As a Hindi name
दूषक · noun · masculine
दोष लगानेवाला मनुष्य । वह जो किसी पर दोषारोपण करे · वह जो दोष उत्पन्न करे । दोष उत्पन्न करनेवाला पदार्थ — Śabdasāgara
दूषक · adj
दोषजनक । बुरा · दोष करनेवाला । अपराधी · निंदक । सलंकित करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
दूषक · dūshak · adj.
Corrupting, contaminating; sinful, wicked; ill, low, infamous, contemptible — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 534
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
corrupting, spoiling, disgracing, seducing, &c. (˚ṣika only, )
Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "dūṣaka" is derived from "dūṣa" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
dūṣa mfn. defiling, corrupting (ifc.; cf. kora-, paṅkti-).
dūṣa ˚ṣaka, ˚ṣaṇa, ˚ṣita See under √ 2. duṣ.
dūṣaka mf(ikā)n. corrupting, spoiling, disgracing, seducing, Mn.; MBh.; R. &c. (˚ṣika only, Divyāv.)
offending, transgressing (gen. or comp.), Hariv. 5635; Mṛcch. ix, 40
Dictionary citations
dūṣaka mf(ikā)n. corrupting, spoiling, disgracing, seducing, Mn.; MBh.; R. &c. (˚ṣika only, Divyāv.)
offending, transgressing (gen. or comp.), Hariv. 5635; Mṛcch. ix, 40
sinful, wicked, MBh. xii, 1236 &c.
dūṣaka m. offender, seducer, disparager (vedānām, MBh. xiii, 1639; prakṛtīnām, Mn. ix, 232)
pencil or paint-brush, L.
dūṣa mfn. defiling, corrupting (ifc.; cf. kora-, paṅkti-).
dūṣa ˚ṣaka, ˚ṣaṇa, ˚ṣita See under √ 2. duṣ.
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