Name of a Rishi
N. of a Ṛṣi [ID=38555]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
ऋतुṛtu
ऋतु (ṛtu) is a Sanskrit word meaning a fixed time, appointed time, or fit time, an epoch or period, a season, symbolical expression for the number six, the menstrual discharge, the fertile period following menstruation. Its 26 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Proper Noun (Person/Deity), Season / Time of Year, Fixed or Appointed Time.
- Root
- ऋ (ṛ)
- Definitions
- 26
Meanings by context
Proper Noun (Person/Deity)
7 definitions
of the twelfth Manu
of the twelfth Manu. [ID=38556]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 602-1]
Ṛtu1 = Śiva (1000 names2).—Do.2 = Viṣṇu (1000 names).—
Ṛtu1 = Śiva (1000 names2).—Do.2 = Viṣṇu (1000 names).—
Do.3. pl. (°avaḥ), personif.; IX, 2513, 2517.—Do.4, pl.
(°araḥ) = Śiva (1000 names1).
[ID=9187]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
a Sutapa god
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 1-265]
Ṛtu (I) — a Sutapa god. Br. IV. 1. 14. [ID=2120]
Ṛtu (I) — a Sutapa god. Br. IV. 1. 14. [ID=2120]
— The Purana Index
an Amitabha god
Ṛtu (II) — an Amitābha god. Br. IV. 1. 16. [ID=2121]
— The Purana Index
wife of Samatti
[Printed book page 1-266]
Ṛtu (III) — wife Samattī; with the sun in the Hemanta Vā. 28. 31; 52. 16. [ID=2122]
Ṛtu (III) — wife Samattī; with the sun in the Hemanta Vā. 28. 31; 52. 16. [ID=2122]
— The Purana Index
one of the twenty Sutapa ganas
Ṛtu (IV) — one of the twenty Sutapa gaṇas. Vā. 100. 15. [ID=2123]
— The Purana Index
Season / Time of Year
7 definitions
1. An epoch or period. 2. A season.
an epoch, period (esp. a division or part of the year), season (the number of the divisions of the year is in ancient times, three, five, six, seven, twelve, thirteen, and twenty-four; in later time six seasons are enumerated, viz. Vasanta, ‘spring’; Grīṣma, ‘the hot season’; Varṣās (f. pl. nom.), ‘the rainy season’ Śarad, ‘autumn’; Hemanta, ‘winter’; and Śiśira, ‘the cool season’; the seasons are not unfrequently personified, addressed in Mantras, and worshipped by libations), Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Atharva-veda (Title) ; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) &c., Mahābhārata (Title) ; Manu-smṛti (Title) &c. [ID=38548]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. A season.
2. Menstruation.
3. The favorable time for conception.
4. A month.
5. A kind of collyrium.
6. Light.
ऋ (ṛ)तु (tu) (ṛtu) [Printed book page 168]
ऋ (ṛ)तु (tu) (ṛtu) m. (-तु (tu)ः (-tuḥ))
ऋ (ṛ)तु (tu) (ṛtu) m. (-तु (tu)ः (-tuḥ))
1 A season, (the Hindu year is divided into ar seasons, each consisting of two months.)
2 The menstrual evacuation.
3 The time favourable for procreation, or sixteen days in each month.
4 A month.
5 A kind of collyrium
6 Light.
E. ऋ (ṛ) to go, तु (tu) Uṇādi aff.
[ID=8026]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A season. 2. Menses.
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 138-b]
ऋतु (ṛtu) (तुः) ((tuḥ)) 2. m. A season; menses [ID=7443]
ऋतु (ṛtu) (तुः) ((tuḥ)) 2. m. A season; menses [ID=7443]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A season, one of the six periods of the Hindu year. 2. Menstrual bleeding. 3. The fertile period favourable for conception. 4. A proper or auspicious time. 5. Light. 6. The number six.
