osthya

alternative oṣṭhya

1. Indiahuman sciencesa labial consonant

   and hence in spite of its labio-dentality, it came to be listed as an oṣṭhya sound.

   1997, Madhav Deshpande, Śaunakīyā Caturādhyāyikā, page 137

   2 more examples

   In the RPr. ... it is true that v is included in a class characterized only as oṣṭhya, but this refers only to sthāna.

   1976, Natural Language Studies, number 21, page 162

   The KV then points out that the rule not only applies in connection with osthya sounds, but also in connection with the dantoṣṭhya 'labio-dental' sound v.

   1991, Pāṇini, Shivram Dattatray Joshi, J. A. F. Roodbergen, The Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini with Translation and Explanatory Notes, Volume 10, page 223