The Sanskrit term Kāluṣya can be transliterated into English as Kalusya or Kalushya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāluṣya (कालुष्य).—

1) Foulness, dirtiness, turbidness, muddiness (fig. also); चोलकेश्वरकीर्तिश्च कालुष्यं ययतुः समम् (colakeśvarakīrtiśca kāluṣyaṃ yayatuḥ samam) Kathāsaritsāgara 19.95. कालुष्यमुपयाति बुद्धिः (kāluṣyamupayāti buddhiḥ) K.13 becomes muddy or defiled.

2) Opacity.

3) Disagreement.

Derivable forms: kāluṣyam (कालुष्यम्).

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

Kāluṣya (कालुष्य).—n.

(-ṣyaṃ) Foulness, dirtiness, turbidness, opacity. F. kaluṣa, and yañ aff.

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

Kāluṣya (कालुष्य).—i. e. kaluṣa + ya, n. 1. Foulness, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 19, 95. 2. Unfairness, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 63.

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

1) Kāluṣya (कालुष्य):—n. ([from] kaluṣa), foulness, dirtiness, turbidness, opacity, [Kathāsaritsāgara xix, 95; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

2) disturbance or interruption of harmony, [Rājataraṅgiṇī v, 63; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

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

Kāluṣya (कालुष्य):—(ṣyaṃ) 1. n. Foulness.

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

Kāluṣya (कालुष्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kālusiya, Kālussa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalushya 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kāluṣya (ಕಾಲುಷ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] a filthy or soiling substance (as mud, dust or grime); dirt.

2) [noun] an offense against religious or moral law; a sin.

3) [noun] the act or habit of cheating others.

context information

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)

Full-text: Kalusiya, Kalussa, Kalusa, Didhiti.

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