As a Hindi name
दूषण · noun · masculine
दोष । ऐब । बुराई । अवगुण · दोष लगाने की क्रिया या भाव । ऐव लगाना · रावण के भाई एक राक्षस का नाम जो खर के साथ पंचवटी में शूर्पणखा की रक्षा के लिये नियुक्त किया गया था और जो शूर्पणखा की नाक और कान कट जाने पर पीछे रामचंद्र के हाथ से मारा गया — Śabdasāgara
दूषण · adj
विनाशक । संहारक । मारनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
दूषण · dūshaṇ · adj.
Corrupting, spoiling, ruining, vitiating, contaminating, dishonouring, violating; hurting, injuring; defaming, disgracing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 534
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
corrupting, spoiling, vitiating, violating, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dūṣaṇa" is the vocative of "dūṣaṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dūṣaṇa mf(ī)n. corrupting, spoiling, vitiating, violating, AV.; ŚāṅkhGṛ. &c.
counteracting, sinning against (comp.), R. ii, 109, 7 (cf. arā-ti-d˚, kula-d˚, kṛtyā-d˚, khara-d, loka-d˚, viṣa-d˚, viṣkandha-d˚)
dūṣaṇa m. N. of a Rakṣas (general of Rāvaṇa), MBh.; R. &c.
of a Daitya slain by Śiva, ŚivaP.
dūṣaṇa n. the act of corrupting &c. (see above), Mn.; MBh. &c.
dūṣaṇā f. N. of the wife of Bhauvana and mother of Tvaṣṭṛ, BhP. v, 15, 13
Alternative readings
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