As a Hindi name
ओषधीश · noun · masculine
चंद्रमा · कपूर — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘lord of herbs’, the moon
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M3 · meaning shifts "oṣadhīśa" is derived from "oṣadhī" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
oṣadhīśa m. ‘lord of herbs’, the moon, L.
oṣadhīśa m. (-śaḥ) The moon. E. see the preceding; īśa meaning lord.
Dictionary citations
oṣadhīśa m. ‘lord of herbs’, the moon, L.
oṣadhīśa m. (-śaḥ) The moon. E. see the preceding; īśa meaning lord.
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.
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