heat, summer-heat, summer, drought Ja.i.221 (-samaya dry season); Ja.ii.80; Vism.259 (˚samaya, where Kp-a.58 reads sarada-samaya); Pv-a.174 (-kāla summer). fig Ja.iv.285; Ja.v.404; Dāvs ii.60.

Sk. nidāgha, fr. nidahati, ni + dahati², see ḍahati