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dūsissa

dūsī

masc dat sg of dūsī (noun); masc gen sg of dūsī (noun); nt gen sg of dūsī (adj)

1. spoiler; corrupter; violator; polluter
2. name of a Māra; previous incarnation of Mahāmoggallāna; lit. corrupter
3. corrupt; fake; bad

Etymology. dūse + ī; from √dus 'be angry, be corrupt'; Sanskrit dūṣin [duṣ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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