# प्रदोष (pradoṣa)

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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 — E. pra implying commencement, &c. and doṣa fault
- **SLP1:** `pradoza`  **IAST:** pradoṣa  **Devanagari:** प्रदोष
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradosha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pradosha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** प्रादोष (prādoṣa), प्रदोषा (pradoṣā)

## 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)*
  > प्र - (pra-) ° दोष (°doṣa) m. defect, fault, disordered condition (of the body or of a country), mutiny, rebellion, Pañcatantra (Title) [ ID=134770 ]
- 1. A disturbed state, tumult, or insurrection. 2. Bad, wicked, or sinful. 3. Evening or nightfall.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 178-3 ] प्रदोष (pradoṣa) pra-doṣa, 〈1.〉 m. disturbed state ( of the country ), tumult, insurrection; 〈2.〉 a. bad, wicked, sinful; 〈3.〉 m. evening, nightfall: -m, ad. in the evening, in the darkness; -doṣaka, m. evening; -doṣa-kāla, m. eventide; -āgama, m. approach of nightfall, evening twilight. [ ID=12216 ]
- 1. Evening or the first part of the night. 2. Fault, offence, defect, or transgression.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्र (pra) दोष (doṣa) (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 572 ] प्र (pra) दोष (doṣa) (pradoṣa) m. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ) ) 1 Evening, the first part of the night. 2 Fault, offence, defect, transgression. E. प्र (pra) implying commencement, &c. and दोष (doṣa) fault. [ ID=26396 ]
- 1. Evening. 2. Fault.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 513-a ] प्र - दोष (pra-doṣa) ( षः ) ((ṣaḥ)) 1. m. Evening; fault. [ ID=25893 ]
- 1. Fault or defect. 2. A disordered condition. 3. Nightfall or the first part of the night.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 472-16 ] प्रदोष (pradoṣa) m. 1. Fault, defect; 2. a disordered condition; 3. night-fall, the first part of the night, कामं प्रदोष (pradoṣa) तिमिरेण न दृश्यते त्वम् (kāmaṃ pradoṣatimireṇa na dṛśyate tvam) Mrich. i., K.S. v.44, R. i.93. [ ID=24520 ]
- 1. Evening or the first part of the night. 2. Fault, offense, or defect. 3. A disordered condition.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्र (pra) दोष (doṣa) (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 488-a ] प्र (pra) दोष (doṣa) (pradoṣa) m. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ) ) 1. Evening, the first part of the night. 2. Fault, offence. defect, transgression. 3. A disordered condition. E. प्र (pra) implying commencement, &c. and दोष (doṣa) fault. [ ID=26982 ]
- 1. Offence. 2. Evening or the first part of the night.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 0600-b ] प्रदोष (pradoṣa) pra-doṣa, m. 1. Offence. 2. Evening, the first part of the night, Pañc. 186, 3. — Comp. Grahaṇī-, m. Diarrhœa, Suśr. 2, 186, 2. [ ID=9742 ]
- 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)*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 0631-a ] Pra-doṣa, as, ā, am, corrupt, bad, wicked; ( as ), m. defect, fault, offence, sin, transgression, guilt; a disordered condition (of the body or of the state), mutiny, insurrection, rebellion; the first part of the night, evening twilight, evening, nightfall; Evening personified (and associated with Niśitha and Vyuṣṭa as a son of Doṣā); ( am ), ind., Ved. in the evening, in the dark. —Pradoṣa-kāla, as, m. evening tide. —Pradoṣa-timira, am, n. evening darkness, the dusk of early night. —Pradoṣa-pūjā- vidhi, is, m. and pradoṣa-śiva-pūjā, f., N. of two works. —Pradoṣa-ramaṇīya, as, ā, am, plea- sant or delightful in the evenings. —Pradoṣāgama (°ṣa-āg°), as, m. the coming on of evening, nightfall. [ ID=32054 ]
- See col. 1.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0631-b ] प्रदोष (pradoṣa) pra-doṣa. See col. 1. [ ID=32072 ]

### Evening / Nightfall / Dusk (5 definitions)
- the first part of the night, evening  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 680,2] 2. प्र - दोष (pra-doṣa) m. (for 1. See under प्र - दुष् (pra-duṣ) ) the first part of the night, evening (also personified as a son of Doṣā and associated with Niśitha and Vyuṣṭa), Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category); Purāṇas (Literary category) &c. [ ID=134802 ]
- in the evening  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1C) [Printed book page 680,2] प्र - दोषम् (pra-doṣam) ( अम् (am) ), ind. in the evening, in the dark, Ṛg-veda (Title); Gṛhya-sūtra and Śrauta-sūtra (Literary category) [ ID=134803 ]
- evening, nightfall, or the first part of the night  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — षः (ṣaḥ) 3 Evening, nightfall, the first part of the night; तमःस्वभावास्तेऽप्यन्ये प्रदोष (pradoṣa) मनुयायिनः (tamaḥsvabhāvāste'pyanye pradoṣamanuyāyinaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 2. 98 (where प्रदोष (pradoṣa) primarily means ‘corrupt’ or ‘bad’); व्रजसुंदरीजनमनस्तोषप्रदोष (pradoṣa) ः (vrajasuṃdarījanamanastoṣapradoṣaḥ) Gītagovinda 5; Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 5. 44; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 1. 93; Ṛtusaṃhāra (Bombay) 1. 12
- evening or nightfall  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 3 प्रदोष (pradoṣa) m. evening, nightfall; ° षम् (°ṣam) adv. at dusk. [ ID=20648 ]
- evening, nightfall  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 195-b ] pradoṣa, m. evening, nightfall. [‘foredark, ’ pra + doṣa. ] [ ID=2749 ]

### Adjective: Bad / Corrupt / Wicked (3 definitions)
- corrupt, bad, wicked  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 680,1] 1. प्र - (pra-) ° दोष (°doṣa) mfn. (for 2. See col. 2) corrupt, bad, wicked, Śiśupāla-vadha (Title) [ ID=134769 ]
- Bad, corrupt  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 0749-a ] प्रदोष (pradoṣa) a. Bad, corrupt
- bad, evil  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 प्रदोष (pradoṣa) a. bad, evil. [ ID=20647 ]

### State of Disorder / Mutiny / Tumult (2 definitions)
- Disordered condition, such as mutiny or rebellion.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — षः (ṣaḥ) 2 Disordered condition, such as mutiny, rebellion
- 1. Physical or political disorder. 2. Mutiny or insurrection.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 340 ] 1 प्रदोष (pradoṣa) m. disorder (of body or state); mutiny, insurrection. [ ID=20646 ]

### Fault / Defect / Offence (1 definition)
- 1. A fault, defect, sin, or offense. 2. A transgression or violation.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — षः (ṣaḥ) 1 ( a ) A fault, defect, sin, offence. ( b ) Transgression, violation

### Mythological Figure (Proper Noun) (1 definition)
- a son of Dosa and Pushparna  
  *The Purana Index*
  > प्रदोष (pradoṣa) [Printed book page 2-416 ] Pradoṣa — a son of Doṣa and Puṣpārṇa. Bhā. IV. 13. 14. [ ID=8569 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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