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Vanassai-ähära-padam
7.62 vaṇassaikkäiya nam bhamte! kam kālam savvappähäraga vä, savvamahāhāragā vā bhavamti?
Taio Uddeso
Section-3
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goyama! pausa-varareärattesu nam ettha nam vaṇassaikāiyā savvamahāhāragā bhavamti, tadaṇamtaram ca nam sarade, tadaṇamtaram ca nam hemamte, tadāṇamtarum ca nam vasamte, tadaṇamtaram ca nam gimhe. gimhāsu nam vaṇassaikäiya savvappähäraga bhavamti.
The Topic of the absorbing Nourishhment by Vegetation-bodied beings When' (i.e., in which season) the vegetation-bodied beings, O Lord! are the appropriators of the minimum quantity of nourishment and when (i.e., in which season) are they the appropriators of the maximum quantity of nourishment?
Gautama! in the prävrt (the first half of the four months of rainy season (monsoon)) and varşă (the later half of the four months) of rainy season (monsoon)) seasons, the vegetation-bodied beings are the appropriators of the maximum quantity of nourishment, thereafter in the sarad (the autumn-the first half of the four months of cold season), less than that, thereafter in the hemanta (the winter-the later half of the four months of cold season), less than that, thereafter in the vasanta (the spring-the first half of the four months of hot season), less than that, thereafter in the grişma (the summer-the later half of the four months of hot season), less than that. In the summer indeed the vegetation beings are the appropriators of the minimum quantity of nourishment.
Bhāṣya
1. Sütra 62
There are six seasons. In the Thanam they are serially as follows-prāvṛṇ, varṣā, sarad, hemanta, vasanta and grisma.' In the Sürapannati the same order of the six seasons is available. According to the Jambuddivapannati, the seasons start with the prävṛt. According to the Sarngadhara Samhita, the seasons are six due to the transit of sun to the twelve Zodiacal constellations, Aries, Taurus etc. during the year.4
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