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 151-04]
ऋतु (ṛtu) m. 1. A period of the year, a season; there are six seasons in a Hindu year- शिशिरः पुष्यसमयो ग्रीष्मो वर्षा शरद्धिमः (śiśiraḥ puṣyasamayo grīṣmo varṣā śaraddhimaḥ); 2. The menstrual evacuation; 3. the period favourable for conception, e.g. ऋतौ भार्यामुपेयात् (ṛtau bhāryāmupeyāt); 4. fit season; 5. light; 6. the number ‘six.’ [ID=7310]
ऋतु (ṛtu) m. 1. A period of the year, a season; there are six seasons in a Hindu year- शिशिरः पुष्यसमयो ग्रीष्मो वर्षा शरद्धिमः (śiśiraḥ puṣyasamayo grīṣmo varṣā śaraddhimaḥ); 2. The menstrual evacuation; 3. the period favourable for conception, e.g. ऋतौ भार्यामुपेयात् (ṛtau bhāryāmupeyāt); 4. fit season; 5. light; 6. the number ‘six.’ [ID=7310]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A season. 2. The menstrual evacuation. 3. The time favourable for procreation. 4. A month. 5. A kind of collyrium. 6. Light.
ऋ (ṛ)तु (tu) (ṛtu) [Printed book page 138-b]
ऋ (ṛ)तु (tu) (ṛtu)
ऋ (ṛ)तु (tu) (ṛtu)
m. (-तु (tu)ः (-tuḥ))
1. A season, (the Hindu year is divided into six seasons, each consisting of two months.)
2. The menstrual evacuation. 3. The time favourable for procreation, or sixteen days in each month.
4. A month.
5. A kind of collyrium.
6. Light.
E. ऋ (ṛ) to go, तु (tu) Unādi aff.
[ID=8022]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Six in number due to the movements of the sun. 2. Sons of Brahma and Nimi. 3. Each lasting two months. 4. Three making one ayanam.
Ṛtus — six in number;1 due to the movements of the sun;2 representation of pitṛs and pitāmahas,3 sons of Brahmā;4 sons of Nimi;5 fathers of five ārtavas; considered as pitāmahas while ārtavas are pitṛs;6 duration of each, two months;7 three ṛtus make one ayanam;8 their locale, māsa and ardhamāsa;9 are Agni;10 prayed to in śrāddha;11 sang and danced at the marriage of Umā;12 characteristics of.13
[Footnote: 1) Vā. 30. 4; Br. II. 13. 4.]
[Footnote: 2) Vā. 3. 14; 23. 106; 31. 26; 62. 48; 66. 38; Br. II. 21. 126, 153; 24. 57.]
[Footnote: 3) Br. II. 13. 8; 23. 76; 28. 16-17; III. 1. 59; 72. 30; Vā. 30. 7.]
[Footnote: 4) Br. II. 13. 12.]
[Footnote: 5) Br. II. 13. 18.]
[Footnote: 6) Br. II. 13. 18, 20, 23; Vā. 30. 18, 24-25.]
[Footnote: 7) Br. II. 13. 17.]
[Footnote: 8) Br. II. 13. 114.]
[Footnote: 9) Vā. 30. 12.]
[Footnote: 10) M. 141. 14 and 57.]
[Footnote: 11) M. 16. 39.]
[Footnote: 12) M. 154. 492.]
[Footnote: 13) M. 229. 13-26.]
[ID=2124]
[Footnote: 1) Vā. 30. 4; Br. II. 13. 4.]
[Footnote: 2) Vā. 3. 14; 23. 106; 31. 26; 62. 48; 66. 38; Br. II. 21. 126, 153; 24. 57.]
[Footnote: 3) Br. II. 13. 8; 23. 76; 28. 16-17; III. 1. 59; 72. 30; Vā. 30. 7.]
[Footnote: 4) Br. II. 13. 12.]
[Footnote: 5) Br. II. 13. 18.]
[Footnote: 6) Br. II. 13. 18, 20, 23; Vā. 30. 18, 24-25.]
[Footnote: 7) Br. II. 13. 17.]
