The Sanskrit term Duṣṭacitta can be transliterated into English as Dustacitta or Dushtacitta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Dushtachitta.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Duṣṭacitta (दुष्टचित्त) refers to “one filled with evil thoughts”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 21).—Accordingly, “The immoral person is not respected (satkṛta) by people; his house is like a cemetery into which people do not go; he loses all his virtues like a rotten tree that people despise; he is like a frozen lotus that gives people no pleasure to see; filled with evil thoughts (duṣṭacitta), he is dreadful like a demon; people do not turn to him, no more than a thirsty man goes to a poisoned well; his mind is always disturbed like a guilty man who always fears the approach of punishment; he is like a field (kṣetra) covered with hailstones over which nobody can venture; [...] Even though he is called Bhikṣu because he has a shaved head, the yellow robe and presents his ‘ticket’ in the proper order, in reality he is not a Bhikṣu”.

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Duṣṭacitta (दुष्टचित्त) refers to “evil-minded persons”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān said to the great Nāga kings]: “Now I will teach the auspicious offering manual which can bring about any effect. [...] There will be a closing of the boundaries all around for a hundred yojanas. All diseases, all illnesses, all the evil-minded (sarva-duṣṭacitta), all rivals and adversaries: these do not prevail. [...]”.

context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dushta, Citta.

Full-text: Vajrapani, Rudhirotpada, Pravrajitasamvara, Dushta, Samvara, Asura.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Part 1 - Definition and division of patience (kṣānti) < [Chapter XXIV - The Virtue of Patience]

Part 4 - Disadvantages of immorality < [Chapter XXI - Discipline or Morality]

Bhūmi 3: the shining ground (prabhākarī) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]

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