The Sanskrit terms Dūṣikā and Dūṣīkā can be transliterated into English as Dusika or Dushika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Dūṣikā (दूषिका) refers to the “rheum of the eyes”, referred to as one of the twelve ‘excretions’ (or, ‘impurities’) of human beings. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (also see the Manubhāṣya verse 5.133)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Dūṣikā (दूषिका) refers to “rheum of the eyes” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning dūṣikā] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dūṣikā (दूषिका).—

1) A pencil, paint-brush.

2) A kind of rice.

3) Rheum of the eyes [one of the 12 impurities (mala) of man]; Manusmṛti 5.135.

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Dūṣīkā (दूषीका).—= दूषि (dūṣi) q. v.

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

Dūṣika (दूषिक).—eunuch: °ka, voc., Divyāvadāna 165.8. Cf. Prakrit (Māhārāṣṭrī, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]) dūsia, ‘a kind of eunuch’, [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo] and [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary] (derived by them from Sanskrit dūṣita); cited from a ms.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dūṣikā (दूषिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. The rheum of the eyes. 2. A pencil or painting brush. E. dūṣ to make bad, (the eyes, &c.) affix ṇvul, or svārthe ka vā, fem. form; also dūṣī, dūṣi and dūṣīkā .

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Dūṣīkā (दूषीका).—f.

(-kā) The secretion or rheum of the eyes. E. dūṣ to hurt, (the eyes,) Unadi affix īkanḥ see dūṣikā .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dūṣīkā (दूषीका).—[feminine] the rheum of the eyes.

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

1) Dūṣikā (दूषिका):—[from dūṣaka > dūṣa > duṣ] f. impurity or impure secretion of the eyes, [Manu-smṛti; Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of rice, [Suśruta]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Dūṣikā (दूषिका):—(kā) 1. f. Idem; a painting brush.

2) Dūṣīkā (दूषीका):—(kā) 1. f. The secretion or rheum of the eyes.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Dūṣikā (दूषिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dūsiā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dushika in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Dushikade.

Ends with: Carmadushika, Carmmadushika, Charmadushika, Charmmadushika, Gandushika, Madushika, Mukhadushika, Netradushika, Vardhdushika.

Full-text: Dusi, Carmadushika, Dusaka, Mukhadushika, Dusia.

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