[Footnote: 8) Br. II. 13. 114.]
[Footnote: 9) Vā. 30. 12.]
[Footnote: 10) M. 141. 14 and 57.]
[Footnote: 11) M. 16. 39.]
[Footnote: 12) M. 154. 492.]
[Footnote: 13) M. 229. 13-26.]
[ID=2124]
— The Purana Index
season
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 1-110]
Ṛtu, ‘season,’ is a term repeatedly mentioned from the Rigveda1 onwards, Three seasons of the year are often alluded to,2 but the names are not usually specified. In one passage of the Rigveda3 spring (vasanta), summer (grīṣma), and autumn (śarad) are given. The Rigveda knows also the rainy season (prā-vṛṣ) and the winter (himā, hemanta). A more usual4 division (not found in the Rigveda) is into five seasons,
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vasanta, grīṣma, varṣā, śarad, hemama-siśira, but occasionally the five are otherwise divided, varṣā-śarad being made one season.5 Sometimes six6 seasons are reckoned, hemanta and śiśira being divided, so that the six seasons can be made parallel to the twelve months of the year. A still more artificial arrangement7 makes the seasons seven, possibly by reckoning the intercalary month as a season, as Weber and Zimmer8 hold, or more probably because of the predilection for the number seven, as Roth9 suggests. Occasionally the word ṛtu is applied to the months.10 The last season, according to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,11 is hemanta. The growth of the division of the seasons from three to five is rightly explained by Zimmer12 as indicating the advance of the Vedic Indians towards the east. It is not Rigvedic, but dominates the later Saṃhitās. Traces of an earlier division of the year into winter and summer do not appear clearly in the Rigveda, where the appropriate words himā and samā are merely general appellations of the year, and where śarad13 is commoner than either as a designation of the year, because it denotes the harvest, a time of overwhelming importance to a young agricultural people. The division of the year in one passage of the Atharvaveda14 into two periods of six months is merely formal, and in no way an indication of old tradition.
[Footnote: 1) i. 49, 3; 84, 18, etc.]
[Footnote: 2) Cf. Rv. i. 164, 2 (tri-nābhi), 48 (trīṇi nabhyāni); also perhaps the Ṛbhus as the genii of the three seasons and the three dawns. Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, p. 133; Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, 2, 33 et seq.: Śatapatha Brāh- maṇa, xiv. 1, 1, 28, and the cāturmāsyāni, or four-monthly sacrifices performed at the beginning of the seasons in the ritual (Weber, Naxatra, 2, 329 et seq.).]
[Footnote: 3) x. 90, 6. Hillebrandt, op. cit., 2, 35, finds in Rv. v. 14, 4: ix. 91, 6, reference to three seasons in the triad gāvaḥ (? spring), āpaḥ (rains), svar (= gharma), and in the ritual literature (Āpastamba Śrauta Sūtra, viii. 4, 2) in the threefold division into ṛta, gharma, and oṣadhi.]
[Footnote: 4) Av. viii. 2, 22; 9, 15; xiii. 1, 18; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, i. 6, 2, 3; iv. 3, 3, 1. 2; v. 1, 10, 3; 3, 1, 2; 4. 12, 2; 6. 10, 1; 7, 2, 4; vii. 1, 18, 1. 2; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, i. 7, 3; iii. 4, 8; 13, 1; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, iv. 14; ix. 16; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, x. 10-14; Śata- patha Brāhmaṇa, i. 3, 5, 11; vi. 2, 2, 3. etc.; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 10, 4, 1; 11, 10, 4, etc. Cf. Rv. i, 164, 13. See also Weber, op. cit., 2, 352.]
[Footnote: 5) Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 6, 1, 10. 11.]
[Footnote: 6) Av. vi. 55, 2; xii. 1, 36; Taittīrīya Saṃhitā, v. 1, 5, 2; 7, 3; 2. 6, 1, etc.; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, i. 7, 3; iii. 11, 12; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, viii. 6; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxi. 23-28; Satapatha Brāh- maṇa, i. 7, 2, 21; ii. 4, 2, 24; xii. 8, 2, 34; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, ii. 6, 19, etc. Cf. also Rv. i. 23, 15, as interpreted by Roth, St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. indu.]
