Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.775

v1.c3.s11.775

The seasons for agriculture are briefly summed up in a passage of the Taittirīya Saṃhitā :¹⁹ barley ripened in summer, being no doubt sown, as in modern India, in winter; rice ripened in autumn, being sown in the beginning of the rains; beans and sesamum, planted at the time of the summer rains, ripened in the winter and the cool season. There were two harvests (Sasya) a year according to the Taittirīya Saṃhitā;²⁰ the winter crop was ripe by the month of Caitra (March-April) according to the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa.²¹