…vossassa vassa-karaṇaṃ vassa-kammaṃ vassassa vossa-karaṇaṃ vossa-kammaṃ DN-a.i.97). -kāla time for rain…

…˚pīḷita, ˚brūheti, ˚vassati, ˚vāyati ˚veṭheti; also as vv.ll. with abhi-kīrati, ˚pavassati, ˚roceti cp. atikkanta-abhi˚ (Sk….

lit. to pour out in abundance, fig. to produce in plenty. Cp.i.10#3 (kalyāṇe good deeds).

abhi + ni + vassati fr. vṛṣ

…in phrase mahāmegho abhippavassati a great cloud bursts Mil.8 Mil.13, Mil.36, Mil.304; Pv-a.132 (variant reading ati˚); intrs. Mil.18 (pupphāni…

…˚o there has been a cloudburst).

fr. abhippavassati

adjective raining, fig. shedding, pouring ont, yielding Vv-a.38 (puppha˚).

fr. abhivassati

…out, shed DN.iii.160 (ābhivassaṃ metri causa); AN.iii.34; Thag.985; Ja.i.18 (Ja.v.100 pupphā a. stream down); Cp.iii.10#6; Mil.132, Mil.411….

adjective = abhivassaka Iti.64, Iti.65 (sabbattha˚).

…at Dhp.335 “the abounding Bīraṇa grass”).

pp. of abhivassati, see also abhivuṭṭha

…out (of water or rain) Thag.1065; Dhp.335 (gloss); Pv-a.29.

pp. of abhivassati, see also abhivaṭṭa

…(dasamās˚), Pv-a.145 (vassasatānaṃ) 2. (modal) passing or getting over, overcoming, conquering, only in phrase dur-accaya difficult to…

…sattavassāni 7 years and 7 months Ja.v.319; paññāsâdhikāni pañca vassa-satani 500 + 50 (550) Pv-a.152. See also…

absence of rain, drought Ja.v.317 (variant reading BB for anvāvassa T.; q.v.).

an + ovassa; cp. Sk. anavavarṣana

adjective sheltered from the rain, dry Vin.ii.211; Vin.iv.272; Ja.i.172; Ja.ii.50; Ja.iii.73; Dhp-a.ii.263; Thag-a.188.

an + ovassaka

…indoorpeople Ja.v.118.

• -vassa the rainy season (lit. the interval of the r. s.) Vv-a.66.
• -vihāra the…

…anu dyūn day by day); a. vassaṃ for one year or yearly; a. saṃvaccharaṃ id b. More freq. w loc. (= alongside, with, by) a. tīre by…

adverb for one rainy season; every rainy season or year, i.e. annually C. on Thag.24.

anu + vassa

…Mrs. Rh. D.; see trsl. p. 29 n. 2).

fr. anuvassaṃ

…on, a subject of, a vassal“ or “attending on”. The explanation may compare Sk. anuyātaṃ attendance, in which latter case…

…on; an attendant, inferior vassal, in expression khattiya or rājā anuyutta a prince royal or a smaller king (see…

to stream into, to attack, befall DN.i.70; AN.iii.99; Pp.20, Pp.58.

anu + ā + savati, sru

at Ja.v.317 should be read with variant reading BB as anovassa absence of rain.

Assa¹

shoulder; in cpd. assapuṭa shoulder-bag, knapsack i.e. a bag containing provisions instr. assupuṭena with provisions. Later exegesis has interpreted this as a bag full of ashes, …

…Ja.vi.20 (vassasahassāni); Mil.23 (asītiyā bhikkhusahassehi saddhiṃ); Vism.46 (satakoṭiyo) Dhp-a.i.14, Dhp-a.i.19…

…˚pīḷita ˚brūheti, ˚vassati, ˚vāyati, ˚veṭheti.

Note The contracted (assimilation-) form of ati before vowels is acc- (q.v.)….