[Footnote: 7) Av. vi. 61, 2; viii. 9, 18; Śata- patha Brāhmaṇa, viii. 5, 1, 15; ix. 1, 2, 31; 2, 3, 45; 3, 1, 19; 5, 2, 8; perhaps Av. iv. 11, 9, and of. Rv. i. 164. 1.]
[Footnote: 8) Indische Studien, 18, 44; Altindisches Leben, 374.]
[Footnote: 9) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. ṛtu. Cf. Hopkins, Religions of India, 18, 33.]
[Footnote: 10) Av. xv. 4; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, iv. 4, 11, 1; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xiii. 25; xiv. 6. 15. 26. 27; xv. 57, etc.]
[Footnote: 11) i. 5. 3. 13.]
[Footnote: 12) Op. cit., 373.]
[Footnote: 13) Hopkins, American Journal of Phil- ology, 15, 159, 160: Weber, Indische Studien, 17, 232; Bühler, Zcitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 41, 28.]
[Footnote: 14) viii. 9, 17. Cf. Zimmer, 372.]
[ID=428]
Ṛtu, ‘season,’ is a term repeatedly mentioned from the Rigveda1 onwards, Three seasons of the year are often alluded to,2 but the names are not usually specified. In one passage of the Rigveda3 spring (vasanta), summer (grīṣma), and autumn (śarad) are given. The Rigveda knows also the rainy season (prā-vṛṣ) and the winter (himā, hemanta). A more usual4 division (not found in the Rigveda) is into five seasons,
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vasanta, grīṣma, varṣā, śarad, hemama-siśira, but occasionally the five are otherwise divided, varṣā-śarad being made one season.5 Sometimes six6 seasons are reckoned, hemanta and śiśira being divided, so that the six seasons can be made parallel to the twelve months of the year. A still more artificial arrangement7 makes the seasons seven, possibly by reckoning the intercalary month as a season, as Weber and Zimmer8 hold, or more probably because of the predilection for the number seven, as Roth9 suggests. Occasionally the word ṛtu is applied to the months.10 The last season, according to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,11 is hemanta. The growth of the division of the seasons from three to five is rightly explained by Zimmer12 as indicating the advance of the Vedic Indians towards the east. It is not Rigvedic, but dominates the later Saṃhitās. Traces of an earlier division of the year into winter and summer do not appear clearly in the Rigveda, where the appropriate words himā and samā are merely general appellations of the year, and where śarad13 is commoner than either as a designation of the year, because it denotes the harvest, a time of overwhelming importance to a young agricultural people. The division of the year in one passage of the Atharvaveda14 into two periods of six months is merely formal, and in no way an indication of old tradition.
[Footnote: 1) i. 49, 3; 84, 18, etc.]
[Footnote: 2) Cf. Rv. i. 164, 2 (tri-nābhi), 48 (trīṇi nabhyāni); also perhaps the Ṛbhus as the genii of the three seasons and the three dawns. Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, p. 133; Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, 2, 33 et seq.: Śatapatha Brāh- maṇa, xiv. 1, 1, 28, and the cāturmāsyāni, or four-monthly sacrifices performed at the beginning of the seasons in the ritual (Weber, Naxatra, 2, 329 et seq.).]
[Footnote: 3) x. 90, 6. Hillebrandt, op. cit., 2, 35, finds in Rv. v. 14, 4: ix. 91, 6, reference to three seasons in the triad gāvaḥ (? spring), āpaḥ (rains), svar (= gharma), and in the ritual literature (Āpastamba Śrauta Sūtra, viii. 4, 2) in the threefold division into ṛta, gharma, and oṣadhi.]
