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Etymology
Of unclear origin. The latter component, धि (dhi), is likely derived from the root धा (dhā, “to put, place”). The former component, ओष् (oṣ), has been subject to vigorous debate and multiple competing theories:
- Related to अवस् (avas, “favor, protection”) and अवस (avasa, “refreshment, food, provisions”).
- Derived from the root उष् (uṣ, “to burn”).
- Related to Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 (iusiza, “better”) or Lithuanian auštis (“to refresh, revive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ओषधि • (óṣadhi) stem, f
- an herb, plant, especially a medicinal herb
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 5.83.5:
- यस्य॑ व्र॒ते पृ॑थि॒वी नन्न॑मीति॒ यस्य॑ व्र॒ते श॒फव॒ज्जर्भु॑रीति।
यस्य॑ व्र॒त ओष॑धीर्वि॒श्वरू॑पा॒: स न॑: पर्जन्य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ॥- yásya vraté pṛthivī́ nánnamīti yásya vraté śaphávajjárbhurīti.
yásya vratá óṣadhīrviśvárūpā: sá na: parjanya máhi śárma yaccha. - Do you, Parjanya, through whose function the earth is bowed down; through whose function hoofed cattle thrive; through whose function plants assume all kinds of forms, grant us great felicity.
- an annual plant or herb (which dies after becoming ripe)
- a remedy in general
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ओषधि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 236/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 282
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133