ārtavá mf(I)n. (fr. ṛtu), belonging or conforming to the seasons or periods of time, seasonable, [R.]; [Kum.]; [Ragh.]; [Vikr.] &c.
menstrual, relating to or produced by this discharge, [Suśr.]
ārtavá (as), m. a section of the year, a combination of several seasons, [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.] &c.
ārtavá (am), n. the menstrual discharge, [ŚBr.]; [Suśr.]; [Mn.]
the ten days after the menstrual discharge fit for generation, [Mn.]; [Suśr.]
fluid discharged by the female of an animal at the time of rut, [Suśr.]
a flower, [L.]