The Sanskrit term Duṣṭabhāva can be transliterated into English as Dustabhava or Dushtabhava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Duṣṭabhāva (दुष्टभाव) refers to “one whose nature is wicked”, according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “He should not protect (his) body (at the expense of his spiritual discipline). He should not cheat his teacher, nor should he ever ignore the tasks he should do whether he has (expressly) been told to do them or not. The disciple who is deceitful and whose nature is wicked (duṣṭabhāva), one who expounds false (views to others) and, like a prostitute, hides his intentions and is not sincere is destroyed. The foolish one who, like a pimp, is two-faced and (whose selfish) intention (constantly changes) this way and that, is destroyed”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

duṣṭabhāva (दुष्टभाव).—m (S) Ill-will, spite, enmity. 2 An ill-opinion; evil surmising.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

duṣṭabhāva (दुष्टभाव).—m Ill-will, spite, enmity. An ill-opinion.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Duṣṭabhāva (दुष्टभाव).—mfn.

(-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) Innately bad. E. duṣṭa, and bhāva nature.

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

Duṣṭabhāva (दुष्टभाव).—[adjective] evil-natured, wicked; [abstract] tā [feminine]

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

Duṣṭabhāva (दुष्टभाव):—[=duṣṭa-bhāva] [from duṣṭa > duṣ] mfn. evil-natured, malignant, vicious, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Duṣṭabhāva (दुष्टभाव):—[duṣṭa-bhāva] (vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) a. Innatelywicked.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dushtabhava 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)

Partial matches: Dushta, Bhava.

Starts with: Dushtabhavata.

Ends with: Vipradushtabhava.

Full-text: Dushtabhavata, Vipradushtabhava, Durbhava, Bhava.

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