# प्रमाद (pramāda)

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प्रमाद (pramāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning intoxication, madness, insanity, negligence or carelessness, an error or mistake, a particular high number, carelessness, negligence, or inadvertence. 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 — E. pra before mada to be mad, aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `pramAda`  **IAST:** pramāda  **Devanagari:** प्रमाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramada_%28Indian_philosophy%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pramada/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** प्रमदा (pramadā), प्रमद (pramada)

## Meanings by context

### Intoxication / Drunkenness (5 definitions)
- intoxication  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 685,2] प्र - माद (pra-māda) a m. intoxication, RV.; MBh. [ ID=135757 ]
- 1. Intoxication. 2. Carelessness. 3. Madness. 4. A mistake.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रमाद (pramāda) [Printed book page 475-27 ] प्रमाद (pramāda) m. 1. Intoxication; 2. inattention, carelessness, विद्यां प्रमाद (pramāda) गलितामिव चिंतयामि (vidyāṃ pramādagalitāmiva ciṃtayāmi) Ch.P. 1; 3. insanity, madness; 4. a blunder, a mistake. [ ID=24704 ]
- 1. Intoxication. 2. Insanity or distraction. 3. Carelessness or inadvertence. 4. Distress.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रमाद (pramāda) [Printed book page 0603-b ] प्रमाद (pramāda) pramāda, i. e. pra-mad + a, m. 1. Intoxication. 2. Insanity, dis- traction, Utt. Rāmac. 51, 5. 3. In- advertence, carelessness, Pañc. iii. d. 243. 4. Distress, Utt. Rāmac. 61, 3. — Comp. A-, I. m. carefulness, Rām. 2, 85, 14. II. adj. careful, 3, 49, 13. [ ID=9800 ]
- 1. Drunkenness or intoxication. 2. Negligence or carelessness.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रमाद (pramāda) [Printed book page 343 ] प्रमाद (pramāda) m. drunkenness, intoxication, negligence, carelessness. [ ID=20786 ]
- 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)*
  > प्रमाद (pramāda) [Printed book page 0636-c ] Pra-māda, as, m. drunkenness, intoxication; mad- ness, insanity, distraction, confusion; negligence, inat- tention, carelessness; inadvertence, error, inaccuracy, a blunder, mistake; a particular high number. —Pra- māda-vat, ān, atī, at, drunken, intoxicated; mad, insane; incautious, careless, heedless, inconsiderate. [ ID=32417 ]

### Negligence / Carelessness (4 definitions)
- negligence or carelessness  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > negligence, carelessness about ( abl. or comp. ), Kauś.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=135759 ]
- 1. Carelessness, error, or inaccuracy. 2. Intoxication. 3. Insanity.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्र (pra) माद (pramāda) [Printed book page 575 ] प्र (pra) माद (pramāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 1 Inadvertence, carelessness, error, inaccuracy. 3 Intoxication. 4 Insanity. E. प्र (pra) before मद (mada) to be mad, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=26545 ]
- Inadvertence, error, intoxication, madness  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रमाद (pramāda) [Printed book page 516-a ] प्र - माद (pra-māda) ( दः ) ((daḥ)) 1. m. Inadvertence, error, intoxication, madness. [ ID=26039 ]
- 1. Carelessness, error, or inadvertence. 2. Intoxication. 3. Insanity.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्र (pra) माद (pramāda) [Printed book page 491-b ] प्र (pra) माद (pramāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 1. Inadvertence, carelessness, error, inaccuracy, a blunder. 3. Intoxication. 4. Insanity. E. प्र (pra) before, मद् (mad) to be mad, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=27194 ]

### Etymological / Cross-reference (2 definitions)
- See root mad  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 686,2] प्र - (pra-) माद (pra-māda) b &c. See प्र - (pra-) √ मद् (√mad). [ ID=135912 ]
- See under pra-mad  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0637-c ] प्रमाद (pramāda) pra-māda, &c. See under 1. pra- mad, p. 636, col. 3. [ ID=32453 ]

### A Specific High Number (1 definition)
- a particular high number  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. high number, L. [ ID=135761 ]

### Error / Mistake (1 definition)
- An error or mistake.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an error, mistake, W. [ ID=135760 ]

### Madness / Insanity (1 definition)
- madness, insanity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > madness, insanity, L. [ ID=135758 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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