As a deity name
Name 325 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अप्रमत्त · adj
प्रमाद या लापरवाही से रहित । सावधान । सतर्क — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अप्रमत्त" is अ- + प्रमत्त: प्रमत्त means "Excited, wanton, lascivious", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अप्रमत्त" is अ- + प्रमत्त: प्रमत्त means "Excited, wanton, lascivious", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
not careless, careful, attentive, vigilant, &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-pramatta mfn. not careless, careful, attentive, vigilant, ŚBr. &c.
apramatta a. Not careless or inattentive, careful, attentive, vigilant, watchful; Ms. 7. 142.
apramatta mfn. (-ttaḥ-ttā-ttaṃ) Careful, attentive, vigilant. E. a neg. pramatta careless.
Alternative readings
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