Dushkula, Duṣkula, Dus-kula, Dutkula: 10 definitions

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Dushkula means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Duṣkula can be transliterated into English as Duskula or Dushkula, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Duṣkula (दुष्कुल).—a bad or low family; (ādadīta) स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि (strīratnaṃ duṣkulādapi) Manusmṛti 2.238.

Derivable forms: duṣkulam (दुष्कुलम्).

Duṣkula is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and kula (कुल).

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

Duṣkula (दुष्कुल).—n.

(-laṃ) A low family or race. E. dura bad, kula race.

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

Duṣkula (दुष्कुल).—I. n. a base family, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 238. Ii. adj. sprung from a base family, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 89.

Duṣkula is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and kula (कुल).

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

Duṣkula (दुष्कुल).—1. [neuter] a low race.

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Duṣkula (दुष्कुल).—2. [adjective] of low race, base-born; [abstract] [feminine]

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

1) Duṣkula (दुष्कुल):—[=duṣ-kula] [from duṣ > dur] n. a low family or race, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. of a low family. low-born, [Harivaṃśa; Bhartṛhari] (-tā f., [Sāhitya-darpaṇa])

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

Duṣkula (दुष्कुल):—[du-ṣkula] (laṃ) 1. n. Bad family.

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

Duṣkula (दुष्कुल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dukkula.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dushkula in German

context information

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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Duṣkula (ದುಷ್ಕುಲ):—[noun] a bad lineage.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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