Vishakha
noun
Vishakha is a noun meaning “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…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-S-H-A-K-H-A, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Vishakha is Vishakhas.
What does Vishakha mean?
noun
- 1
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, इन्द्र and अग्नि ; it is probably to be connected with the quadrangle of stars ι, α, β, γ Librae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Vishakha
- Vishakhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Vishakha?
Vishakha appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Vishakha come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit विशाखा (viśākhā).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).