m. (fr. vi-śākhā-) one of the 12 months constituting the Hindu lunar year (answering to April-May and in some places, with caitra-, reckoned as beginning the year) etc.
वैशाखः 1 N. of the second lunar month (corresponding to April-May). -2 A churning-stick; द्रुततर- करदक्षाः क्षिप्तवैशाखशैले ... कलशिमुदधिगुर्वी वल्लवा लोडयन्ति Śi.11. 8; कालेन वैशाखधरं विधाय प्रभाकरं बिम्बममन्थि सिन्धुः Rām. ch. 6.39. -खम् A kind of attitude in shooting; see विशाख. -खी The full-moon day in the month of Vaiśākha.
m. [visâkhâ] N. of a month (April-May; Br., S., C.); churning-stick (C.); n. N. of a town; a. (î) relating to the month Vaisâkha: -pura, n. N. of a town; -raggu, rope of the churning-stick.
noun (masculine) a churning-stick (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the 12 months constituting the Hindū lunar year (answering to April-ṃay and in some places) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the seventh year in the 12 years' cycle of Jupiter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a particular attitude in shooting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Tīrtha at Śrīśaila
name of a town (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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