Grishmartu, Grishmaritu, Grīṣmartu, Grīṣmaṝtu: 3 definitions
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Grishmartu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Grīṣmartu and Grīṣmaṝtu can be transliterated into English as Grismartu or Grishmartu or Grishmaritu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Grīṣmartu (ग्रीष्मर्तु) refers to the “summer season”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting by means of artifice (kālyā) is of four kinds [...]. (d) Gajakālyā is that in which elephants are captured by horsemen, by cornering them in shallow pools, half dried in summer (grīṣmartu)”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgrīṣmartu (ग्रीष्मर्तु).—m The hot season.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGrīṣmaṛtu (ಗ್ರೀಷ್ಮಋತು):—[noun] = ಗ್ರೀಷ್ಮ - [grishma -] 1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ritu, Grishma.
Starts with: Grishmartuvarnana.
Full-text: Shucishri, Shukrashri, Kirishmarutu, Grishma.
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