प्रदोष

{ pradōṣa, pradoṣa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PRADOṢA   The grandson of Dhruva. Puṣpārṇa, son of Dhruva, begot of his wife Prabhā three sons named Pradoṣa, Niśītha and Vyuṣṭa. [Bhāgavata, 4th Skandha] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : प्रदोष-व्रत

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

प्रदोष n.  (स्वा.उत्तान.) एक राजा, जो पुष्पार्ण राजा का ज्येष्ठ पुत्र था । इसकी माता का नाम दोषा था [भा.४.१३.१४] ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   Evening, the first part of the night. 2 A व्रत or observance in worship of Shiva in the evening of the thirteenth lunar day. 3 A day on which the fourth lunar day, or seventh, or thirteenth, occurs in the first part of the night,--a season in which the reading of the Vedas is prohibited.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  Evening, the first part of the night. A व्रत or observance in worship of Shiva in the evening of the thirteenth lunar day.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-°दोष  mfn.  1. mfn. (for 2. See col.2) corrupt, bad, wicked, [Śiś.]

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प्र-°दोष  m.  m. defect, fault, disordered condition (of the body or of a country), mutiny, rebellion, [Pañcat.]

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प्र-दोष  m.  2. m. (for 1. See under प्र-दुष्) the first part of the night, evening (also personified as a son of दोषा and associated with निशिथ and व्युष्ट), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c.

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रदोष [pradōṣa] a.  a. Bad, corrupt.
   षः (a) A fault, defect, sin, offence. (b) Transgression, violation.
   Disordered condition, such as mutiny, rebellion.
   Evening, nightfall, the first part of the night; प्रदोषो रजनीमुखम् Ak; 'प्रदोषेऽध्ययनं धीमान्न करोति यथाक्रमम्' Śabda. Ch.; तमःस्वभावास्तेऽप्यन्ये प्रदोषमनुयायिनः [Śi.2.98] (where प्रदोष primarily means 'corrupt' or 'bad'); व्रजसुन्दरीजनमन- स्तोषप्रदोषः [Gīt.5;] [Ku.5.44;] [R.1.93;] [Ṛs.1.12.] -Comp.
-आगमः   nightfall.
-कालः, -समयः, -वेला   evening-time, nightfall.
-तिमिरम्   evening darkness, the dusk of early night; कामं प्रदोषतिमिरेण न दृश्यसे त्वम् [Mk. 1.35.]
-रमणीय a.  a. delightful in the evening.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रदोष  m.  ( -षः)
   1. Evening, the first part of the night.
   2. Fault, offence. defect, transgression.
   3. A disordered condition.
    E. प्र implying commencement, &c. and दोष fault.

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