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Principleसिद्धांत

Rainy season (varsha)

वर्षा ऋतु · वर्षा

Extracted from the text4 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
वर्षाप्रावृट्प्रावृष्
Hindi
वर्षा ऋतुबरसातप्रावृट् ऋतुपहली बरसात
English
Rainy seasonrainy seasonmonsoonvarshaEarly rains (prāvṛṭ)
Romanized
varshapravrit

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Definition2

  • The rains (varṣā) are placed in Śrāvaṇa and Bhādrapada, when clouds crowd the sky; in the editor's second scheme varṣā is Bhādrapada–Āśvayuja, the lighter rains that follow prāvṛṭ, and within each day the first part of the night corresponds to it.

    Chapter 4 · p. 45 · v. 6Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • The editor distinguishes prāvṛṭ from varṣā: prāvṛṭ is the season of the first and heavier rain, and varṣā follows it with lighter rain; in the second season scheme prāvṛṭ falls in Āṣāḍha and Śrāvaṇa.

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

How it develops2

  • Pitta accumulated in the rains is said to be aggravated in autumn; the editor places pitta's accumulation in Bhādrapada–Āśvayuja.

    Chapter 4 · p. 46 · v. 8Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Vata accumulated in summer is said to be aggravated in prāvṛṭ; the editor places this aggravation in Āṣāḍha–Śrāvaṇa and the elimination of vata in Śrāvaṇa.

    Chapter 4 · p. 46 · v. 8Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Diet1

  • In the rains, mainly bitter and astringent tastes with a little pungent, milk, sugarcane and their products are said to be wholesome, and drinking water should be hot.

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

Regimen1

  • A footnote says vāta is aggravated in the rainy season by the nature of the season, so enema therapy is given then.

    Chapter 3 · p. 35 · v. 45FootnoteTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 15 times on 12 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Extraction notes

  • The lexicon lists प्रावृट् as an alias of concept_varsha, but this text treats prāvṛṭ and varṣā as separate seasons. Within the day, prāvṛṭ corresponds to the afternoon/evening (verse 7).
  • Merged from concept_pravrit.

Quick facts

Content type
Principle
Categories
Time and season
Source pages with records
4
Pages naming it
12
Extraction tasks
T02, T03
Record id
concept_varsha