Category: healthPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

ओषधम्

/oṣadham/Roman

English meaning: medicine, herb

Sanskrit Definition

(संस्कृतम्)

रोगनिवारणार्थं प्रयुज्यमानं औषधम्।

English Definition

A medicinal herb or remedy used to cure illness.

Example

वैद्यः ओषधं ददाति।

In English: The physician gives medicine.

Synonyms

  • औषधम्
  • भेषजम्

Literary Heritage

मन्दः कवियशः प्रार्थी गमिष्याम्युपहास्यताम्। प्रांशुलभ्ये फले लोभादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः।।

/Mandah kaviyashah prarthhi gamishyamyupahasytam. Pramshu-labhe phale lobhadud-bahur iva vamanah./

Feeble-minded yet aspiring to a poet's fame, I go to be ridiculed — like a dwarf reaching for high fruit.

Kalidasa · Sanskrit Poet & Playwright · c. 4th–5th century CE

Abhijnanashakuntalam

Abhijnanashakuntalam — Kalidasa's self-deprecating prologue, a mark of humility

रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः साधुः सत्यपराक्रमः

/Ramo vigrahavan dharmah sadhuh satya-parakramah/

Rama is righteousness incarnate — virtuous and true in valour.

Valmiki · Adi Kavi (First Poet) · c. 500–100 BCE

Ramayana

Ramayana — the essence of the epic's hero in one line

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Language
संस्कृतम्
Sanskrit
Script
Devanagari
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
5M
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