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Dushika, ūṣi, ūṣīk: 10 definitions

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Dushika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms ūṣi and ūṣīk can be transliterated into English as Dusika or Dushika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

ūṣi (दूषिका) refers to the “rheum of the eyes�, referred to as one of the twelve ‘excretions� (or, ‘impurities�) of human beings. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the ѲԳܲṛt. (also see the ѲԳܲṣy verse 5.133)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्�, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

ūṣi (दूषिका) refers to “rheum of the eyes� and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning ūṣi] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (󲹾ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ūṣi (दूषिका).�

1) A pencil, paint-brush.

2) A kind of rice.

3) Rheum of the eyes [one of the 12 impurities (mala) of man]; ѲԳܲṛt 5.135.

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ūṣīk (दूषीका).�= दूषि (ūṣi) q. v.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ūṣi첹 (दूषि�).�eunuch: °ka, voc., پ屹Բ 165.8. Cf. Prakrit (Māhārāṣṭrī, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]) dūsia, ‘a kind of eunuch�, ڱʲ-岹-ṇṇDZ and [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary] (derived by them from Sanskrit ūṣita); cited from a ms.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ūṣi (दूषिका).—f.

(-) 1. The rheum of the eyes. 2. A pencil or painting brush. E. ū� to make bad, (the eyes, &c.) affix ṇvܱ, or svārthe ka vā, fem. form; also ūṣ�, ūṣi and ūṣīkā .

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ūṣīk (दूषीका).—f.

(-) The secretion or rheum of the eyes. E. ū� to hurt, (the eyes,) Unadi affix ī첹� see ūṣi .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ūṣīk (दूषीका).—[feminine] the rheum of the eyes.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ūṣi (दूषिका):—[from ūṣaka > ūṣa > du�] f. impurity or impure secretion of the eyes, [Manu-smṛti; Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of rice, [Suśruta]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ūṣi (दूषिका):�() 1. f. Idem; a painting brush.

2) ūṣīk (दूषीका):�() 1. f. The secretion or rheum of the eyes.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

ūṣi (दूषिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ū.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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