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ओष्ठय (oSThaya)

 
Capeller Eng
English
ओष्ठय
a.
being at or belonging to the lips, labial
m.
labial sound.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
ओष्ठय lit. produced upon the lip: a letter ofthe labial class
letters उ, ऊ, ओ, औ, प्, फ्, ब्, भ्, म् and व् are given as ओष्ठय letters in the Ṛk Prātiś- ākhya, cf. R. Pr. I. 20. See the word ओष्ठ above. For the utterance of the letter व् tips of the teeth. are also employed
hence the letter व् is said to have दन्तौष्ठ as its स्थान.. ओस् the case affix ओस् of the gen. and the loc, dual.