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Lemma: veśyā (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
Meanings
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Clypea Hernandifolia (MW)
a harlot (MW)
a kind of metre (MW)
courtesan (MW)
prostitute (in comp. also veśya) (MW)
Occurrences
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All occurrences
Topic
n/total
Absolute
Relative
CI
Amarakośa
2/11968
Arthaśāstra
1/20430
Bhāgavatapurāṇa
1/77807
Bhāratamañjarī
3/85669
Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha
4/62205
Carakasaṃhitā
1/94932
Daśakumāracarita
2/35191
Divyāvadāna
1/67463
Garuḍapurāṇa
5/75742
Gokarṇapurāṇasāraḥ
2/14711
Harṣacarita
3/37509
Hitopadeśa
1/25043
Kathāsaritsāgara
10/149332
0.0067% ± 0.00349
Kāmasūtra
25/18908
0.13222% ± 0.0436
Lalitavistara
1/25314
Mahābhārata
7/1148075
Matsyapurāṇa
14/122867
0.01139% ± 0.00502
Meghadūta
1/3398
Narmamālā
6/5583
Nighaṇṭuśeṣa
1/2003
Nāradasmṛti
2/13338
Nāṭyaśāstravivṛti
2/2603
Paraśurāmakalpasūtra
1/1722
Parāśaradharmasaṃhitā
1/8183
Rasamañjarī
1/12588
Rājanighaṇṭu
1/50011
Saundarānanda
1/19014
Tantrasāra
1/14220
Viṣṇusmṛti
1/19323
Yājñavalkyasmṛti
2/14284
Ānandakanda
2/84075
Śatakatraya
2/8703
Śukasaptati
20/9679
0.20663% ± 0.07616
Occurrences in chapters with topics
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Topic
Frequency
Kāmaśāstra
7
botany, plants
3
Alchemy
3
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
3
Prostitution
3
narrative literature
3
Women
2
Love
2
Brideship and marriage
2
Zoology
2
Behaviour, strīdharma
2
Buddha's life
2
King, rājanīti
2
Lexicography
2
jātaka, avadāna
2
Witness
1
Law
1
Astrology
1
Śrīvidyā
1
calmness of mind
1
subhāṣita
1
Palmistry
1
penance, prāyaścitta
1
sexuality
1
Family law
1
Mahāyāna
1
Aphrodisiacs
1
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
1
Ordeal
1
Mahābhārata
1
varṇas, castes
1
avatāras
1
yuga theory
1
Materia medica
1
Dharmaśāstra
1
saṃskāras
1
Debts and interest
1
dharma
1
marriage, wedding
1
Family
1
Rāmāyaṇa
1
Nominal forms
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comp.
43
Nom. sg. fem.
35
Nom. pl. fem.
11
Acc. sg. fem.
5
Acc. pl. fem.
3
Ins. sg. fem.
5
Ins. pl. fem.
6
Dat. pl. fem.
1
Abl. sg. fem.
1
Gen. sg. fem.
8
Gen. pl. masc.
1
Gen. pl. fem.
3
Loc. sg. fem.
3
Loc. pl. fem.
3
Word semantic annotations
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Concept
Notes
Count
prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
12
Similar and related words
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Word
Cosine similarity
vāramukhyā
0.713301
kuṭṭanī
0.702036
Collocations