The morning star, used in describing typical whiteness, DN.ii.111 and also great brightness and purity. It.20

an herb, a plant, esp. a medicinal plant; an annual plant or herb.

…meaning between osadha and osadhī; both mean equally any medicine whether of herbs or other ingredients. Cp. e.g. AN.iv.100…

plants, grasses, and trees

plants, grasses, and trees

the osadhī star

adjective forming a substratum for rebirth (always with ref. to puñña, merit). Not with Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885 38 as “exceedingly great”; the correct interpretation is given by Dhpāla at Vv-a.154 as “ …

see osadhī.

Vedic auṣadha

variant reading Iti.20 for opadhika.

remedy, esp. poultice, fomentation Ja.iv.361.

fr. osadha

…of remedy, purgative DN.i.12 osadhīnaṃ p. explained at DN-a.i.98 as “khārâdīni datvā tad-anurūpo khaṇe gate tesaṃ apanayanaṃ.”…

1. a star, a planet: osadhī viya tārakā like the morning-star (Venus) Vv.9#2 = Pv.ii.1#10
   ■ Ja.i.108; tāraka-rūpa the light (or…

adjective

1. belonging to the Uposatha in phrase anuposathikaṃ (adv.) on every U., i.e. every fortnight Vin.iv.315.
2. observing the Sabbath fasting (cp. BSk. uposadhika Mvu.ii.9); Vin.i.58; Vin.iv.7 …

…e.g. SN.iv.302 (osadhī + tiṇa + v.; opposed to herbs, as in R.V.); AN.i.152; Ja.i.329; Ja.iv.233 (tiṇa-latā-vanaspatiyo)…

Vīta¹

adjective deprived of, free from, (being) without. In meaning and use cp. vigata˚. Very frequent as first part of a cpd., as e.g. the foll.:

• -accika without a flame, i.e. glo …