A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.40

v2.c33.40

29 The arrangement of the seasons is not yet settled in Vedic literature, where a number of three, five or six is mentioned; the number of three applies to the three main periods, consisting of summer, the rains and winter, marked each by the cāturmāsya sacrifices at their beginning; when the number is five, śiśira and hemanta are taken together as one season (see D. Feller, 1995: 7–9; V. Raghavan, 1972; S. Srinivasan, 1979: 137–138; H. Zimmer, 1879).