Dushcarita, Duścarita, Dus-carita, Dukcarita: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Duścarita can be transliterated into English as Duscarita or Dushcarita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Dushcharita.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDuścarita (दुश्चरित).—a. wicked, ill-behaved, abandoned. (-tam) misbehaviour, ill-conduct; तथा दुश्चरितं सर्वं वेदे त्रिवृति मज्जति (tathā duścaritaṃ sarvaṃ vede trivṛti majjati) Manusmṛti 11.263.
Duścarita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and carita (चरित).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuścarita (दुश्चरित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Misbehaving, abandoned, wicked. m.
(-taṃ) Misbehaviour, ill conduct, wickedness. E. dur and carita conduct.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuścarita (दुश्चरित).—1. [neuter] misbehaviour, wickedness, folly.
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Duścarita (दुश्चरित).—2. [adjective] misbehaving, wicked.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Duścarita (दुश्चरित):—[=duś-carita] [from duś > dur] n. (duś-) misbehaviour, misdoing, ill-conduct, wickedness, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā iv, 28; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] [plural] ([Buddhist literature]) the 10 chief sins (viz. murder, theft, adultery, lying, calumny, lewdness, evil speech, covetousness, envy, heresy; cf. [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 126])
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. misbehaving, wicked, [Kathāsaritsāgara] (also tin, [Lāṭyāyana iv, 3, 10]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuścarita (दुश्चरित):—[du-ścarita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Behaving badly. n. Misbehaviour.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Duścarita (दुश्चरित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Duccāria.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDuścarita (ದುಶ್ಚರಿತ):—[adjective] following a bad, evil path.
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Duścarita (ದುಶ್ಚರಿತ):—
1) [noun] a path, way or manner that is socially, religiously or morally bad.
2) [noun] a wicked, sinful act.
3) [noun] a man whose conduct is socially, religiously or morally bad.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dush, Carita, Du.
Full-text: Dushcaritra, Duccaria, Tuccaritam, Dushcarin, Trivritti, Adhyacarati, Adhyapadyate, Carita, Majj.
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