प्रदोषpradoṣa

प्रदोष (pradoṣa) is a Sanskrit word meaning corrupt, bad, wicked, mutiny or rebellion, the first part of the night, evening, in the evening, corrupt, bad, or wicked, a defect, fault, offence, sin, or guilt. Its 21 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Multiple Meanings (Comprehensive Lexical Entries), Evening / Nightfall / Dusk, Adjective: Bad / Corrupt / Wicked.

Etymology: E. प्र implying commencement, &c. and दोष fault
Definitions: 21

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Meanings by context

Multiple Meanings (Comprehensive Lexical Entries)

9 definitions

1. Defect, fault, or disordered condition of the body or country. 2. Mutiny or rebellion.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A disturbed state, tumult, or insurrection. 2. Bad, wicked, or sinful. 3. Evening or nightfall.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Evening or the first part of the night. 2. Fault, offence, defect, or transgression.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Evening. 2. Fault.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fault or defect. 2. A disordered condition. 3. Nightfall or the first part of the night.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Evening or the first part of the night. 2. Fault, offense, or defect. 3. A disordered condition.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Offence. 2. Evening or the first part of the night.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Corrupt, bad, or wicked. 2. A defect, fault, offence, sin, or guilt. 3. A disordered condition, mutiny, or rebellion. 4. The evening twilight or nightfall.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

See col. 1.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Evening / Nightfall / Dusk

5 definitions

the first part of the night, evening

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

in the evening

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

evening, nightfall, or the first part of the night

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

evening or nightfall

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

evening, nightfall

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Adjective: Bad / Corrupt / Wicked

3 definitions

corrupt, bad, wicked

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Bad, corrupt

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

bad, evil

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

State of Disorder / Mutiny / Tumult

2 definitions

Disordered condition, such as mutiny or rebellion.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Physical or political disorder. 2. Mutiny or insurrection.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Fault / Defect / Offence

1 definition

1. A fault, defect, sin, or offense. 2. A transgression or violation.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mythological Figure (Proper Noun)

1 definition

a son of Dosa and Pushparna

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.