பருவம்

Noun

 * 1) season, time, term, period
 * 2) the six seasons of two months each, viz., kār, kūtir, muṉ-paṉi, piṉ-paṉi, iḷa-vēṉil, mutu-vēṉil
 * 3) month
 * 4) age, period of life
 * 5) suitable time, proper time, opportunity
 * 6) year
 * 7) youthfulness, juvenility
 * 8) fruit-bearing period
 * 9) various stages of life in males and females
 * 10) knots, nodes or joints in humans or plants
 * 11) chapter of a book
 * 12) state of things, position, circumstance
 * 13) degree, rate, proportion
 * 14) eminence, elevation
 * 15) time of the sun's entering a new sign of the zodiac
 * 16)  the five religious ceremoial days in each fortnight, viz. piratamai, aṣṭami, navami, piratōṣam, amāvācai, or paurṇami