óṣṭha m. (etym. doubtful

• √uṣ Uṇ. ii, 4) the lip (generally du.) RV. ii, 39, 6 AV. x, 9, 14 ; xx, 127, 4VS. ŚBr. Mn. &c

• the forepart of an Agnikuṇḍa, q.v. Hcat.

• (ī), f. the plant Coccinia Grandis (to whose red fruits lips are commonly compared) L.

• (in a compound the o of oṣṭha forms with a preceding a either Vṛiddhiau, or Guṇa o Kāty. on Pāṇ. 6-1, 94)  ; [Zd. aoshtra ; O. Pruss. austa, 'mouth' ; O. Slav. usta, 'mouth.']

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William