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CAITRA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar)
Synonyms:
Caitra; Chait
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Caitra" is a kind of...):
Hindu calendar month (any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar)
Meronyms (parts of "Caitra"):
Ramanavami (Hindu lunar holiday (on the 9th day of Caitra) to celebrate the birth of Rama)
Holonyms ("Caitra" is a part of...):
Hindu calendar (the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years))