○stha mf(ā)n. being in the bloom of age, grown up, full-grown, strong, vigorous MBh. R.: aged, old MBh

• nourishing (as flesh) Vāgbh

• m. a contemporary, associate, friend W

• (ā), f. a female friend or companion L

• N. of various plants Suśr. Car. (accord. to L. Emblica Officinalis

• Terminalia Chebula or Citrina

• Cocculus Cordifolius

• Bombax Heptaphyllum

• = atyamla-parṇī, kākolī, kṣīra-kākolī, and brāhmī)

• small cardamoms L