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Lemma: apasāra (m)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
Meanings
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a means of escape (Kangle (1969, Arthaśāstra))
a means of exoneration (Kangle (1969, Arthaśāstra))
a person proving another's innocence (Kangle (1969, Arthaśāstra))
a way for going out (MW)
an excuse (Kangle (1969, Arthaśāstra))
escape (MW, Kangle (1969, Arthaśāstra))
retreat (Kangle (1969, Arthaśāstra))
Occurrences
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All occurrences
Topic
n/total
Absolute
Relative
CI
Arthaśāstra
11/20430
0.05384% ± 0.02678
Daśakumāracarita
1/35191
Hitopadeśa
1/25043
Kāmasūtra
3/18908
Śivasūtravārtika
1/5345
Occurrences in chapters with topics
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Topic
Frequency
Kāmaśāstra
3
theft, stealing
3
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
2
Criminal law
2
Women
2
Administration
2
Crime
2
Police
2
Kashmirian Shivaism
1
narrative literature
1
Politics
1
criminal investigation
1
torture
1
Nominal forms
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comp.
5
Nom. sg. masc.
6
Acc. sg. masc.
3
Acc. sg. neutr.
1
Abl. sg. masc.
2
Word semantic annotations
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Concept
Notes
Count
excuse
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
2
Similar and related words
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Word
Cosine similarity
anumāpay
0.763756
eṣa
0.760931
mādana
0.748938
anuṣṭhātṛ
0.74243
avyatireka
0.741117
kiṃcitkartṛtva
0.737544
uktanītī
0.727152
satattva
0.725015
bhavodbhava
0.717021
Collocations