The Sanskrit term Graiṣmika can be transliterated into English as Graismika or Graishmika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Graiṣmika (ग्रैष्मिक).—Summer; Mitra and Varuṇa, Atri and Vasiṣṭha, Takṣaka and Rambha, Menakā and Sahajanyā, Hahā and Hahū, Rathasvana and Rathacitra, Pauruṣeya and Vadha, all reside with the sun.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 52. 6.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Graiṣmika (ग्रैष्मिक) refers to “summer” (i.e., Grīṣma), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 9), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the course of Mercury should just precede that of Venus, and if Mercury should then have either disappeared or reappeared, there will be rain in the land; diseases and bilious jaundice [i.e., pittajaroga—rogān pittaja kāmalāṃśca] will afflict mankind; the crops of Grīṣma [i.e., graiṣmika] will flourish ; ascetics, persons who have performed sacrificial rites, physicians, dancers or wrestlers, horses, the Vaiśyas, cows, rulers in their chariots and all yellow objects will perish and the west will suffer”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Graiṣmika (ग्रैष्मिक).—a. Relating to summer; ग्रैष्मौ मासौ गोप्तारावकुर्वन् (graiṣmau māsau goptārāvakurvan) Av.15.4.2.

See also (synonyms): graiṣma.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Graiṣmika (ग्रैष्मिक).—[adjective] relating to the summer.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Graiṣmika (ग्रैष्मिक):—[from graiṣma] mfn. = grīṣmam adhīte veda vā [gana] vasantādi

2) [v.s. ...] n. anything that grows in summer, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā ix, 43]

3) [v.s. ...] [xl, 2].

[Sanskrit to German]

Graishmika in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Graishmikadhanya.

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