The Sanskrit terms Duṣṭātman and Duṣṭātmā can be transliterated into English as Dustatman or Dushtatman or Dustatma or Dushtatma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Duṣṭātman (दुष्टात्मन्) refers to an “evil soul”, according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “(The disciple) should behave well for a period of eight, five or three years. Otherwise initiation should not be given to him (as) he (would not achieve) success in the Kula teachings. [...]  The evil soul (duṣṭātman) who gets angry with (his) teacher or talks back (disrespectfully) is certainly destroyed as is rotten food. The disciple must never be angry with his teacher whether in speech, mind or with the actions of (his) body. [...]”.

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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

Duṣṭātmā (दुष्टात्मा).—a (S) Evil-minded, malevolent, mischievous.

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

Duṣṭātmā (दुष्टात्मा).—a Evil-minded, malevolent.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Duṣṭātman (दुष्टात्मन्).—a. evil-minded, wicked.

Duṣṭātman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms duṣṭa and ātman (आत्मन्). See also (synonyms): duṣṭāśaya.

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

Duṣṭātman (दुष्टात्मन्).—[adjective] evil-natured.

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

Duṣṭātman (दुष्टात्मन्):—[from duṣṭa > duṣ] mfn. evil-minded, malevolent, [Mahābhārata]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dushtatman 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Duṣṭātmā (दुष्टात्मा):—(a) see [durātmā].

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Duṣṭātma (ದುಷ್ಟಾತ್ಮ):—[noun] = ದುಷ್ಟ [dushta]2 -1 & 2.

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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: Dushta, Atman.

Full-text: Dushtantaratman, Samvibhagin, Dushtashaya, Matsarin, Kundali, Shankara, Ativrit.

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