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SAWAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fifth month of the Hindu calendar
Synonyms:
Sawan; Sravana
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Sawan" is a kind of...):
Hindu calendar month (any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar)
Holonyms ("Sawan" 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))