shravana
श्रावण śrāvaṇaShravana is the fifth lunar month, roughly July–August, sacred to Shiva. It carries Raksha Bandhan and Nag Panchami, and Mondays in it are kept as fasts.
Where this term appears
- The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra Worship
It belongs especially to Shiva's days: to Mondays, to the month of Shravana in the monsoon, to the great night of Mahashivaratri.
- Who is Parvati? Deities
The Mangala Gauri vrata is kept on the Tuesdays of Shravana by newly married women.
- Reading the Hindu Calendar Treatise
There are twelve: Chaitra , Vaishakha , Jyeshtha , Ashadha , Shravana , Bhadrapada , Ashvina , Kartika , Margashirsha , Pausha , Magha , and Phalguna .
- The Monsoon and the Midnight Birth Treatise
The serpents in the rain On the fifth tithi of the bright fortnight of Shravana , in the thick of the monsoon, comes Nag Panchami , the festival of the nagas , the serpents.
- The Book of the Lord Treatise
The Bhagavata Purana, the Srimad Bhagavatam, is the most popular and influential of the Puranas, especially for the worship of Krishna. In twelve books and some…