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Principleसिद्धांत

Summer (grishma)

ग्रीष्म ऋतु · ग्रीष्म

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
ग्रीष्मनिदाघ
Hindi
ग्रीष्म ऋतुगर्मीग्रीष्म
English
Summersummergrishma
Romanized
grishma

What the text says

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Definition1

  • Summer is placed in Jyeṣṭha and Āṣāḍha; the editor's second scheme puts it in Vaiśākha and Jyeṣṭha, and within each day midday corresponds to summer.

    Chapter 4 · p. 45 · v. 6Hindi commentaryTraditional description

How it develops1

  • Vata is said to accumulate in summer and to be aggravated in prāvṛṭ; the editor places vata's accumulation in Vaiśākha–Jyeṣṭha.

    Chapter 4 · p. 46 · v. 8Editorial noteTraditional description

Diet1

  • In summer, food with plenty of milk and ghee is said to be best, with cold drinks, jaggery and sugarcane, and well water to drink.

    Chapter 4 · p. 49 · v. 13Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Quick facts

Content type
Principle
Categories
Time and season
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
3
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
concept_grishma