[Footnote: 4) Av. viii. 2, 22; 9, 15; xiii. 1, 18; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, i. 6, 2, 3; iv. 3, 3, 1. 2; v. 1, 10, 3; 3, 1, 2; 4. 12, 2; 6. 10, 1; 7, 2, 4; vii. 1, 18, 1. 2; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, i. 7, 3; iii. 4, 8; 13, 1; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, iv. 14; ix. 16; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, x. 10-14; Śata- patha Brāhmaṇa, i. 3, 5, 11; vi. 2, 2, 3. etc.; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 10, 4, 1; 11, 10, 4, etc. Cf. Rv. i, 164, 13. See also Weber, op. cit., 2, 352.]
[Footnote: 5) Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 6, 1, 10. 11.]
[Footnote: 6) Av. vi. 55, 2; xii. 1, 36; Taittīrīya Saṃhitā, v. 1, 5, 2; 7, 3; 2. 6, 1, etc.; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, i. 7, 3; iii. 11, 12; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, viii. 6; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxi. 23-28; Satapatha Brāh- maṇa, i. 7, 2, 21; ii. 4, 2, 24; xii. 8, 2, 34; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, ii. 6, 19, etc. Cf. also Rv. i. 23, 15, as interpreted by Roth, St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. indu.]
[Footnote: 7) Av. vi. 61, 2; viii. 9, 18; Śata- patha Brāhmaṇa, viii. 5, 1, 15; ix. 1, 2, 31; 2, 3, 45; 3, 1, 19; 5, 2, 8; perhaps Av. iv. 11, 9, and of. Rv. i. 164. 1.]
[Footnote: 8) Indische Studien, 18, 44; Altindisches Leben, 374.]
[Footnote: 9) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. ṛtu. Cf. Hopkins, Religions of India, 18, 33.]
[Footnote: 10) Av. xv. 4; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, iv. 4, 11, 1; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xiii. 25; xiv. 6. 15. 26. 27; xv. 57, etc.]
[Footnote: 11) i. 5. 3. 13.]
[Footnote: 12) Op. cit., 373.]
[Footnote: 13) Hopkins, American Journal of Phil- ology, 15, 159, 160: Weber, Indische Studien, 17, 232; Bühler, Zcitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 41, 28.]
[Footnote: 14) viii. 9, 17. Cf. Zimmer, 372.]
[ID=428]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Fixed or Appointed Time
5 definitions
A fixed time, appointed time, or fit time.
(H2) [Printed book page 224,1]
ऋतु (ṛtu) (उस् (us)), m. (Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) i, 72 ) any settled point of time, fixed time, time appointed for any action (esp. for sacrifices and other regular worship), right or fit time, Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Atharva-veda (Title) ; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) [ID=38547]
ऋतु (ṛtu) (उस् (us)), m. (Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) i, 72 ) any settled point of time, fixed time, time appointed for any action (esp. for sacrifices and other regular worship), right or fit time, Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Atharva-veda (Title) ; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) [ID=38547]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Fixed or proper time.
2. Season or period.
3. The menses and the days suitable for conception.
4. Sexual intercourse at such a time.
5. Settled sequence, order, or rule.
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 057-1]
ऋतु (ṛtu) ṛ-tú, m. fixed time, right time for sacrifice;
period, season; the menses, esp. the days
immediately following and suitable for conception;
sexual intercourse at such time; settled
sequence; order; rule in. sg. & pl. at the right
time, in due season; lc. at the proper season. [ID=5053]
ऋतु (ṛtu) ṛ-tú, m. fixed time, right time for sacrifice;
period, season; the menses, esp. the days
immediately following and suitable for conception;
sexual intercourse at such time; settled
sequence; order; rule in. sg. & pl. at the right
time, in due season; lc. at the proper season. [ID=5053]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A fixed time, season, period, or epoch. 2. A woman's menses and intercourse during that time. 3. A fixed order or rule.
