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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry दुष्ट

  1. दुष्टduṣṭap. p.Spoiled, damaged, injured, ruined.

    [दुष्-क्त]

    1. Spoiled, damaged, injured, ruined.
    2. Defiled, tainted, violated, sullied.
    3. Depraved, corrupted.
    4. Vicious, wicked; as दुष्टवृषः; वरं शून्या शाला न च खलु वरो दुष्टवृषभः H.1.117.
    5. Guilty, culpable.
    6. Low, vile.
    7. Faulty or defective, as a हेतु in logic.
    8. Painful.
    9. Worthless,

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ष्टा

      1. A bad or unchaste woman.
      2. A harlot.
    • -व्रणः

      1. a dull boil or sore.
      2. a sinus.
    • -ष्टम्

      1. Sin, crime, guilt.
      2. A kind of leprosy.
    • -आत्मन्, -आशय Adjective evil-minded, wicked.

    • -गजः a vicious elephant.

    • -चारिन् Adjective wicked, sinful.

    • -चेतस्, -धी, -बुद्धि Adjective evil-minded, malevolent, wicked.

    • -लाङ्गलम् Name of a particular form of the moon.

    • -वृषः a strong but stubborn ox which refuses to draw, a vicious ox.

    In the Gita1·41

    संकरो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च ।

    saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṁ kulasya ca, — This confusion leads to hell the ruiners of the family, and the family; for their ancestors fall, deprived of pinda (rice offering) and libations. 1·41
    • दुष्टासुduṣṭāsulocative plural of the feminine form of the adjective duṣṭa (corrupted).

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Headwords under द

Part 4 of 8 दिह् – दृंह्All parts
  1. द – दरित
  2. दरिद्र – दान्त
  3. दान्ति – दिष्णु
  4. दिह् – दृंह्
  5. दृंहणम् – दो
  6. दोग्धृ – द्रव्यक
  7. द्रव्यम् – द्वैतम्
  8. द्वैतिन् – द्व्यहकाल