The Sanskrit term Vṛṣṭikāla can be transliterated into English as Vrstikala or Vrishtikala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Vṛṣṭikāla (वृष्टिकाल) refers to the “time of (thunderbolt) rain”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [after Sāgara taught the Nāga-vow mantra], “O Bhagavān, this is my Nāga vow mantra. It is uttered for the sake of warding off and impelling all hostile Nāgas in the last time, in the last age. These mantras should be called to mind at the time of too much rain, drought, cold spells, heatwaves and thunderbolt rain [e.g., aśani-vṛṣṭikāla]. By this all Nāgas will be impelled. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vṛṣṭikāla (वृष्टिकाल).—the rainy season.

Derivable forms: vṛṣṭikālaḥ (वृष्टिकालः).

Vṛṣṭikāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛṣṭi and kāla (काल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vṛṣṭikāla (वृष्टिकाल).—m.

(-laḥ) The rainy season. E. vṛṣṭi, kāla time.

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

Vṛṣṭikāla (वृष्टिकाल):—[=vṛṣṭi-kāla] [from vṛṣṭi > vṛṣ] m. the rainy season, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Vṛṣṭikāla (वृष्टिकाल):—[vṛṣṭi-kāla] (laḥ) 1. m. Rainy season.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vṛṣṭikāla (वृष्टिकाल):—n. the rainy season;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vrishti, Kala.

Ends with: Anavrishtikala, Ativrishtikala.

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