[duṣ bhāve karaṇe vā ghañ] 1 (a) A fault, blame, censure, defect, ble- mish, weak point; patraṃ naiva yadā karī- raviṭape doṣo vasaṃtasya kiṃ Bh. 2. 93; Pt. 1. 242; nātra kulapatirdoṣaṃ grahīṣyati S. 3 ‘will not find fault or take ex- ception’; so punaruktadoṣā R. 14. 9. (b) An error, a mistake.

2 A crime, sin, guilt, offence; jāyāmadoṣāmuta saṃtya- jāmi R. 14. 34; Ms. 8. 205; Y. 3. 79.

3 Noxious quality,...