दूषीका

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दूषिका (dūṣikā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দূষীকা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬹᬱᬷᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• দূষীকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰳𑰬𑰱𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀽𑀱𑀻𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒူၑီကာ (Burmese script)
• દૂષીકા (Gujarati script)
• ਦੂਸ਼ੀਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍂𑌷𑍀𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦹꦰꦷꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂴𑂭𑂲𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದೂಷೀಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ទូឞីកា (Khmer script)
• ທູຩີກາ (Lao script)
• ദൂഷീകാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡠᡠᢢᡳᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘴𑘬𑘲𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᠤᢔᠢᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧕𑧌𑧓𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐹𑐲𑐷𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦୂଷୀକା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢹꢰꢷꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆷𑆰𑆵𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖳𑖬𑖱𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දූෂීකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩑𑩛𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚱𑚯𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• தூ³ஷீகா (Tamil script)
• దూషీకా (Telugu script)
• ทูษีกา (Thai script)
• དཱུ་ཥཱི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒴𑒭𑒲𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨁𑨊𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root दुष् (duṣ, “to spoil, become impure”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /duː.ʂíː.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪uːˈʂiː.kɑː/

Noun

दूषीका • (dūṣī́kā) stem, f

1. 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 ॥

     vídhṛtiṃ nā́bhyā dhṛtám̐ rásenāpó yūṣṇā́ márīcīrviprúḍbhirnīhārámūṣmáṇā śīnáṃ vásayā prúṣvā áśrubhirhrādúnīrdūṣī́kābhirasnā́ rákṣām̐si citrā́ṇyáṅgairnákṣátrā́ṇí rūpéṇa pṛthivī́ṃ tvacā́ jumbakā́ya svā́hā.

     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!

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दूषीका (dūṣī́kā)
	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 / दूषीकायै² dūṣī́kāyāḥ / dūṣī́kāyai²	दूषीकाभ्याम् dūṣī́kābhyām	दूषीकाभ्यः dūṣī́kābhyaḥ
Genitive	दूषीकायाः / दूषीकायै² dūṣī́kāyāḥ / dūṣī́kāyai²	दूषीकयोः dūṣī́kayoḥ	दूषीकाणाम् dūṣī́kāṇām
Locative	दूषीकायाम् dūṣī́kāyām	दूषीकयोः dūṣī́kayoḥ	दूषीकासु dūṣī́kāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀤𑀽𑀲𑀺𑀆 (dūsiā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दूषीका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, 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, page 372
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dūṣīˊkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 371