Grishma Explained

Grishma the Sanskrit word meaning summer.^[1] This is one of the six seasons (ritu), each lasting two months, the others being: Vasanta (spring), Varsha (monsoon), Sharada (autumn), Hemanta (pre-winter), and Shishira (winter).^[2]

It falls in the two months of Jyeshtha and Ashadha of the Hindu calendar, or April and May of the Gregorian calendar.^[3] It is preceded by Vasanta, the spring season, and followed by Varsha, the rainy season.

Sources

• Selby, Martha Ann (translator). The Circle of Six Seasons, Penguin, New Delhi, 2003,
• Raghavan, V. Ṛtu in Sanskrit literature, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Delhi, 1972.

Notes and References

1. Book: Barnett, Lionel D. . Antiquities of India: An Account of the History and Culture of Ancient Hindustan . 1999-04-30 . Atlantic Publishers & Dist . 978-81-7156-442-2 . 189 . en.
2. Book: Klostermaier, Klaus K. . A Survey of Hinduism: Third Edition . 2010-03-10 . State University of New York Press . 978-0-7914-8011-3 . 492 . en.
3. Book: Walker, Benjamin . Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism. In Two Volumes. Volume I A-L . 2019-04-09 . Routledge . 978-0-429-62421-6 . 230 . en.