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 097]
ऋतु (ṛtu) m. right or fixed time, period, epoch, season (mostly reckoned as 6, but also 5, 7, 12, & 24); the menses of a woman & coition at that time; fixed order, rule. — ऋतु (ṛtu)ना (ṛtunā) & ऋतु (ṛtu)भिस् (ṛtubhis) in time, at the appointed time, esp. for sacrifice or a festival: पुर ऋतोस् (pura ṛtos) before the (right) time, too early. [ID=6289]
ऋतु (ṛtu) m. right or fixed time, period, epoch, season (mostly reckoned as 6, but also 5, 7, 12, & 24); the menses of a woman & coition at that time; fixed order, rule. — ऋतु (ṛtu)ना (ṛtunā) & ऋतु (ṛtu)भिस् (ṛtubhis) in time, at the appointed time, esp. for sacrifice or a festival: पुर ऋतोस् (pura ṛtos) before the (right) time, too early. [ID=6289]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A fixed and settled time for sacrificing. 2. A season of the year. 3. The menses.
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 136-a]
ṛtú, m.
—1. a fixed and settled time; esp. time for sacrificing;
—2. time of year, i. e. season;
—3. the menses. [√ṛ, 1161a: cf. ἀρτύ-ω, ‘fit together, prepare’; Lat. artu-s, ‘joint.’] [ID=924]
ṛtú, m.
—1. a fixed and settled time; esp. time for sacrificing;
—2. time of year, i. e. season;
—3. the menses. [√ṛ, 1161a: cf. ἀρτύ-ω, ‘fit together, prepare’; Lat. artu-s, ‘joint.’] [ID=924]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. A fixed time or fit season.
2. A period of the year or a season.
3. The menstrual evacuation or time favorable for procreation.
4. Fixed order or rule.
5. Light or splendor.
6. The number six.
7. A kind of collyrium.
8. The twelfth Manu.
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 0180-c]
ऋतु (ṛtu) ṛtu, us, m. (fr. rt. 4. ṛ?), any settled point of time, a fixed time, time appointed for sacrifices and other regular worship, right time, fit season (especially in the inst. pl. ṛtubhis, at the right time or at the appointed time for sacrifice or for a festival); an epoch, a period, a period of the year, a season; (the number of seasons is sometimes limited to three, or sometimes to five, viz. Vasanta, ‘spring;’ Grīṣma, ‘the hot season;’ Varṣa, pl. ‘the rains;’ Sarad, ‘the autumn;’ Hemanta-śiśira, du. ‘the cold and dewy season:’ but is more com- monly reckoned as six, Hemanta and Śiśira being regarded as distinct: occasionally as seven, or even as twelve, in the latter case each season lasting one month. The Ṛtus or seasons are occasionally ad- dressed in the Veda and libations offered to them); the menstrual evacuation, the time favourable for pro- creation, or sixteen days in each month; fixed order, order, rule; light, splendor; the number six (from the six seasons); a kind of collyrium; N. of the twelfth Manu; [cf. Hib. raithe, ‘a quarter of a year;’ alt, ‘time, a joint, an article.’] —Ṛtu- kāla, as, m. the duration of a season; the period of menstruation, the period favourable for procreation, sixteen days of each month. —Ṛtu-gaṇa, as, m. the
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seasons collectively. —Ṛtu-gāmin, ī, m. having in- tercourse with a wife after the period of menstrua- tion. —Ṛtu-graha, as, m., Ved. a libation offered to the seasons. —Ṛtu-jit, t, m., N. of a prince of Mithilā. —Ṛtu-dhāman, ā, m. epithet of Viṣṇu; N. of the Indra of the twelfth Manvantara. —Ṛtu- pati, is, m., Ved. lord of the seasons; an epithet of Agni. —Ṛtu-parṇa, as, m., N. of a king of Ayo- dhyā. —Ṛtu-paryāya, as, m. the revolution of the seasons. —Ṛtu-pā, ās, ās, am, Ved. drinking or com- ing to the libation regularly or at the appointed seasons. —Ṛtu-pātra, am, n., Ved. the cup in which the liba- tion to the seasons is offered. —Ṛtu-prāpta, as, ā, am, productive in due