Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.850

v1.c3.850

The longer divisions of time are regularly ‘half month’ (ardha-māsa), ‘month’ (māsa), ‘season’ (ṛtu), and ‘year’ (saṃvatsara), which often²¹ occur in this sequence after ahorātrāṇi (‘days and nights’).