Visākha
Multiple Entries:Visākha Vesak
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Visākha /vɪˈsɑːkə/
▶noun variant of Vesak.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Vesak /ˈvɛsak/ (also Wesak or Visākha)
▶noun the most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha.
– origin Sinhalese vesak, via Pali from Sanskrit vaiśākha, denoting the month April–May.
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