Oṭṭha¹

the lip AN.iv.131; Snp.608; Ja.ii.264; Ja.iii.26 (adhar˚ & uttar˚ lower & upper lip) Ja.iii.278; Ja.v.156; Dhp-a.i.212; Dhp-a.iii.163; Dhp-a.iv.1; Vv-a.11; Pv-a.260 Cp. bimboṭṭha.

Vedic oṣṭha, idg. *ō (u) s; Av. aosta lip; Lat. ōs mouth = Sk. āḥ Ags. ōr margin

Oṭṭha²

It is mentioned in two lists of domestic animals, Vin.iii.52; Mil.32. At Ja.iii.385 a story is told of an oṭṭhī-vyādhi who fought gallantly in the wars, and was afterwards used to drag a dung-cart. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1887, 150 suggests elephant.

Vedic uṣṭra, f. uṣṭrī, buffalo = Ohg. Ags. ur, Lat. urus bison, aurochs. In cl. Sk. it means a camel