dūṣáya Nom. P. °yati (ep. also °te) to corrupt, spoil, contaminate, vitiate (of moral corruption also doṣayati See 2. duṣ), [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to dishonour or violate (a woman), [Mn. viii, 364]; [MBh.] &c.; (astrol.) to cause evil or misfortune, [Var.]; to adulterate, falsify, [MBh. xiii, 1683]; to object, refute, disprove, blame, [ib.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to retract or break (vācam, one's word), [MBh. xii, 7256]; to find fault with, accuse, [MBh.]; [R.]; (paras-param, each other), [Pañc. 450/451]; to offend, hurt, injure (gen.), [R. ii, 74, 3]; [MBh. iv, 2228] &c.