As a Hindi name
हेमन्त · hemant · s.m.
The fifth season of the (Hindū) year (comprising the two months Aghan and Pūs, about Nov.-Dec.), the cold season, winter — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1245
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
winter, the cold season (comprising the two months Agra-hāyaṇa and Pauṣa i.e. from middle of November to middle of January), &c. &c.
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hemanta m. winter, the cold season (comprising the two months Agra-hāyaṇa and Pauṣa i.e. from middle of November to middle of January), RV. &c. &c.
hemanta , hemavala. See p. 1304, cols. 1 and 2.
hemanta mn. (-ntaḥ-ntaṃ) The cold season, winter, the two months, Agrahāyaṇa and Pauṣa, or about November-December. E. hana to hurt, bhac Uṇādi aff., hi substituted for the root, and muṭ augment.
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