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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
Amarakośa
2/11963
Arthaśāstra
1/20234
Bhāgavatapurāṇa
1/77588
Bhāratamañjarī
3/85579
Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha
4/62099
Carakasaṃhitā
1/94653
Daśakumāracarita
2/35138
Divyāvadāna
1/67408
Garuḍapurāṇa
5/75662
Gokarṇapurāṇasāraḥ
2/14689
Hitopadeśa
1/24962
Kathāsaritsāgara
5/66535
Kāmasūtra
25/18847
0.13265% ± 0.04374
Lalitavistara
1/25223
Mahābhārata
7/1145905
Matsyapurāṇa
14/122649
0.01141% ± 0.00503
Meghadūta
1/3392
Narmamālā
6/5580
Nighaṇṭuśeṣa
1/2003
Nāradasmṛti
2/13284
Nāṭyaśāstravivṛti
2/2585
Paraśurāmakalpasūtra
1/1722
Parāśaradharmasaṃhitā
1/8182
Rasamañjarī
1/12588
Rājanighaṇṭu
1/49988
Saundarānanda
1/18988
Tantrasāra
1/14144
Viṣṇusmṛti
1/19210
Yājñavalkyasmṛti
2/14227
Ānandakanda
2/84033
Śatakatraya
2/8692
Śukasaptati
20/9671
0.2068% ± 0.07622
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.
40
Nom. sg. fem.
34
Nom. pl. fem.
10
Acc. sg. fem.
5
Acc. pl. fem.
3
Ins. sg. fem.
4
Ins. pl. fem.
4
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