The Sanskrit term Pradāśa can be transliterated into English as Pradasa or Pradasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Pradāśa (प्रदाश, “contention”) refers to one of the “twenty-four minor defilements” (upakleśa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 69). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., pradāśa). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pradāsa (प्रदास).—(°śa) , m. (= Pali paḷāsa, see Pugg. 19.1—3), envious rivalry, the quality of being unwilling to see another get any advantage over oneself; Māhārāṣṭrī Müller on Dharmasaṃgraha 69 contentiousness; always associated with mrakṣa and īrṣyā (similarly in Pali, where comms. gloss yugaggāha, see s.v. mrakṣa): Dharmasaṃgraha 30, line 4, read °saḥ for pradānaḥ (between īrṣyā and mrakṣa); 69 (text °śaḥ); °saḥ Mahāvyutpatti 1964 = Tibetan ḥtshig pa, burning, also of violent pain; according to Lévi, Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 37.19 and 38 note 1 (and Tibetan p.185) Tibetan has ḥchig (read ḥtshig?) pa for pradāśaḥ, as he prints it (but his only ms. paridāghaḥ, which corresponds to Tibetan ḥtshig pa; it follows mrakṣaḥ, as in some other passages, and is surely to be kept! compare Śikṣāsamuccaya 198.8 -mrakṣa-paridāha-, and see mrakṣa); I do not find ḥchig pa in a suitable meaning in Tibetan Dictt.; Chin. on Mahāvyutpatti has, as second gloss, irritation, anger (the first gloss is obscure).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pradāsa (प्रदास):—[=pra-dāsa] m. (?), [Divyāvadāna]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Pra, Dasa, Taca.

Full-text: Pradana, Mraksha, Upaklesha, Paridagha, Palasha.

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Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)

Chapter V - The Latent Defilements

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