vaiśākha

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[mw] m. (fr. vi-śākhā) one of the 12 months constituting the Hindu1 Hindu lunar year (answering to April-May and in some places, with Caitra caitra, reckoned as beginning the year) S3Br.; La1t2y.; MBh. &c 1026,2 207775 m. a churning-stick S3is3. xi, 8 1026,2 207776 m. the seventh year in the 12 years' cycle of Jupiter VarBr2S. 1026,2 207777 f. N. of a lioness Cat. 1026,2 207778

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m. (fr. vi-śākhā) one of the 12 months constituting the Hindu1 Hindu lunar year (answering to April-May and in some places, with Caitra caitra, reckoned as beginning the year)...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

34

Texts Appeared In

14

DCS: name of a town | Monier-Williams: vESAKa/ mf( I )n. relating to the month Vaiśākha , ŚāṅkhGṛ.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 9 26.5%
2. Liṅgapurāṇa 5 14.7%
3. Agnipurāṇa 3 8.8%
4. Haribhaktivilāsa 3 8.8%
5. Matsyapurāṇa 3 8.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rasaratnākara surface: vaiśākha

  sthitaṃ vaiśākhamāse tu pūrṇamāsyāṃ susādhayet

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: vaiśākhasya

  vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ navamī kārttikasya ca

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: vaiśākhe

  sthāṇuṃ caitre śivaṃ tadvadvaiśākhe tvarcayennaraḥ