Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. [oṣaḥ pāko dhīyate atra, -dhā ki Tv.] 1 A herb, plant (in general); oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāṃtāḥ Ms. 1. 46; cf. saṃjīvanaº.
2 A medi- cinal plant or drug.
3 An annual plant or herb which dies after be- coming ripe. Comp. īśaḥ, garbhaḥ, nāthaḥ the moon (as presiding over and feeding plants); cf. puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ savoḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ Bg. 15. 13; R. 2. 73: Ku. 7. 1; Ś. 4. 2. ja a. produced from...