ऋतुः [ṛtuḥ] [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; cf. 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.
N. N. of Viṣṇu.
A symbolical expression for the number 'six'.
A kind of collyrium.
Comp. अन्तः the close of a season.
termination of menstruation.
कालः, समयः, वेला the time of menstruation, time favourable for conception, i. e. 16 nights from menstrual discharge; see ऋतु above.
the duration of a season.
-गणः the seasons taken collectively.
-गामिन् a. a. having intercourse with a wife (at the time fit for conception, i. e. after the period of menstruation).
-ग्रहः a libation offered to the seasons, a kind of sacrifice.
-चर्या f. f. seasonal proceeding; अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि ऋतुचर्यास्तु वाजिनाम् Bhoja's
[Śālihotra 92.] -जुष्f. A woman enjoying intercourse at the time fit for procreation;
[Ks.] -धामन् m. m. N. of Viṣṇu
पतिः the lord of seasons, i. e. the spring.
N. N. of Agni;
[Rv.1.2.1.] N. N. of other deities;
[Av.3.1.9.] -पर्णः N. N. 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].
-पर्यायः, -वृत्तिः the revolution of the seasons; cf.
[Ms.1.29.] -पशुः An animal to be sacrificed at a particular season.
-पाः m. m. N. of Indra.
-पात्रम् the cup in which the libation is offered.
-प्राप्त a. a. fertile, fruitful.
-प्रैषः N. N. of particular invocations spoken before the sacrifice to the seasons.
[Ait. Br.5.9.3,4.] -मुखम् the beginning or first day of a season.
-याजः a sacrifice offered to the seasons.
-राजः the spring.
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.
-लोका f. f. N. of particular bricks;
[Śat. Br.1.] -ष्ठा (स्था) a. a. fixed at the proper seasons;
[Vāj.17.3.] -संहारः 'collection of the seasons, N. of Kālidāsa's work on the six seasons.
सन्धिः the junction of two seasons.
the last day in the bright fortnight (पौर्णमासी) and in the dark one (दर्श).
-सात्म्यम् diet &c. suited to the season.-स्तोमः a kind of sacrifice.
-स्नाता a woman who has bathed after menstruation and who is, therefore, fit for sexual intercourse; धर्मलोपभयाद्राज्ञीमृतुस्नाताभिमां स्मरन्
[R.1.76.] -स्नानम् bathing after menstruation.