oṣadhī ओषधी – óṣa°dhī ·f. a herb or plant.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

óṣa°dhī ·f. a herb or plant.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

óṣadhi und ˚dhī f. Kraut, Pflanze, insbes. Heilkraut. Im System eine einjährige Pflanze. der Mond gilt als Herr der Kräuter, und einige Kräuter sollen leuchten. Heilmittel überh. SUŚR. 1,4,15.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

oṣadhiḥ, -dhī f. [oṣaḥ pāko dhīyate atra, -dhā ki Tv.] 1 A herb, plant (in general); oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāṃtāḥ Ms. 1. 46; cf. saṃjīvana˚. 2 A medicinal plant or drug. 3 An annual plant or herb which dies after becoming 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 plants. — (jaḥ) fire. — dharaḥ, -patiḥ 1 a dealer in medicinal drugs. 2 a physician. 3 the moon; Śi. 9. 36 (where it means ‘physician’ also). — prasthaḥ the capital of Himālaya; tatprayātauṣadhiprasthaṃ sthitaye himavatpuraṃ Ku. 6. 33, Ku. 6. 36.