ftuH [ f-tu-kicca Uṇ. 1. 71 ] 1 A season, period of the year, commonly reckoned to be six; SiSiraSca vasaMtaSca grIzmo varzAH SaradDimaH ; sometimes only five; SiSira and hima or hemaMta being counted together; cf. paMcartavo hemaMtaSiSirayoH samAsena Ait. Br. 2 An epoch, a period any fixed or appointed time. 3 Menstruation, courses, menstrual discharge. 4 A period favourable for conception; varamftuzu nEvABigamanaM Pt. 1 ; ftuH svABAvikaH strIRAM rAtrayaH zoqaSa smftAH Ms. 3. 46 , 9. 70 ; Y. 1. 11 , 79. 5 Any fit season or right time. 6 Fixed order or rule. 7 Light, splendour. 8 A month. 9 N. of Viṣṇu. 10 A symbolical expression for the number ‘six.’ 11 A kind of collyrium. Comp. — aMtaH 1 the close of a season. 2 termination of menstruation. — kAlaH , samayaH, -velA 1 the time of menstruation, time favourable for conception, i. e. 16 nights from menstrual discharge; see ftu above. 2 the duration of a season. — gaRaH the seasons taken collectively. — gAmin a. having intercourse with a wife (at the time fit for conception, i. e. after the period of menstruation). — grahaH a libation offered to the seasons, a kind of sacrifice. — DAman m. N. of Viṣṇu. — patiH 1 the lord of seasons, i. e. the spring. 2 N. of Agni. — parRaH 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; ( pb ) 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]. — paryAyaH, -vfttiH the revolution of the seasons. — pAH m. N. of Indra. — pAtraM the cup in which the libation is offered. — prApta a. fertile, fruitful. — muKaM the beginning or first day of a season. — yAjaH a sacrifice offered to the seasons. — rAjaH the spring. — liMgaM 1 a characteristic or sign of the season (as the blossom of the mango tree in spring). 2 a symptom of menstruation. — zWA — (sTA) a. fixed at the proper seasons. — saMhAraH ‘collection of the seasons,’ N. of Kālidāsa's work on the six seasons. — saMDiH 1 the junction of two seasons. 2 the last day in the bright fort-night ( pOrRamAsI ) and in the dark one ( darSa ). — sAtmyaM diet &c. suited to the season. — stomaH a kind of sacrifice. — snAtA a woman who has bathed after menstruation and who is, therefore, fit for sexual intercourse; DarmalopaBayAdrAjYImftusnAtAmimAM smaran R. 1. 76. — snAnaM bathing after menstruation.