pradoṣa

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[apte] a. Bad, corrupt. --ṣaḥ 1 (a) A fault, defect, sin, offence. (b) Transgression, violation. --2 Dis- ordered condition, such as mutiny, rebellion. --3 Evening, nightfall, the first part of the night; tamaḥsvabhā- vāste'pyanye pradoṣamanuyāyinaḥ Śi. 2. 98 (where pradoṣa primarily means ‘cor- rupt’ or ‘bad’); vrajasuṃdarījanamana- stoṣapradoṣaḥ Gīt. 5; Ku. 5. 44; R. 1. 93; Rs. 1. 12. --Comp. --āgamaḥ nightfall. --kālaḥ...

[mw] m. (for 1., see under pra-duṣ) the first part of the night, evening (also personified as a son of Dosha1 doṣā and associated with Nis3itha niśitha and Vyusht2a vyuṣṭa) MBh.; Ka1v.; Pur. &c 680,2 134802 ind. in the evening, in the dark RV.; Gr2S3rS. 086145 680,2 134803 m. evening tide Hit. 086146 680,2 134804 n. ev evening darkness, the dusk of early night Mr2icch. 086147 680,2 134805

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a. Bad, corrupt. --ṣaḥ 1 (a) A fault, defect, sin, offence. (b) Transgression, violation. --2 Dis- ordered condition, such as mutiny, rebellion. --3 Evening, nightfall, the first...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

107

Texts Appeared In

35

DCS: a ray; name of a man with the patr. Kauṇeya; a beam | Monier-Williams: 2. pra-doza m. (for 1. See under pra-duz ) the first part of the nigh

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Carakasaṃhitā 29 27.1%
2. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 6 5.6%
3. Matsyapurāṇa 6 5.6%
4. Suśrutasaṃhitā 6 5.6%
5. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 5 4.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: pradoṣaś

  pradoṣaś candramāḥ saudhaṃ hāri gītaṃ himo 'nilaḥ

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: pradoṣa

  rasapradoṣajā rogā vakṣyante raktadoṣajāḥ

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: pradoṣāt

  raktapradoṣājjāyante śṛṇu māṃsapradoṣajān