ଓଷା

Inherited from Sanskrit ଉପଵସଥ (upavasathá) or Sanskrit ଉପଵାସ (upavāsa). Doublet of ଉପବାସ (upabāsa). Cognate with Marathi ओवसा (ovsā).

• IPA^(key): /osa/

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ଓଷା (oṣā)

1. (religion) fast
2. (Buddhism) uposatha, a fasting day

• Praharaj, Gopala Chandra (1931—1940), “ଓଷା”, in Purnnacandra Odia Bhashakosha, Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “upavasatha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 105
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “upavāsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 105