V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.
Entry ओष्ठ
ओष्ठoṣṭhaA lip (lower or upper); द्वावोष्ठौ छेदयेन्नृपः Ms.8.282; अधर˚, बिम्ब˚.
[उष्यते उष्णाहारेण, उष्-कर्मणि थन् Uṇ.2.4.]
A lip (lower or upper); द्वावोष्ठौ छेदयेन्नृपः Ms.8.282; अधरdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, बिम्बdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied.
Derived forms and compounds
-ष्ठी A creeper bearing a red fruit to which the lip is commonly compared (बिम्बफल; Marâthîतोण्डली). (In comp. the अ or आ of words before ओष्ठ may be optionally dropped, and the Feminine may end in आ or ई as बिम्बो (म्बौ) ष्ठा-ष्ठी. Vārt. ओत्वोष्ठयोः समासे वा Sk. on ParasmaipadaVI.1.94.CompareLatin ostium.
-अधरौ, -रम् the upper and lower lip.
-अवलोप्यAdjective Which could be eaten with lips; मांसान्योष्ठावलोप्यानि साधनीयानि, देवताः । अश्नन्ति... ॥ Bk.5. 14.
-उपमफला, -भा -फला the creeper Bryonia Grandis (whose fruit resembles a lip. Marâthîतोंडली).
-कोपः, -प्रकोपः a disease of the lips.
-जAdjective labial (produced by the lips).
-जाहम् the root of the lip.
-पल्लवः, -वम् a sprout-like or tender lip.
-पाकः The cracking of lips due to cold etc.
-पुटम् the cavity made by opening the lips.
-पुष्पः -पुष्पम् the tree वन्धुक (Marâthîदुपारी).
