पारंपरिक मौसम विज्ञान: वर्षा विषयक कहावतें और उनका परीक्षण- Traditional Meteorology: Rainfall Proverbs and Their Testing

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In our country, the practice of predicting the weather through weather-based proverbs, sayings and couplets has been going on for a long time among the common people, which have been transferred/relayed from generation to generation. These proverbs and sayings are in a way guidelines for forecasting rainfall in the coming rainy season. It is my humble n small effort that the treasure trove of our age old traditional knowledge do not become extinct for the coming generations, therefore, their compilation is presented through this book here with detailed discussion including my personal experience and observations etc.
Before we go ahead, let us first discuss a little about proverbs and sayings. In fact, proverbs and sayings are generally considered to be synonymous, but it is not so. Proverbs are based on experiences of life. These are not only passed on from generation to generation, but their quality and proven ness keep on improving with time, or rather new facts keep on adding to them. Based on the laws of nature beyond time and space, they have a specific and particular referential meaning and are complete in themselves, whereas proverbs are used in the middle of sentences or in a context. Other characteristics of proverbs are their easy to remember tongue twister, sarcasm, social beliefs, values and some factual data’s. In this book, our subject is only the proverbs and sayings related to the forecast and predictions of the upcoming rainy season.