As a deity name
Name 110 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
Nearest attested word 'ओषधी' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is ओषध, meaning दवा । ओषध. — Śabdasāgara nearest word: ओषध — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
-dhī 1 A herb, plant (in general); oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāṃtāḥ; cf. saṃjīvana˚. 2 A medicinal plant or drug. 3 An annual plant or herb which dies after becoming ripe. Comp
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "oṣadhī" is the nominative dual of "oṣadhi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
oṣadhī f. (only Ved. and not in nom. c. Pāṇ. vi, 3, 132; but occasional exceptions are found) = oṣa-dhi above.
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, 36.
oṣadhī f. (-dhī) An annual plant or deciduous herb: see the preceding.
oṣa-dhi f. (etym. doubtful; probably fr. oṣa above, ‘light-containing’, see ŚBr. ii, 2, 4, 5; Nir. ix, 27) a herb, plant, simple, esp. any medicinal herb, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.
an annual plant or herb (which dies after becoming ripe), Mn. i, 46, &c.; Suśr. i, 4, 16; 18; Yājñ. &c.
Alternative readings
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