Talk:Ritu (season)

Move from ruthu to ritu

 * It is not spelled Ruthu but unless you're Indian, you probably don't know how to pronounce the sound. It is sort of like the th in smith. ^-^ I know because my name is Ritu and I happened to pass by this page, so don't you dare say I'm wrong!! 67.170.255.29

For the record, from what I understand, North Indians say ritu while South Indians and Maharashtrians say rutu. The difference between ri- and ru- is due to variant realizations of a Sanskrit letter (ऋ), originally pronounced as a syllabic trill. The t sound here is (in most of India) an unaspirated voiceless dental plosive. (The t that English speakers usually use is aspirated and normally alveolar.) As far as I know, there are only two commonly used transliterations of this word in Roman letters: ṛtu and ritu. The first is a bit rarified and scholarly, so I'll move this article back to ritu where it belongs!

margashiirSha should be Maargashirsha and pouSha should be Pausha
I think so they should be changed, but not sure whats the right way in English —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

=Change the title. It's a Hindu word, it's not limited to India (is it?) -_-.

Please expand
Please expand this article. Useful material may be found in the article's "Further reading" section. --Yumegusa (talk) 20:10, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Please write Article on shishir basanta story
Shishir basanta is one of the folk story from Nepal which is very interesting to read.It is about two brother which are falsely blamed by their step mother and are separated from each other.It is a emotional story 103.94.255.124 (talk) 03:40, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Meaning of the seasons
The explanation of the six seasons of the vedic literature by the Hindus is not convincing. It seems that the original meaning just was no more known. To this original meaning the following seems to point: In Pancavimsa Brahmana 10.3.12 we read: "The Viraj is of thirty syllables; six in number are the seasons; through the Viraj he finds a support in the seasons, through the seasons in the Viraj" (W. Caland translation) The last part is a hint to Rigveda 10.90.5: "From him (Purusha) the Viraj is born, from the Viraj the man (Purusha)" (Janeson and Bereton translation). Thus Purusha (the cosmic man = Vishnu) is equated to the seasons. That means the three steps of Vishnu who is the constellation Orion are equal to the six seasons. These steps are the up and down movements of Orion in the course of precession. They are done in 1 1/2 precession cycles of round about 26.000 years each. That means there are four seasons in one cycle marked by the solstices and equinoxes. 2003:F5:F746:F400:58FF:87C1:D9A3:FC2 (talk) 08:02, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Lead unclear
The lead currently says "There are six ritus (also transliterated ritu) or seasons. Seasons are different times of the year and there are 12 months in the year. Every month has its own special season."

I am a little confused, that last sentence seems to conflict with the previous sentences. The charts in the article seem to show seasons that last two months. So I dont think every month has its own special season. Not sure what they were trying to say, maybe it could be reworded if anyone knows, or removed if its just wrong. Pythagimedes (talk) 18:28, 25 June 2024 (UTC)