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something that mars the appearance, character, structure, etc.; a defect or failing; a fault.
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lack of something necessary for completeness; deficiency; shortcoming.
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something done wrongly as a misdeed, offence or an error; a mistake.
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an offence against god, religion or good morals; a crime; a sin.
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an evil or wicked conduct or behaviour; corruption; vice.
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damage; harm; bad consequence.
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that which is inauspicious.
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darkness; night.
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morbid elements esp. any of the three humours of the body i.e. ವಾತ, ಪಿತ್ತ and ಶ್ಲೇಷ್ಮ).
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red or block spots on the tongue caused by a high fever.
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medical care; treatment of a diseased person.
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(rhet.) a wrong usage, treatment of a subject, wrong usage of idioms, figure of speech, etc. in a literary work.
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(astrol.) an evil caused or that is going to be caused, by a particular movement of planet, star, etc.
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(phil.) the emotion of anger, rage, hatred, covetousness, fondness, lust, etc.; passion.
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that which makes an argument illogical or unreasonable; illogic.
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(Jain.) any of the eighteen impediments in the path of meditation and acquiring true knowledge.
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ದೋಷ ಕೊಡು dōṣa koḍu to make allegations against; to hold another as a culprit; to accuse.