ऋतुṛtuA season, period of the year, commonly reckoned to be six; शिशिरश्च वसन्तश्च ग्रीष्मो वर्षाः शरद्धिमः…
[ऋ-तु-किच्च Uṇ1.71]
- A season, period of the year, commonly reckoned to be six; शिशिरश्च वसन्तश्च ग्रीष्मो वर्षाः शरद्धिमः; sometimes only five; शिशिर and हिम or हेमन्त being counted together; Compare पञ्चर्तवो हेमन्तशिशिरयोः समासेन Ait. Br. वसन्तश्चैत्रवैशाखौ ज्येष्ठाषाढौ च ग्रीष्मकौ । वर्षा श्रावणभाद्राभ्यां शरदश्विनकार्तिकौ ॥ मार्गपौषौ च हेमन्तः शिशिरो माघफाल्गुनौ ॥ गोरक्षसंहिता.
- An epoch, a period, any fixed or appointed time.
- Menstruation, courses, menstrual discharge.
- A period favourable for conception; वरमृतुषु नैवाभिगमनम् Pt.1; ऋतुः स्वाभाविकः स्त्रीणां रात्रयः षोडश स्मृताः Ms.3.46,9.7; Y.1.11,79.
- Any fit season or right time.
- Fixed order or rule; द्वा यन्तारा भवतस्तथ ऋतुः Rv.1.162.19.
- Light, splendour.
- A month.
- Name of Viṣṇu.
- A symbolical expression for the number 'six'.
- A kind of collyrium.
- Compound अन्तः the close of a season.
- termination of menstruation. कालः, समयः, वेला the time of menstruation, time favourable for conception, id est, that is 16 nights from menstrual discharge; see ऋतु above.
- the duration of a season.
Derived forms and compounds
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-गणः the seasons taken collectively.
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-गामिन् Adjective having intercourse with a wife (at the time fit for conception, id est, that is after the period of menstruation).
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-ग्रहः a libation offered to the seasons, a kind of sacrifice.
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-चर्या Feminine seasonal proceeding; अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि ऋतुचर्यास्तु वाजिनाम् Bhoja's Śālihotra 92.
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-जुष् Feminine A woman enjoying intercourse at the time fit for procreation; Ks.
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-धामन् Masculine Name of Viṣṇu
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-पतिः
- the lord of seasons, id est, that is the spring.
- Name of Agni; Rv.1.2.1.
- Name of other deities; Av.3.1.9.
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-पर्णः Name of a king of Ayodhyā; son of Ayutāyu, a descendant of Ikṣvāku. [Nala, king of Niṣadha, entered into his service after he had lost his kingdom and suffered very great adversity. He was 'profoundly skilled in dice'; and he exchanged with Nala this skill for his skill in horsemanship; and by virtue of it the king succeeded in taking Nala to Kuṇḍinapura before Damayantī had put into execution her resolve of taking a second husband].
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-पर्यायः, -वृत्तिः the revolution of the seasons; Compare Ms.1.29.
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-पशुः An animal to be sacrificed at a particular season.
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-पाः Masculine Name of Indra.
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-पात्रम् the cup in which the libation is offered.
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-प्राप्त Adjective fertile, fruitful.
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-प्रैषः Name of particular invocations spoken before the sacrifice to the seasons. Ait. Br.5.9.3,4.
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-मुखम् the beginning or first day of a season.
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-याजः a sacrifice offered to the seasons.
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-राजः the spring.
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-लिङ्गम्
- a characteristic or sign of the season (as the blossom of the mango tree in spring); यथर्तुलिङ्गान्यृतवः स्वयमेवर्तुपर्यये Ms. 1.3.
- a symptom of menstruation.
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-लोका Feminine Name of particular bricks; Śat. Br.1.
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-ष्ठा (स्था) Adjective fixed at the proper seasons; Vāj.17.3.
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-संहारः 'collection of the seasons, Name of Kālidāsa's work on the six seasons.
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-सन्धिः
- the junction of two seasons.
- the last day in the bright fortnight (पौर्णमासी) and in the dark one (दर्श).
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-सात्म्यम् diet etc. suited to the season.
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-स्तोमः a kind of sacrifice.
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-स्नाता a woman who has bathed after menstruation and who is, therefore, fit for sexual intercourse; धर्मलोपभयाद्राज्ञीमृतुस्नाताभिमां स्मरन् R.1.76.
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-स्नानम् bathing after menstruation.
