grīṣma

Dictionary meanings for grīṣma from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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grīṣma

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [grasate rasān; gras-manin Uṇ. 1. 147] Hot, warm. ṣmaḥ 1 The summer, the hot season, cor- responding to the months of Jyesh- ṭha and Āṣāḍha; grīṣmasamayamadhikṛtya gīyatāṃ Ś. 1; R. 16. 54; Bv. 1. 35.

2 Heat, warmth. ṣmī The navamalli- kā plant. Comp. kālīna a. per- taining to summer. udbhavā, jā, bhavā the Navamallikā creeper, (double jasmine).

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. (gras Un2.) the summer, hot season (the months S3uci śuci and S3ukra śukra VS. xiv, 6 Sus3r.; or Jyesht2ha jyeṣṭha and A1sha1d2ha āṣāḍha, from the middle of May to the middle of July) RV. x, 90, 6; AV. &c 374,2 69096 m. summer heat, heat Pan5cat. 374,2 69097 m. N. of a man g. aśvādi 374,2 69098 f. Symplocos racemosa L. 374,2 69099

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