Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दोष · noun · masculine
बुरापन । खराबी । अवगुण । ऐब । नुक्स । जैसे, आँख या कान का दोष, लिखने या पढ़ने का दोष, शासन के दोष आदि · लगाया हुआ अपराध । अभियोग । लांछन । कलंक · अपराध । कसूर । जुर्म — Śabdasāgara
दोष · noun · masculine
द्वेष । विरोध । शत्रुता — Śabdasāgara
दोष · dosha · s.m.
Fault, vice, defect, bad or noxious quality, blemish; blame, accusation, reproach, calumny; badness, wickedness, sinfulness; offence, transgression, wrong, sin, guilt, crime — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 534
दोष · masculine
fault; blame; defect, flaw
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दोष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. doṣa m. evening, darkness (only BhP., where personified as one of the 8 Vasus and husband of Night, vi, 6, 11; 14)
2. doṣa m. rarely n. (√ duṣ) fault, vice, deficiency, want, inconvenience, disadvantage, Up.; Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
rarely (√ duṣ) fault, vice, deficiency, want, inconvenience, disadvantage, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "doṣa" is the vocative of "doṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "doṣa" is the vocative of "doṣan" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
1. doṣa m. evening, darkness (only BhP., where personified as one of the 8 Vasus and husband of Night, vi, 6, 11; 14)
2. doṣa m. rarely n. (√ duṣ) fault, vice, deficiency, want, inconvenience, disadvantage, Up.; Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
badness, wickedness, sinfulness, Mn.; R.
offence, transgression, guilt, crime (acc. with √ ṛ or labh, to incur guilt), ŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
damage, harm, bad consequence, detrimental effect (naiṣa doṣaḥ, there is no harm; ko'tra d˚, what does it matter?), Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
doṣā f. See next.
1. doṣā f. darkness, night, RV.; AV. &c. (˚ṣām ind. & ˚ṣā [instr.; cf. g. svar-ādi] ind. in the evening, at dusk, at night)
doṣan n. (occurring only in nom. du. doṣaṇī, AV.; AitBr.; gen. sg. doṣṇas, ŚBr.; instr. doṣṇā loc. doṣṇi [or doṣaṇi- See below] gen. du. doṣṇos, Rājat.; acc. pl. [m. !] doṣṇas, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 63; the other forms are supplied by dos, q.v.) the forearm, the lower part of the forefoot of an animal
the arm in general.
Alternative readings
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