ftu | फ़्तु | ftu
ftu/ | फ़्तु/ | (us | उस् |), m. (Uṇ. i, 72) any settled point of time, fixed time, time appointed for any action (esp. for sacrifices and other regular worship), right or fit time, RV.; AV.; VS.
an epoch, period (esp. a division or part of the year), season (the number of the divisions of the year is in ancient times, three, five, six, seven, twelve, thirteen, and twenty-four; in later time six seasons are enumerated, viz. Vasanta, ‘spring’; Grīṣma, ‘the hot season’; Varṣās (f. pl. nom.), ‘the rainy season’ Śarad, ‘autumn’; Hemanta, ‘winter’; and Śiśira, ‘the cool season’; the seasons are not unfrequently personified, addressed in Mantras, and worshipped by libations), RV.; AV.; VS. &c., MBh.; Mn. &c.
symbolical expression for the number six, VarBṛS.; Sūryas. &c.
the menstrual discharge (in women), the time after the courses (favourable for procreation; according to Bhpr. sixteen days after their appearance), Suśr.; MBh.; Mn. &c.
sexual union at the above time, Mn. ix, 93; MBh.
fixed order, order, rule [BRD.], RV. i, 162, 19
light, splendour, L.
a particular mineral, L.
N. of a Ṛṣi
of the twelfth Manu.
an epoch, period (esp. a division or part of the year), season (the number of the divisions of the year is in ancient times, three, five, six, seven, twelve, thirteen, and twenty-four; in later time six seasons are enumerated, viz. Vasanta, ‘spring’; Grīṣma, ‘the hot season’; Varṣās (f. pl. nom.), ‘the rainy season’ Śarad, ‘autumn’; Hemanta, ‘winter’; and Śiśira, ‘the cool season’; the seasons are not unfrequently personified, addressed in Mantras, and worshipped by libations), RV.; AV.; VS. &c., MBh.; Mn. &c.
symbolical expression for the number six, VarBṛS.; Sūryas. &c.
the menstrual discharge (in women), the time after the courses (favourable for procreation; according to Bhpr. sixteen days after their appearance), Suśr.; MBh.; Mn. &c.
sexual union at the above time, Mn. ix, 93; MBh.
fixed order, order, rule [BRD.], RV. i, 162, 19
light, splendour, L.
a particular mineral, L.
N. of a Ṛṣi
of the twelfth Manu.