doṣā दोषा doṣā́ f. See next. doṣā́ f. darkness, night, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. (°ṣā́m ind. & °ṣā́ [instr.; cf. g. svar-ādi] ind. in the evening, at dusk, at night) Night personified (and regarded with, [Prabh.] as wife of Puṣpārṇa and mother of Pradoṣa or Evening, Niśitha [!] or Midnight and Vyuṣṭa or Day-break), [BhP. iv, 13, 13]; [14] (cf. doṣás, paścā-doṣa, pra-doṣa, prati-doṣam) doṣā́ ind., [instr.; cf. g. svar-ādi] in the evening, at dusk, at night f. (for 1. See 1. doṣa) the arm, [L.] doṣām दोषाम् doṣā́m ind., in the evening, at dusk, at night doṣāya दोषाय Nom. Ā. °yate, to seem or appear like a fault, [Bhavabh.] doṣānta दोषान्त mfn. containing a fault, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 1, 58.] doṣāsya दोषास्य m. ‘face of the night’, a lamp, [L.] doṣābhūta दोषाभूत doṣā—bhūta mfn. (fr. doṣā ind.) having become nocturnal, turned into nocturnal (day), [Uṇ. iv, 174], Sch. doṣākara दोषाकर doṣā—kara m. ‘night-maker’, the moon, Satr. m. a mine or heap of faults, [Kathās.] doṣāropa दोषारोप m. imputing fault, accusation, [L.] doṣātana दोषातन doṣā—tana mf(I)n. (fr. doṣā ind.) nocturnal, at evening, [Ragh. xiii, 76.] doṣākleśī दोषाक्लेशी doṣā—kleśī f. ‘fading in the evening’, a kind of plant, [L.] doṣākṣara दोषाक्षर n. ‘word of blame’, accusation, [Śak.] doṣāmanya दोषामन्य doṣā—manya mfn. (fr. doṣā ind.) considered as nocturnal, passing for nocturnal (day), [Śiś. iv, 62] cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 66], [Kāś.] doṣāpatti दोषापत्ति f. incurring a fault, [MW.] doṣāvastṛ दोषावस्तृ doṣā—vastṛ m. illuminer of the dark (Agni), [RV.] doṣānuvāda दोषानुवाद m. talking over faults, tale-bearing, [MW.] doṣāramaṇa दोषारमण doṣā—ramaṇa m. ‘N°'s lover’, the moon, [Dhūrtan. ii, 22.] doṣātilaka दोषातिलक doṣā—tilaka m. ‘night-ornament’, a lamp, [L.] doṣānudarśin दोषानुदर्शिन् mfn. perceiving faults, [MBh. i, 3068.]