season, fruitful, fertile. —Ṛtu-mat, ān, atī, at, Ved. observing regular times, coming at regular times; enjoying the seasons; (tī), f. a woman during her courses, a woman during menstruation or in the period favourable for procreation; (t) n., N. of Varuṇa's grove or garden. —Ṛtu-maya, as, ī, am, consisting of the seasons. —Ṛtu-mukha, am, n. the beginning or first day of a season. —Ṛtu-yāja, as, m. sacrifice offered to the seasons; N. of a ceremony of the Prātaḥ-savana, just before the Ājya-śastra. —Ṛtu-rāja, as, m. the spring (king of the sea- sons). —Ṛtu-liṅga, am, n. characteristic or sign of the season; symptom of menstruation. —Ṛtu-vṛtti, is, m. revolution of the seasons, a year. —Ṛtu-velā, f. the period of menstruation; the period favourable for procreation, sixteen days of each month. —Ṛtu- śas, ind., Ved. in order, duly; at the right or fixed time. —Ṛtu-ṣṭhā and ṛtu-sthā, ās, ā, am, Ved. fixed at the proper seasons. —Ṛtu-saṃhāra, as, m. ‘collection of the seasons,’ title of a poem ascribed to Kālidāsa in praise of the six seasons. —Ṛtu- sandhi, is, m. the interval or junction between two seasons, the last seven days of one season and the first seven of the next. —Ṛtu-samaya, as, m. the period favourable for procreation. —Ṛtu-sātmya, am, n. diet &c. suited to the season. —Ṛtu-sthalā, f., N. of an Apsaras. —Ṛtu-snātā, f. a woman who has bathed after menstruation and so prepared herself for sexual intercourse. —Ṛtu-snāna, am, n. bathing after menstruation. —Ṛtv-anta, as, m. the close of a season, the termination of menstruation. [ID=12644]
ऋतु (ṛtu) ṛtu, us, m. (fr. rt. 4. ṛ?), any settled point of time, a fixed time, time appointed for sacrifices and other regular worship, right time, fit season (especially in the inst. pl. ṛtubhis, at the right time or at the appointed time for sacrifice or for a festival); an epoch, a period, a period of the year, a season; (the number of seasons is sometimes limited to three, or sometimes to five, viz. Vasanta, ‘spring;’ Grīṣma, ‘the hot season;’ Varṣa, pl. ‘the rains;’ Sarad, ‘the autumn;’ Hemanta-śiśira, du. ‘the cold and dewy season:’ but is more com- monly reckoned as six, Hemanta and Śiśira being regarded as distinct: occasionally as seven, or even as twelve, in the latter case each season lasting one month. The Ṛtus or seasons are occasionally ad- dressed in the Veda and libations offered to them); the menstrual evacuation, the time favourable for pro- creation, or sixteen days in each month; fixed order, order, rule; light, splendor; the number six (from the six seasons); a kind of collyrium; N. of the twelfth Manu; [cf. Hib. raithe, ‘a quarter of a year;’ alt, ‘time, a joint, an article.’] —Ṛtu- kāla, as, m. the duration of a season; the period of menstruation, the period favourable for procreation, sixteen days of each month. —Ṛtu-gaṇa, as, m. the
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seasons collectively. —Ṛtu-gāmin, ī, m. having in- tercourse with a wife after the period of menstrua- tion. —Ṛtu-graha, as, m., Ved. a libation offered to the seasons. —Ṛtu-jit, t, m., N. of a prince of Mithilā. —Ṛtu-dhāman, ā, m. epithet of Viṣṇu; N. of the Indra of the twelfth Manvantara. —Ṛtu- pati, is, m., Ved. lord of the seasons; an epithet of Agni. —Ṛtu-parṇa, as, m., N. of a king of Ayo- dhyā. —Ṛtu-paryāya, as, m. the revolution of the seasons. —Ṛtu-pā, ās, ās, am, Ved. drinking or com- ing to the libation regularly or at the appointed seasons. —Ṛtu-pātra, am, n., Ved. the cup in which the liba- tion to the seasons is offered. —Ṛtu-prāpta, as, ā, am, productive in due season, fruitful, fertile. —Ṛtu-mat, ān, atī, at, Ved. observing regular times, coming at regular times; enjoying the seasons; (tī), f. a