आर्तव

Vṛddhi derivative of ऋतु (ṛtú, “season, period of time”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾ.tɐ.ʋɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾ.t̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

आर्तव • (ārtavá) stem

1. belonging or conforming to seasons or periods of time, seasonable

आर्तव • (ārtavá) stem, m

1. a section of the year, a combination of many seasons
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 5.28.2:

     अग्निः सूर्यश्चन्द्रमा भूमिरापो द्यौरन्तरिक्षं प्रदिशो दिशश्च ।
     आर्तवा ऋतुभिः संविदाना अनेन मा त्रिवृता पारयन्तु ॥

     agniḥ sūryaścandramā bhūmirāpo dyaurantarikṣaṃ pradiśo diśaśca .
     ārtavā ṛtubhiḥ saṃvidānā anena mā trivṛtā pārayantu .

     May Agni, Sun, and Moon, and Earth, and Waters, Sky, Air, the Quarters and the Points between them,
     And Parts of Years accordant with the Seasons by this three-threaded Amulet preserve me.

आर्तव • (ārtavá) stem, n

1. menstruation, the menstrual discharge
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 4.40:

     नोपगच्छेत्प्रमत्तोऽपि स्त्रियं आर्तवदर्शने ।
     समानशयने चैव न शयीत तया सह । ।

     nopagacchetpramattoʼpi striyaṃ ārtavadarśane .
     samānaśayane caiva na śayīta tayā saha . .

     Let him, though mad with desire, not approach his wife [for intercourse] when she is experiencing her menstrual flow; nor let him sleep with her in the same bed.

• → Malayalam: ആർത്തവം (āṟttavaṁ)