Vishākhā
16th lunar mansion of Hindu astronomy
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Vishākhā is a nakshatra in Indian astronomy spread in Tula or Libra (The 7th House of Natural Vedic Astrology). In Hindu mythology, Vishākhā is a daughter of the king Daksha. She is one of the twenty-seven daughters of Daksha, who married the moon-god Chandra. Vishākhā is the sixteenth nakshatra of the zodiac, ruled by the planet Jupiter Brihaspati or Guru, It is also supposed to be the birth star of the goddess Sita.[1]
Notable people and entities named Vishākhā
- Vishakha Singh (born 1986), Indian film actress, producer and entrepreneur
- Vishakha Raut, a Shiv Sena Politician from Mumbai, former Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
- Vishakha N. Desai, an Asia scholar with a focus on art, culture, policy, and women's rights
- Visakhapatnam, city in Andhra Pradesh
- Visakha FC, Cambodian football club
- Visakha Stadium, Cambodian football stadium
See also
- Gopi, Vishaka is also one of the main gopis in Krishna lila, Krishna's muses in Goloka Vrndavana
References
- ^ Burgess, Ebenezer (1860). Translation of the Sûrya-Siddhânta: E Text-book of Astronomy. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
