heat; hot season, summer. Either in loc. ghamme Ja.iv.172 (= gimha-kāle); Pv.iv.5#3 ghammani (“in summer” or “by the heat”) SN.i.143; Ja.iii.360 (sampareta overcome by heat); Snp.353; Ja.iv.239; Ja.v.3
■ Or. in cpd. with -abhitatta (ghammâbhitatta, overpowered by heat) MN.i.74; DN.ii.266; AN.iii.187 sq.; Snp.1014 (cp. Snp.353 ghammatatta); Mil.318; Vv-a.40; Pv-a.114.

Vedic gharma = Gr. χερμός, Lat. formus, Ohg. etc. warm; to *gṷher “warm,” cp. Sk. ghṛṇoti, hara Gr. χέρος, etc.