dozaH [ duz BAve karaRe vA GaY ] 1 ( a ) A fault, blame, censure, defect, blemish, weak point; patraM nEva yadA karIraviwape dozo vasaMtasya kiM Bh. 2. 93 ; Pt. 1. 242 ; nAtra kulapatirdozaM grahIzyati Ś. 3 ‘will not find fault or take exception’; so punaruktadozA R. 14. 9. ( b ) An error, a mistake. 2 A crime, sin, guilt, offence; jAyAmadozAmuta saMtyajAmi R. 14. 34 ; Ms. 8. 205 ; Y. 3. 79. 3 Noxious quality, badness, injurious nature or quality; as in AhAradoza . 4 Harm, evil, danger, injury; bahudozA hi SarvarI Mk. 1. 58 ; ko dozaH ‘what harm is there’. 5 Bad or injurious consequence, detrimental effect; tatkimayamAtapadozaH syAt Ś. 3 ; adAtA vaMSadozeRa karmadozAddaridratA Chāṇ. 48 ; Ms. 10. 14. 6 Morbid affection, disease. 7 Disorder of the three humours of the body, or the three humours when in a disordered state. 8 (In Nyāya &c.) A fault of a definition; ( i. e. avyApti , ativyApti and asaMBava ). 9 (In Rhet. ) A fault or defect of composition (such as padadoza, padAMSadoza, vAkyadoza , rasadoza , and arTadoza which are defined and illustrated in the 7th Ullāsa of K. P. ). 10 A calf. 11 Refutation. 12 ( pb ) Evening, dusk; cf. dozA . Comp. — Akara a. faulty. — AropaH charge, accusation. — ekadfS a. fault-finding, censorious, picking holes. — kara, -kArin, -kft a. causing evil, hurtful. — grasta a. 1 convicted, guilty. 2 full of faults or defects. — grAhin a. 1 malicious, malignant. 2 censorious. — jYa a. knowing faults &c. — (jYaH) 1 a wise or learned man; R. 1. 93. 2 a physician. — trayaM disorder or vitiation of the three humours of the body; ( i. e. vAta . pitta and kaPa ). — dfzwi a. censorious. — prasaMgaH attaching blame, condemnation, censure. — BAj a. faulty, guilty, wrong. — BedaH a peculiar modification of the vitiation of the three humours.