विशाखाviśākhā

विशाखा (viśākhā) is a Sanskrit word meaning branched, forked, branchless, handless, born under the constellation Vishakha, a beggar, a spindle. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Branched/Forked or Lacking Branches, Names of Persons and Other Figures, The Lunar Asterism/Nakshatra Viśākhā.

Definitions: 25

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Meanings by context

Branched/Forked or Lacking Branches

5 definitions

branched, forked

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

branchless

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

handless

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a forked stick

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a fork or ramification

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Names of Persons and Other Figures

5 definitions

of a Devarshi

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a Danava

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

not available

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vishakhadatta

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The name of a woman

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Lunar Asterism/Nakshatra Viśākhā

5 definitions

the fourteenth or sixteenth lunar asterism

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of the sixteenth lunar mansion consisting of two stars

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of a lunar asterism consisting of two stars

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

name of a lunar mansion

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a constellation

— The Purana Index

Names of Deities and Divine Manifestations

4 definitions

an epithet of Skanda

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a manifestation of Skanda

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A demon dangerous to children

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Objects, Roles, or Techniques

3 definitions

a beggar

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a spindle

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular attitude in shooting

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Names of Plants

2 definitions

Boerhavia procumbens

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a species of plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Born under the Nakshatra Viśākhā

1 definition

born under the constellation Vishakha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.