विशाख [ viśākha ] [ ví -śākha ] m. f. n. ( [ ví - ] ; once [ vi-sā́kha ] Lit. AV. xix , 7 , 3) branched , forked Lit. AV. Lit. TS. Lit. GṛŚrS.

   branchless Lit. Hariv.

   handless Lit. ib.

   born under the constellation Viśākhā Lit. Pāṇ. 4-3 , 34

   [ viśākha ] m. a beggar Lit. L.

   a spindle Lit. L.

   a partic. attitude in shooting Lit. L.

   Boerhavia Procumbens Lit. L.

   N. of Skanda Lit. MBh.

   a manifestation of Skanda (regarded as his son) Lit. ib. Lit. Hariv. Lit. VarBṛS.

   N. of a demon dangerous to , children (held to be a manifestation of Skanda) Lit. Suśr. Lit. ŚārṅgS. Lit. Hcat.

   of Śiva Lit. MBh.

   of a Devarshi Lit. ib.

   of a Dānava Lit. Kathās.

   of a Daśa-pūrvin and other persons Lit. Bhadrab. Lit. Rājat.

   = [ viśākha-datta ] below Lit. L.

   [ viśākhā ] f. a species of plant Lit. KātyŚr. ( Dūrvā grass Comm. ; = [ kaṭhillaka ] Lit. L.)

   ( also du. or pl.) the 14th (later 16th) lunar asterism ( figured by a decorated arch and containing four or originally two stars under the regency of a dual divinity , Indra and Agni ; it is probably to be connected with the quadrangle of stars 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Librae ; see [ nakṣatra ] ) Lit. AV.

   N. of a woman Lit. Buddh.

   [ viśākhī ] f. a forked stick Lit. ŚrS.

   [ viśākha ] n. a fork , ramification Lit. Gobh.