Vishakha, Visakha, Viśākha, Visākhā, Visākha, Viśākhā, Viśakha: 37 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Viśākha and Viśākhā and Viśakha can be transliterated into English as Visakha or Vishakha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Viśākha (विशाख):—(2. vi + śākhā)

1) adj. (f. ā) a) verästet, gegabelt: vī.udhaḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 7, 4.] yūpa [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 1, 9, 3.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 16, 9, 26.] vapāśrapaṇī [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 6, 5, 7. 6, 27.] [GOBH. 3, 10, 25.] — b) astlos: pādapa [Harivaṃśa 2753.] — c) händelos [Harivaṃśa 2755.] — d) unter dem Sternbilde Viśākhā geboren [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 34.] —

2) m. a) Bettler [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 114] (yācaka) . [Medinīkoṣa kh. 12] (tarkaka) . Spindel (d. i. tarku) [WILSON] nach [Śabdamālā] — b) Bez. einer best. Stellung beim Schiessen (dhanvināṃ vitastyantareṇa pade saṃsthānam) [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 53] nach [Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Boerhavia procumbens Roxb. (punarnavā) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Beiname Skanda's [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 35.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 51.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 209.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 1, 19.] [Mahābhārata 3, 14634.] — e) eine Manifestation Skanda's, die als sein Sohn aufgefasst wird, [Mahābhārata 1, 2588. 3, 14384. 14532. fg. 9, 2487. fg. 13, 7636.] [Harivaṃśa 157. 2966.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 11. 48, 26.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 92. 50, 183. fg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 120.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 6, 14] (st. skandha ist mit der ed. Bomb. skanda zu lesen). [Oxforder Handschriften 117,a,34] (?). — f) als Manifestation Skanda's N. eines den Kindern gefährlichen Dämons [Suśruta.2,387,6. 394,8.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH.1,7,109.] [Oxforder Handschriften 307,b,25.] — g) Beiname Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 13, 1186.] skanda (skandha ed. Calc.) desgl. [907]; vgl. skāndaviśākha [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 21, Scholiast] — h) Nomen proprium eines Devarṣi [Mahābhārata 2, 295.] eines Dānava [Kathāsaritsāgara 47, 18.] eines Brahmanen [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 204.] - [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 270 (40).] —

3) f. ā eine best. Pflanze [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 25, 7, 17.] = dūrvā Comm. = kaṭhillaka [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) du. Bez. des 14ten (später des 16ten) Nakṣatra [Colebrooke II, 338.] [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 335. fg.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 62.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19, 7, 3.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 4, 4, 10, 2.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 5, 2, 2. 7. 3, 1, 1, 11.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 2, 1, 10.] [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] bei [WEBER, Nakṣ. 1, 312.] [Mahābhārata 3, 16970.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 33, 44. 5, 73, 56.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 4, 6.] pl. [Mahābhārata 13, 4262.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 41, 11.] [Śākuntala 35, 21.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 19. 11, 58. 101, 9.] sg. vedisch nach [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 62.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 23.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 112.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [GARGA] bei [WEBER, Nakṣ. 1, 309.] [Mahābhārata 6, 95. 13, 3270.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 86, 43.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 6, 9. 15, 30. 102, 4. 105, 3.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 33, 12.] [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 14, 6.] unbestimmt ob. sg. oder pl. [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 58, 33.] im comp. [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 62, 14. fg.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 13, 11.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 6, 12. 9, 3. 32, 12. 47, 18. 55, 31.] saviśākha [98, 1.] — b) ein Frauenname [Burnouf 24,] [Nalopākhyāna 1.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 270 (40).] [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 305.] —

4) f. ī eine gabelförmige Stange [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 3, 13.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 17, 1, 15. 10, 9.] —

5) n. Gabel, Verzweigung [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 5, 38.] [LĀṬY. 1, 5, 19. 7, 7. 10.] Dasselbe Wort vermuthen wir st. viśikha in der Stelle (sūtikāyāḥ) viśākhāntaramabhyajyāt das Innere der Gabel d. h. zwischen den Schenkeln [Suśruta 1, 368, 12.] — Vgl. vaiśākha .

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