ví—śākhā (ā), f. a species of plant, [KātyŚr.] (Dūrvā grass Comm.; = kaṭhillaka, [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 ι, α, β, γ Librae; see nakṣatra), [AV.] &c. &c.
N. of a woman, [Buddh.]