दूषीका
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- दूषिका (dūṣikā)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬹᬱᬷᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- দূষীকা (Assamese script)
- দূষীকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰳𑰬𑰱𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀽𑀱𑀻𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑍂𑌷𑍀𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- દૂષીકા (Gujarati script)
- ਦੂਸ਼ੀਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦹꦰꦷꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- ទូឞីកា (Khmer script)
- ದೂಷೀಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ທູຩີກາ (Lao script)
- ദൂഷീകാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘴𑘬𑘲𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠤᠤᢔᢈᢈᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᡠᡠᢢᡳᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ဒူၑီကာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧕𑧌𑧓𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐹𑐲𑐷𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଦୂଷୀକା (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢹꢰꢷꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆷𑆰𑆵𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖳𑖬𑖱𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- දූෂීකා (Sinhalese script)
- దూషీకా (Telugu script)
- ทูษีกา (Thai script)
- དཱུ་ཥཱི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒴𑒭𑒲𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From the root दुष् (duṣ, “to spoil, become impure”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /duː.ʂíː.kɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪uːˈʂiː.kɑː/
Noun
दूषीका • (dūṣī́kā) f
- rheum (of the eyes)
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 25.9:
- विधृ॑तिं॒ नाभ्या॑ धृ॒तँ रसे॑ना॒पो यू॒ष्णा मरी॑चीर्वि॒प्रुड्भि॑र्नीहा॒रमू॒ष्मणा॑ शी॒नं वस॑या॒ प्रुष्वा॒ अश्रु॑भिर्ह्रा॒दुनी॑र्दू॒षीका॑भिर्अ॒स्ना रक्षाँ॑सि चि॒त्राण्यङ्गै॒र्नक्षत्राणि रू॒पेण॑ पृथि॒वीं त्व॒चा जु॑म्ब॒काय॒ स्वाहा॑ ॥
- vidhṛtiṃ nābhyā dhṛtam̐ rasenāpo yūṣṇā marīcīrvipruḍbhirnīhāramūṣmaṇā śīnaṃ vasayā pruṣvā aśrubhirhrādunīrdūṣīkābhirasnā rakṣām̐si citrāṇyaṅgairnakṣatrāṇi rūpeṇa pṛthivīṃ tvacā jumbakāya svāhā .
- I gratify Separation with his navel;
Butter with his flavour;
the Waters with his broth;
Sunbeams with his drops of fat;
Hoarfrost with his heat;
Ice with his marrow;
Hailstones with his tears;
Thunderbolts with his eye-rheum;
Rākṣasas with his blood;
Bright things with his limbs;
Stars with his beauty;
Earth with his skin.
All-hail to Jumbaka!
- विधृ॑तिं॒ नाभ्या॑ धृ॒तँ रसे॑ना॒पो यू॒ष्णा मरी॑चीर्वि॒प्रुड्भि॑र्नीहा॒रमू॒ष्मणा॑ शी॒नं वस॑या॒ प्रुष्वा॒ अश्रु॑भिर्ह्रा॒दुनी॑र्दू॒षीका॑भिर्अ॒स्ना रक्षाँ॑सि चि॒त्राण्यङ्गै॒र्नक्षत्राणि रू॒पेण॑ पृथि॒वीं त्व॒चा जु॑म्ब॒काय॒ स्वाहा॑ ॥
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of दूषीका (dūṣī́kā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | दूषीका dūṣī́kā | दूषीके dūṣī́ke | दूषीकाः dūṣī́kāḥ |
Vocative | दूषीके dū́ṣīke | दूषीके dū́ṣīke | दूषीकाः dū́ṣīkāḥ |
Accusative | दूषीकाम् dūṣī́kām | दूषीके dūṣī́ke | दूषीकाः dūṣī́kāḥ |
Instrumental | दूषीकया / दूषीका¹ dūṣī́kayā / dūṣī́kā¹ | दूषीकाभ्याम् dūṣī́kābhyām | दूषीकाभिः dūṣī́kābhiḥ |
Dative | दूषीकायै dūṣī́kāyai | दूषीकाभ्याम् dūṣī́kābhyām | दूषीकाभ्यः dūṣī́kābhyaḥ |
Ablative | दूषीकायाः dūṣī́kāyāḥ | दूषीकाभ्याम् dūṣī́kābhyām | दूषीकाभ्यः dūṣī́kābhyaḥ |
Genitive | दूषीकायाः dūṣī́kāyāḥ | दूषीकयोः dūṣī́kayoḥ | दूषीकाणाम् dūṣī́kāṇām |
Locative | दूषीकायाम् dūṣī́kāyām | दूषीकयोः dūṣī́kayoḥ | दूषीकासु dūṣī́kāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀤𑀽𑀲𑀺𑀆 (dūsiā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दूषीका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 489.
- Arthur Berriedale Keith; Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912), “dūṣīkā”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 1, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], OCLC 1158200363, page 372
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dūṣīˊkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 371