दुष्duṣ4 P. (दुष्यति, दुष्ट)
- 4 Parasmaipada (दुष्यति, दुष्ट)
- To be bad or corrupted, be spoiled or suffer damage.
- To be defiled or violated (as a woman etc.), be stained, be or become impure or contaminated; स्वल्पेनाप्यपकारेण ब्राह्मण्यमिव दुष्यति Pt.1. 66; Ms.7.24;9.318;1.12.
- To sin, commit a mistake, be wrong.
- To be unchaste or faithless.-Causal (दूषयति-ते, but दूषयति-ते or दोषयति-ते in the sense of 'making depraved' or 'corrupting')
- To corrupt, spoil, cause to perish, hurt, destroy, defile, taint, contaminate, vitiate, pollute (Literal and Figurative); न भीतो मरणादस्मि केवलं दूषितं यशः Mk.1.27; पूरा दूषयति स्थलीम् R.12.3;8.68;1.47;12.4; Ms.5.1,14;7.195; Y.1.189; Amaru.72; न त्वेवं दूषयिष्यामि शस्त्रग्रहमहाव्रतम् Mv.3.8. 'shall not sully, violate or break etc.'
- To corrupt the morals, demoralize.
- To violate or dishonour (as a girl or another's wife); योऽकामां दूषयेत्कन्यां स सद्यो बधमर्हति Ms.8.364,368.
- To abrogate, rescind, annul.
- To blame, censure, find fault with, speak ill of, accuse; दूषितः सर्वलोकेषु निषादत्वं गमिष्यति Rām.; Y.1.66.
- To adulterate.
- To falsify.
- To refute, disprove.
Source: Apte