शाख

{ śākhḥ, śākha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚĀKHA   According to one view Śākha was the younger brother of Subrahmaṇya while there are others who maintain that he was Subrahmaṇya's son. In verse 37, Chapter 44 of Śalya Parva it is stated that Śākha was the son of the Vasu Anala and the younger brother of Subrahmaṇya and that he had two brothers called Vaiśākha and Naigameya. It is stated in Chapter 15, part 1 of Viṣṇu Purāṇa as follows:- “Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dharma, Anila, Agni, Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa are the aṣṭavasus. Vaitaṇḍa, Śrama, Śānta, and Dhvani were sons of Āpa. Kāla, who annihilates the entire world is the son of Dhruva and Varccas is Soma's son. Varccas gives people the vital glow. Draviṇa, Hutahavyavaha, Śiśvara, Prāṇa and Varuṇa were the sons of Dharma by Manoharā. Anila's wife was Śivā, and two sons, Manojava and Avijñatagati were born to the couple. Kumāra, son of Agni was born in Śarastamba and he had three brothers called Śākha, Viśākha and Naigameya.” The following story about the birth of Śākha is from Taraṅga 6, Lāvāṇakalambaka of Kathāsaritsāgara: Defeated in battle by Tārakāsura, Indra decided to have no more fight with him and retired to Mount Mahāmeru. Devas and maharṣis sought asylum with Subrahmaṇya, who gave them protection. Indra came to know of it and fought with Subrahmaṇya feeling that the latter had captured his kingdom. Two sons, Śākha and Viśākha were born from the face of Subrahmaṇya wounded by the Vajrāyudha of Indra.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : डाली, सींग, संतान, कार्तिकेय, कतरा, करंज, सिंगी, अंग, हाथ-मुँह, उपनदी, सुहाल

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

शाख n.  अनल नाम, वसु का पुत्र, जो कार्तिकेय का छोटा भाई था । यह एवं इसके छोटे भाई विशाख एवं नैगम स्वयं कार्तिकेय के ही रूप माने जाते है [म. श. ४३.३७] ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A pot-herb in general; any esculent leaf, flower, fruit, bean, seed, root &c.
   and bordering upon ripeness. In this stage the flavor is considered as exquisite.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  f  A vegetable, a pot-herd.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  स्त्री. शाक पहा .
  स्त्री. १ फळें , बिया , मुळें इ० कोणतींहि भाजी करण्याजोगीं पानें , भाजीपाला ; भाजी . २ ( व बा . ) मांस ; शिजलेलें मांस . ब्रह्मसभाचि गुरुसभा , तन्न्यूना वणिंल्या सुरस भ्यां ज्या । देव्युत्थ शाकभाज्या किंवा हे शाक या सुरस भाज्या । - मोसभा १ . ३७ . ३ ( देशावर ) फळभाजी ; पालेभाजीस भाजी म्हणतात . ( वाई ) आमटी ; तोंडीं लावणें . वाढावया शाक आणा .
०पाला   भाजी - पु . ( व्यापकपणें ) भाजीपाला .
०व्रत  न. चातुर्मासांत चार पदार्थ सोडण्याचें व्रत . यांपैकीं प्रत्येक महिन्यास ओळीनें एक एक पदार्थ वर्ज्य करितात . ( भाज्या , दही , दूध , डाळी ) [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शाख  m.  m. N. of a manifestation of स्कन्द or of his son, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
    Pongamia Glabra, [L.]
शाख  mn.  mn. N. of a place, [Cat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शाखः [śākhḥ]  N. N. of Kārtikeya.

Shabda-Sagara

शाख(ऋ)शाखृ   r. 1st cl. ( शाखति) To pervade.
शाख  m.  ( -खः) A plant, (Galedupa arborea.)
  f.  ( -खा)
   1. A branch, the branch of a tree.
   2. A branch or sub-division of the Vedas, consis- ting of the several Sanhitās or collections of prayers in each Veda, as received in different schools, modified more or less either in the arrangement of the whole text, or in particular portions of it.
   3. An arm.
   4. A sect, a faction, a party.
   5. Any sub-division.
   6. Any part of an animal not endowed with sensibility, as a horn, &c.
    E. शाख् to pervade, aff. अच् .

ROOTS:

शाख् अच् .