Sushruta Samhita

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इह तु वर्षाशरद्धेमन्तवसन्तग्रीष्मप्रावृषः षडृतवो भवन्ति, दोषोपचयप्रकोपोपशमनिमित्तं; ते तु भाद्रपदाद्येन द्विमासिकेन व्याख्याताः; तद्यथा- भाद्रपदाश्वयुजौ वर्षाः, कार्तिकमार्गशीर्षौ शरत्, पौषमाघौ हेमन्तः, फाल्गुनचैत्रौ वसन्तः, वैशाखज्येष्ठौ ग्रीष्मः; आषाढश्रावणौ प्रावृडिति ||१०||

sanskrit

"Here, there are six seasons: Vasanta (Spring), Greeshma (Summer), Varsha (Monsoon), Sharad (Autumn), Hemanta (Pre-Winter), and Shishira (Winter)." "These six seasons are described as being related to the balancing of doshas (bodily humors), their aggravation, and their pacification." "They are divided into two-month periods, starting from Bhadrapada and Ashwin for Varsha (Monsoon), Kartika and Margashirsha for Sharad (Autumn), Pausha and Magha for Hemanta (Pre-Winter), Phalguna and Chaitra for Vasanta (Spring), and Vaishakha and Jyeshtha for Greeshma (Summer)." "The Ashadha and Shravan months correspond to the Prāvṛṣa (Monsoon) season."

english translation

iha tu varSAzaraddhemantavasantagrISmaprAvRSaH SaDRtavo bhavanti, doSopacayaprakopopazamanimittaM; te tu bhAdrapadAdyena dvimAsikena vyAkhyAtAH; tadyathA- bhAdrapadAzvayujau varSAH, kArtikamArgazIrSau zarat, pauSamAghau hemantaH, phAlgunacaitrau vasantaH, vaizAkhajyeSThau grISmaH; ASADhazrAvaNau prAvRDiti ||10||

hk transliteration