Dūşaņa

By Jit Majumdar

1. pollution; corruption
2. vice; crime
3. a rākşasa warrior in the army of Rāvana (V. Rām.); a daitya slain by Śiva (Ś. Pur.); (fem: duşaņā): the wife of Bhavana and the mother of Tvāşţŗ (Bg. Pur.).

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