year DN.ii.327; AN.ii.75; AN.iv.139, AN.iv.252 sq.; Dhp.108; Ja.ii.80 Sdhp.239; nom. pl. saṃvaccharāni Ja.ii.128.

saṃ + vacchara; cp. Vedic saṃvatsara

…for one year or yearly; a. saṃvaccharaṃ id b. More freq. w loc. (= alongside, with, by) a. tīre by the bank SN.iv.177 pathe by the way…

adjective yearly Dhp-a.i.388 (nakkhattaṃ). Usually nt. -ṃ as adv. yearly, every year Ja.i.68; Ja.v.99. On use of anu in this comb^n. see anu A a.

anu + saṃv˚

passed beyond, passed by, gone by, elapsed; passed over, passing beyond, surpassing Ja.ii.128 (tīṇi saṃvaccharāni); Dhp-a.iii.133 (tayo vaye passed beyond the 3 ages of life); Pv-a.55 (māse ˚e after …

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

adjective consisting of months DN.ii.327 (dvādasa˚ saṃvacchara the year of 12 months).

= māsika

…(cp. Snp-a.317).

• -saṃvacchara the year or cycle of the seasons, pl. ˚ā the seasons DN.iii.85; AN.ii.75;…

year Sdhp.239. See the usual saṃvacchara.

cp. Class. Sk. vatsara