grīṣma ग्रीष्म grīṣmá m. (√ gras, [Uṇ.]) the summer, hot season (the months Śuci and Śukra, [VS. xiv, 6]; [Suśr.]; or Jyeṣṭha and Āṣāḍha, from the middle of May to the middle of July), [RV. x, 90, 6]; [AV.] &c. summer heat, heat, [Pañcat.] N. of a man g. aśvādi [cf. Hib. gris, ‘fire’; griosgaim, ‘I fry, boil’; griosach, ‘burning embers’.] grīṣmajā ग्रीष्मजा grīṣma—jā f. ‘growing in summer’, Anona reticulata, [L.] grīṣmabhavā ग्रीष्मभवा grīṣma—bhavā f. ‘growing in summer’, Jasminum Sambac, [L.] grīṣmahāsa ग्रीष्महास grīṣma—hāsa n. ‘summer-smiles’, the flocculent seeds, down, &c. blown about in the air in summer, [L.] grīṣmakāla ग्रीष्मकाल grīṣma—kāla m. the hot season, [W.] grīṣmavana ग्रीष्मवन grīṣma—vana n. a grove frequented in summer, [Kathās. cxxii, 65.] grīṣmadhānya ग्रीष्मधान्य grīṣma—dhānya n. summer corn, [VarBṛS. viii, 47.] grīṣmapuṣpī ग्रीष्मपुष्पी grīṣma—puṣpī f. ‘blossoming in summer’, the plant Karuṇī, [L.] grīṣmasamaya ग्रीष्मसमय grīṣma—samaya m. = -kāla, [Śak. i, 2/3]; [Hit. iii.] grīṣmahemanta ग्रीष्महेमन्त grīṣma—hemantá m. du. summer and winter, [ŚBr. i.] grīṣmasundaraka ग्रीष्मसुन्दरक grīṣma—sundaraka m. Erythraea centaureoides (or Mollugo spergula), [L.]