Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
adjective
general
forked; branched; having branches
MN 18
evaṃ vutte daṇḍapāṇi sakko sīsaṃ okampetvā, jivhaṃ nillāḷetvā, tivisākhaṃ nalāṭikaṃ nalāṭe vuṭṭhāpetvā daṇḍam'olubbha pakkāmi.
name of various male individuals, including lay disciples, elders, and ministers (e.g., husband of Dhammadinnā, Pañcāliputta)
name of a plant, Aconitum heterophyllium
cosmology
name of the sixth lunar month (Visākha month)
general
Visākhā, the Buddha’s chief female lay disciple, foremost in generosity (also known as Migāramātā)
AN 8.49
idha, visākhe, mātugāmo susaṃvihitakamm'anto hoti, saṅgahitaparijano, bhattu manāpaṃ carati, sambhataṃ anurakkhati.
AN 1.259
etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṃ upāsikānaṃ dāyikānaṃ yadidaṃ visākhā migāramātā.
other notable women named Visākhā (such as the mother of Kakusandha Buddha or an arahant nun)
AN 8.49
idha, visākhe, mātugāmo susaṃvihitakamm'anto hoti, saṅgahitaparijano, bhattu manāpaṃ carati, sambhataṃ anurakkhati.
AN 1.259
etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṃ upāsikānaṃ dāyikānaṃ yadidaṃ visākhā migāramātā.
Part of speech
noun · feminine
cosmology
the lunar mansion Visākhā (the sixteenth nakshatra, corresponding to the constellation Libra)
Encyclopedia
12 entries
Visākha
PersonA rich merchant of Rājagaha and husband of Dhammadinnā who, after becoming a Non-returner, freed his wife to join the Order and later recorded their doctrinal conversation in the Cūḷavedalla Sutta.
Visākha2
PersonA wealthy householder of Pāṭaliputta who gave away his property to travel to Sri Lanka, was ordained at the Mahāvihāra, and became an Arahant after years of forest dwelling at Cittalapabbata.
Visākha3
PersonOne of the chief lay supporters of Maṅgala Buddha.
Visākha4
PersonOne of the chief lay supporters of Phussa Buddha.
Visākha5
PersonA minister of King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī who, together with Sirideva, arranged the Foundation Ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa.
Visākha6
OtherSee also Vesākha.
The Buddha’s chief female lay disciple, declared foremost among those who ministered to the monastic community, born in Bhaddiya in Aṅga as granddaughter of the millionaire Meṇḍaka and later renowned as a devoted patron of the Saṅgha in Sāvatthi.
A former member of the Bodhisatta’s harem who renounced the world together with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, attained Arahantship, and left behind a verse of admonition preserved in the Therīgāthā.
Mother of the Buddha Kakusandha and wife of Aggidatta.
One of the chief female lay supporters of the Buddha Piyadassī.
One of the five queens of the third king named Okkāka.
One of the women destined to renounce the world alongside the future Buddha Metteyya, together with eighty-four thousand other women.
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