The Sanskrit terms Bimboṣṭha and Bimboṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Bimbostha or Bimboshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Bimboṣṭhā (बिम्बोष्ठा) [=Bimboṣṭā?] refers to “she whose lips are (red like the) Bimba (fruit)”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “[...] Very fierce, she has fangs and, very terrible, she is frightening. Her gaze severe and fixed, she resides in her own sacred seat and is horrific. She, the mother of Kula, roars with the Great Sound. She is the Kālī of the great Bhairava. Her lips are (red like the) Bimba (fruit) [i.e., bimboṣṭā] and she is greedy for blood. She chews on human flesh and drinks blood, excrement and urine. [...]”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bimboṣṭha (बिम्बोष्ठ).—and bimbhauṣṭha bimbauṣṭha, or vimbº, i. e. bimba-oṣ- ṭha, I. m. A bimba-like lip, i. e. red as the Bimba fruit, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 4, 8 (corr. p. 146 A, 2 bel.). Ii. adj., f. ṭhā and ṭhī, Having lips like the Bimba fruit, redlipped.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bimboṣṭha (बिम्बोष्ठ):—[=bimb-oṣṭha] [from bimba] mf(ī)n. having lips like the B° fruit, red-lipped, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (f. also bauṣṭhā, [Uṇādi-sūtra ii, 4 [Scholiast or Commentator]])

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Biṃboṣṭha (बिंबोष्ठ):—(a) having bright red lips; (nm) lips as bright red as a '[biṃbaphala]'.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Biṃbōṣṭha (ಬಿಂಬೋಷ್ಠ):—[noun] = ಬಿಂಬಾಧರ [bimbadhara].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ushtha, Bimba.

Full-text: Oshtha, Bimboshta, Anuvyanjana.

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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Verse 8.13.54 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]

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Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)

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