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'''Grishma''' is short for '''Grishmarutu''', the [[Sanskrit]] word meaning [[summer]]. This is one of the six [[season]]s ([[Rutu (Indian season)|ritu]]), each lasting two months, rest of them being: [[Vasanta (Rutu)|Vasant]] (spring), Varsha ([[monsoon]]), [[Sharad]] ([[autumn]]), [[Hemant|Hemanta]] (pre-[[winter]]), and [[Shishir|Shishira]] (winter).<br />
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It falls in the two months (Rashi, Saur Maas, or solar months) of [[Jyeshta|Jayeshtha]] and Aashadh as per [[Hindu calendar]], or April and May as per [[Gregorian calendar]]. It is preceded by [[Vasanta (Ritu)|Vasanta]], the [[spring (season)|spring]] season, and followed by Varsha, the [[Wet season|rainy season]].<br />
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The word grishma is also used as name for girls. The word grishma is also used for heat.<br />
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==References==<br />
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*Selby, Martha Ann (translator). ''The Circle of Six Seasons'', Penguin, New Delhi, 2003, {{ISBN|0-14-100772-9}}<br />
* Raghavan, V. ''Ṛtu in Sanskrit literature'', Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Delhi, 1972.<br />
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