Dushtata, Duṣṭatā: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Duṣṭatā can be transliterated into English as Dustata or Dushtata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता).—f.
(-tā) 1. Wickedness, badness. 2. Contamination, defilement. 3. Violation. E. tal added to duṣṭa; also tvaṃ duṣṭatvam .
Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता).—[duṣṭa + tā], f. and duṣṭatva duṣṭa + tva, n. Wickedness, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 1, 31; [Pañcatantra] 99, 9.
1) Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता):—[=duṣṭa-tā] [from duṣṭa > duṣ] f. badness, wickedness
2) [v.s. ...] falsehood
3) [v.s. ...] defilement, violation, [Rāmāyaṇa; Mṛcchakaṭikā; Pañcatantra]
Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता):—[duṣṭa-tā] (tā) 1. f. Wickedness.
Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता):—(von duṣṭa) f. Schlechtigkeit, von Personen [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 1, 31.] vyavahāra [Mṛcchakaṭikā 2, 5.] das Verunreinigtsein: ślokasya vidheyāvimarṣadoṣaduṣṭatayā [Sāhityadarpana 3, 3.]
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Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता):—, mātṛ [Kathāsaritsāgara 74, 164.]
Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता):—f. —
1) Schlechtigkeit. —
2) das Verunreinigtsein.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता):—(nf) wickedness, viciousness, knavery; mischievousness; malevolence.
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Nepali dictionary
Duṣṭatā (दुष्टता):—n. wickedness; rascality; immorality; meanness;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dushta, Luo, Da, Ta.
Starts with: Dushtatana.
Full-text: Tva.
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