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viśākha

ví—śākha (ví-; once vi-sā́kha, [AV. xix, 7, 3]), mf(A)n. branched, forked, [AV.]; [TS.]; [GṛŚrS.]

branchless, [Hariv.]

handless, [ib.]

born under the constellation Viśākhā, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 34]

ví—śākha m. a beggar, [L.]

a spindle, [L.]

a partic. attitude in shooting, [L.]

Boerhavia Procumbens, [L.]

N. of Skanda, [MBh.]

a manifestation of Skanda (regarded as his son), [ib.]; [Hariv.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.

N. of a demon dangerous to, children (held to be a manifestation of Sk°), [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.]; [Hcat.]

of Śiva, [MBh.]

of a Devarṣi, [ib.]

of a Dānava, [Kathās.]

of a Daśa-pūrvin and other persons, [Bhadrab.]; [Rājat.] &c.

= viśākha-datta below, [L.]

ví—śākha n. a fork, ramification, [Gobh.]