oṣṭhaḥ

Dictionary meanings for oṣṭhaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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oṣṭhaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[uṣyate uṣṇāhāreṇa, uṣ-karmaṇi than Uṇ. 2. 4] A lip (lower or [Page0361-c+ 34] upper); dvāvoṣṭhau chedayennṛpaḥ Ms. 8. 282; adharaº, biṃbaº. ṣṭhī A creeper bearing a red fruit to which the lip is commonly compared (biṃbaphala). (In comp. the a or ā of words before oṣṭha may be optionally dropped, and the fem. may end in ā or ī; as biṃbo(bau) ṣṭhā-ṣṭhī. [cf. L. ostium ]. Comp. adharau-raṃ the upper and lower...

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