Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.278

v2.c4.s9.278

Hence it also denotes more generally ‘season,’ a rare use.² More commonly it is simply ‘year’;³ but in one place the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁴ interprets it in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā⁵ as meaning ‘month,’ a doubtful sense.