Osadhī untranslated

01. Osadhī 01 untranslated

Osadhī 01. The morning star, used in describing typical whiteness (odātā, odātavaṇṇā, etc.) (DN.ii.111), and also great brightness and purity (parisuddha-Osadhātārakā viya) (It.20; MN­a.ii.638, 772; also Vsm.ii.412).

Buddhaghosa says (MN­a.ii.714) that it is so-called because, when it appears in the sky, people gather medicines and drink them by its sign (sukkā tārakā tassā udayato paṭṭhāya tena saññāṇena osadhāni gaṇhanti pi pivanti pi: tasmā Osadhī tārakā ti vuccati.)

The Itivuttaka Commentary (Iti-a.72) gives another explanation: that it contains bright rays of light, and that it gives efficacy to various medicines (ussannā pabhā etāya dhīyati osadhīnaṁ vā anubalappadāyikattā Osadhī).

It is also used in similes to typify constancy, like the star Osadhī, which, in all seasons, keeps to the same path and never deviates there from (sabba-utusu attano gamanavīthiṁ vijahitvā aññāya vīthiyā na gacchati sakavīthiyā va gacchati). (Bv­a.89)

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02. Osadhī 02 untranslated

Osadhī 02. The city at the gates of which Anomadassī Buddha performed the Twin-Miracle (Bv­a.143) and, therefore, a former name of Saṅkassa.

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