It can be easily done using an RDD.

rdd.zipwithIndex.partitionBy(YourCustomPartitioner) should give you your
items.
Here YourCustomPartitioner will know how to pick sample items from each
partition.

If you want to stick to Dataframe you can always repartition the data after
you apply the limit.

..Manas



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