33 chapters
)
senses, indriya (
7 chapters
)
ātman (
36 chapters
)
śraddhā (
1 chapter
)
Vedic
sorcery (
4 chapters
)
conflicting worldviews (
1 chapter
)
omina, presigns, nimittas (
52 chapters
)
birds as omen (
3 chapters
)
blood rain (
1 chapter
)
frogs as omen (
1 chapter
)
images of gods move, laugh (
1 chapter
)
meteor, ulkā (
3 chapters
)
omina with fire (
3 chapters
)
paramārtha (
1 chapter
)
sad-asad, real and non-existent (
1 chapter
)
ṣaḍdarśanas
Nyāya (
16 chapters
)
Sāṃkhya (
15 chapters
)
Cosmogony (
10 chapters
)
Senses and world (
4 chapters
)
ahaṃkāra (
2 chapters
)
kṣetrajña (
2 chapters
)
mahant (
1 chapter
)
mankind (
1 chapter
)
Vaiśeṣika (
8 chapters
)
Yoga (
117 chapters
)
Technique of Yoga (
2 chapters
)
hathayoga (
10 chapters
)
Social sciences
Law (
15 chapters
)
Business law (
4 chapters
)
Court (
1 chapter
)
Crime (
2 chapters
)
murder (
4 chapters
)
rape, sexual harassment (
2 chapters
)
robbery (
2 chapters
)
suicide (
1 chapter
)
theft, stealing (
7 chapters
)
Criminal law (
14 chapters
)
Debt (
1 chapter
)
Debts and interest (
2 chapters
)
Deposit (
1 chapter
)
Family law (
1 chapter
)
Inheritance (
8 chapters
)
Merchants (
1 chapter
)
Ordeal (
8 chapters
)
Property (
3 chapters
)
Cattle as property (
2 chapters
)
Landed property (
1 chapter
)
Property of Brahmins (
2 chapters
)
Trade (
7 chapters
)
Witness (
6 chapters
)
gambling (
11 chapters
)
playing dice (
4 chapters
)
process, jurisdiction (
5 chapters
)
punishment for crime (
6 chapters
)
Military science (
1 chapter
)
dhanurveda (
4 chapters
)
Politics (
9 chapters
)
Administration (
5 chapters
)
Cities (
1 chapter
)
Customs and taxes (
6 chapters
)
Economy (
4 chapters
)
King, rājanīti (
64 chapters
)
consecration (
4 chapters
)
court live (
2 chapters
)
purohita, house priest (
5 chapters
)
spy, secret service, intelligence (
1 chapter
)
treasure, kośa, treasury (
2 chapters
)
Minister (
3 chapters
)
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) (
1 chapter
)
Peace and war (
3 chapters
)
Police (
3 chapters
)
criminal investigation (
2 chapters
)
Public disasters, catastrophies (
1 chapter
)
earthquake (
1 chapter
)
eclipse (
2 chapters
)
State finances (
2 chapters
)
daṇḍa, punishment (
5 chapters
)
torture (
1 chapter
)
Society
Family (
4 chapters
)
children (
4 chapters
)
daughter (
1 chapter
)
son, advantage of having sons (
2 chapters
)
eldest brother (
1 chapter
)
selling children (
1 chapter
)
Love (
2 chapters
)
Professions (
2 chapters
)
Social rituals
tulāpuruṣa (
2 chapters
)
Women (
18 chapters
)
Behaviour, strīdharma (
10 chapters
)
Brideship and marriage (
90 chapters
)
Pregnancy (
14 chapters
)
garbharakṣaṇa (
2 chapters
)
Prostitution (
3 chapters
)
Widow (
1 chapter
)
chastity (
1 chapter
)
differences between women and men (
1 chapter
)
divorce (
1 chapter
)
female ascetics (
2 chapters
)
servants (
1 chapter
)
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra (
3 chapters
)
Travel (
5 chapters
)
asana
narrative literature (
22 chapters
)
Harivaṃśa (
2 chapters
)
Mahābhārata (
18 chapters
)
Moral literature (
10 chapters
)
Purāṇa (
2 chapters
)
systematics (
1 chapter
)
Rāmāyaṇa (
12 chapters
)
Stories and motives
Aṣṭāvakra (
1 chapter
)
Bali and Indra (
1 chapter
)
Bharata (
1 chapter
)
Bhṛgu (
5 chapters
)
Cyavana (
5 chapters
)
Dakṣa (
1 chapter
)
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī (
8 chapters
)
Devala and Asita (
1 chapter
)
Dhruva aka. Polar Star (
2 chapters
)
Ilā and Ila (Iḍa) (
1 chapter
)
Jayadratha (
1 chapter
)
Karṇa (from MBh) (
1 chapter
)
Kaśyapa (
2 chapters
)
Kṛpa, Śaradvat (
1 chapter
)
Marutta (
7 chapters
)
Māndhātṛ (
2 chapters
)
Māṇḍavya (
1 chapter
)
Nahuṣa (
3 chapters
)
Nala and Damayantī (
6 chapters
)
Paraśurāma (
4 chapters
)
Pracetas (
1 chapter
)
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu (
6 chapters
)
Pulomā/an (
2 chapters
)
Pṛthu and the Earth (
2 chapters
)
Rāji (
1 chapter
)
Sagara, Sāgara (
2 chapters
)
Sunda and Upasunda (
4 chapters
)
Surabhī, the wishing cow (
1 chapter
)
Tilottamā (
2 chapters
)
Trita and his brothers (
2 chapters
)
Urvaśī and Purūravas (
5 chapters
)
Vātāpi and Ilvala (
1 chapter
)
Vṛtra and Indra (
7 chapters
)
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā (
6 chapters
)
deluge, Manu (
1 chapter
)
Śaibyā and Śatadhanu (
1 chapter
)
Śiśupāla (
1 chapter
)
Śunaḥśepa (
7 chapters
)
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga (
2 chapters
)
fable (
21 chapters
)
war (
346 chapters
)
Camp
army (
12 chapters
)
fighting (
4 chapters
)
hunting (
5 chapters
)
military formation (
1 chapter
)
weapons, arms (
6 chapters
)
arrow (
7 chapters
)
chariot (
2 chapters
)
war drum (
1 chapter
)