प्रमादpramāda

प्रमाद (pramāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning intoxication, madness, insanity, negligence or carelessness, an error or mistake, a particular high number, see root mad. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Intoxication / Drunkenness, Negligence / Carelessness, Etymological / Cross-reference.

Root: मद् (mad)
Etymology: E. प्र before मद to be mad, aff. घञ्
Definitions: 14

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Meanings by context

Intoxication / Drunkenness

5 definitions

intoxication

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Intoxication. 2. Carelessness. 3. Madness. 4. A mistake.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Intoxication. 2. Insanity or distraction. 3. Carelessness or inadvertence. 4. Distress.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Drunkenness or intoxication. 2. Negligence or carelessness.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Intoxication or drunkenness. 2. Madness, insanity, or confusion. 3. Carelessness, negligence, or inadvertence. 4. An error, mistake, or blunder. 5. A particular high number.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Negligence / Carelessness

4 definitions

negligence or carelessness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Carelessness, error, or inaccuracy. 2. Intoxication. 3. Insanity.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Inadvertence, error, intoxication, madness

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Carelessness, error, or inadvertence. 2. Intoxication. 3. Insanity.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Etymological / Cross-reference

2 definitions

See root mad

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See under pra-mad

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A Specific High Number

1 definition

a particular high number

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Error / Mistake

1 definition

An error or mistake.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Madness / Insanity

1 definition

madness, insanity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.