woman during her courses, a woman during menstruation or in the period favourable for procreation; (t) n., N. of Varuṇa's grove or garden. —Ṛtu-maya, as, ī, am, consisting of the seasons. —Ṛtu-mukha, am, n. the beginning or first day of a season. —Ṛtu-yāja, as, m. sacrifice offered to the seasons; N. of a ceremony of the Prātaḥ-savana, just before the Ājya-śastra. —Ṛtu-rāja, as, m. the spring (king of the sea- sons). —Ṛtu-liṅga, am, n. characteristic or sign of the season; symptom of menstruation. —Ṛtu-vṛtti, is, m. revolution of the seasons, a year. —Ṛtu-velā, f. the period of menstruation; the period favourable for procreation, sixteen days of each month. —Ṛtu- śas, ind., Ved. in order, duly; at the right or fixed time. —Ṛtu-ṣṭhā and ṛtu-sthā, ās, ā, am, Ved. fixed at the proper seasons. —Ṛtu-saṃhāra, as, m. ‘collection of the seasons,’ title of a poem ascribed to Kālidāsa in praise of the six seasons. —Ṛtu- sandhi, is, m. the interval or junction between two seasons, the last seven days of one season and the first seven of the next. —Ṛtu-samaya, as, m. the period favourable for procreation. —Ṛtu-sātmya, am, n. diet &c. suited to the season. —Ṛtu-sthalā, f., N. of an Apsaras. —Ṛtu-snātā, f. a woman who has bathed after menstruation and so prepared herself for sexual intercourse. —Ṛtu-snāna, am, n. bathing after menstruation. —Ṛtv-anta, as, m. the close of a season, the termination of menstruation. [ID=12644]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Order or Rule
2 definitions
fixed order
fixed order, order, rule [Böhtlingk and Roth’s Sanskrit-Wörterbuch (Title) ], Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 162, 19 [ID=38552]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Order. 2. Right time. 3. A season of the year. 4. The menstrual discharge. 5. The proper season for sexual intercourse.
ऋतु (ṛtu) [Printed book page 0138-a]
ऋतु (ṛtu) ṛ + tu, m. 1. Order (ved.). 2.
ऋतु (ṛtu) ṛ + tu, m. 1. Order (ved.). 2.
Right time, Chr. 288, 3 = Rigv. i. 49, 3.
3. A season (of the year), Man. 3, 217.
4. The menstrual discharge, MBh. 14,
2739. 5. The season approved for
sexual intercourse, Man. 3, 46, sqq. —
Comp. An-, m. wrong season, Man. 4,
104; for sexual intercourse, 5, 153.
The aff. tu is a form of tvan and ṛ of
ar; the older form would be * artvan
= Lat. ordo, base ordon. — Cf. ἀρτύνω
for ἀρτυν-ϳω, ἀρτύς, ἀρτύω.
[ID=2546]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Light or Splendour
1 definition
light, splendour
light, splendour, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=38553]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Menstruation / Fertile Period
1 definition
1. The menstrual discharge. 2. The fertile period following menstruation.
the menstrual discharge (in women), the time after the courses (favourable for procreation; according to Bhāvaprakāśa (Title) sixteen days after their appearance), Suśruta (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) ; Manu-smṛti (Title) &c. [ID=38550]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Mineral or Collyrium
1 definition
a particular mineral
a particular mineral, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=38554]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Sexual Union (Fertile Period)
1 definition
sexual union at the specified time
sexual union at the above time, Manu-smṛti (Title) ix, 93 ; Mahābhārata (Title) [ID=38551]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The Number Six
1 definition
symbolical expression for the number six
symbolical expression for the number six, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) ; Sūryasiddhānta (Title) &c. [ID=38549]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.