Grishma

Grishma is short for Grishmarutu, the Sanskrit word meaning summer. This is one of the six seasons (ritu), each lasting two months, the others being: Vasant (spring), (monsoon), Sharad (autumn), Hemanta (pre-winter), and Shishira (winter). It falls in the two months (Rashi, Saur Maas, or solar months) of Jayeshtha and Aashadh of the Hindu calendar, or April and May of the Gregorian calendar. It is preceded by Vasanta, the spring season, and followed by Varsha, the rainy season. The word "grishma" is also used as a girls' name, and to mean "heat". rdf:langString