survey_corpus

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Exhaustively survey the WHOLE Tipiṭaka for a term — guaranteed complete. Use this (not `search_by_keyword`) when the question is about **coverage or counting** rather than "show me the best passages": - "How many times does Kusinārā appear in the canon?" - "Every place ānāpānassati is mentioned — don't miss any" - "Which pitakas/how many suttas mention this term?" Unlike `search_by_keyword` (ranked, capped at 50, no total), this returns an **exact count**, a **per-pitaka breakdown**, the **distinct surface forms** that matched (so you can audit and discard over-matches), and a paginated enumeration. The `lexical` result carries `complete: true` — a hard guarantee that nothing was dropped for the chosen `match_scope`. Two layers, two different promises: - **lexical** — the word and its forms. Deterministic + EXHAUSTIVE. - **semantic** (`mode="thorough"`, hosted only) — passages teaching the same concept with DIFFERENT vocabulary (e.g. ānāpānassati via `assasati`/`passasati`). Approximate, **NOT exhaustive** — it never claims completeness, it only boosts recall.