…Snp.373, Snp.804 (= vassasataṃ atikkamitvā Mnd.120). 2. failing, transgressing, sinning, esp. committing adultery Ja.v.424;…

to rain down on, upon or into Thag.447 = Vin.ii.240.

ati + vassati, cp. Sk. abhivarṣati

…˚varaka, ˚sakkati, avassaya, avasseti, ˚hita, avāpurīyati avekkhati 2. abhi. The similarity between abhi & ava is seen from a…

adjective against one’s will, inevitable Ja.i.19 (˚bhāvin); Ja.v.319 (˚gāmitā). Usually as nt. -ṃ adv inevitably (cp. BSk. avaśyaṃ Divy.347; Avs.i.209 etc. Ja.iii.271; DN-a.i.263; Sdhp.293.

a + vaś

Avassajati & ossajati

to let loose, let go, send off, give up, dismiss, release (ava) Ja.iv.425; Ja.v.487 (aor. avassaji read for avissaji).

ava +…

adverb inevitably Dpvs.ix.13.

see avassa

not bleating Ja.iv.251.

a + vassana, Sk. vāsana of vāś to bleat

outflow, effect, only neg. anassava no further effect Vin.ii.89; MN.i.93; MN.ii.246; AN.iii.334 sp.

ava + sava, Sk. ˚srava fr. sru to flow

support, help, protection, refuge Ja.i.211; Ja.ii.197; Ja.iv.167; Mil.160; Dhp-a.ii.267; Dhp-a.iv.198; Pv-a.5, Pv-a.113.

Sk. *avāśraya for the usual apāśraya, see P. apassaya¹

…in (loc.) Ja.ii.80 (aor. avassayiṃ = vāsaṃ kappesiṃ C.). pp. avassita.

ava + ā + śri, for the usual…

…*avasruta, pp. of ava + sru, cp. avassava

straining, filtering (?) Ja.ii.288.

fr. ava + Caus. of sru to flow

at Ja.vi.79 is with Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. better to be read avassaji (see avassajati).

…uposathaṃ upavassa) cp. aṭṭhanguposathin (adj.) Mhvs.36, Mhvs.84. In BSk. always in phrase aṣṭānga-samanvāgata upavāsa,…

…going to be, as-˚ in avassa˚; sure to come to pass, inevitable Ja.i.19
■ f. bhāvinī future Vv-a.314 (or is it bhāvanīya? cp….

…(84) usually with vassa-sahassāni Ja.i.137 Ja.ii.311; Pv.iv.7#7; Dhp-a.ii.58; Pv-a.9, Pv-a.31, Pv-a.254, etc. See also cattārīsa…

…even if: api ce vassasataṃ jīve mānavo Snp.589.

Vedic ced; ce = Lat. que in absque, ne-c, etc., Goth. h in ni-h. see also…

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

…a decade: das’ ev’ imā vassa-dasā Ja.iv.396 (enumerated under vassa); dasa-rāja-dhammā Ja.ii.367; das’ akkosa-vatthūni Dhp-a.i.212 …

…it rains etc.), or devo vassati (it rains) DN.i.74 (: devo ti megho DN-a.i.218); SN.i.65, SN.i.154 (cp. Iti.66 megha); Snp.18 Snp.30;…

…(assu˚); Sdhp.595 (vassa˚).

Sk. dhārā, from dhāvati 1

Dhārā²

feminine the edge of a weapon Ja.i.455; Ja.vi.449;…

…hrs.); Dhp-a.ii.8 (divā-divassa so early in the day) Also in divaṃ-kara, daymaker, = sun, Vv-a.307; usually as…

…(Ap.v.16); Pv-a.155;

• -divassa (adv.) early in the day, at sunrise, at an early hour Vin.ii.190; SN.i.89, SN.i.91 SN.i.97; AN.v.185; MN.ii.100,…

…of two Vin.i.58; -vassa 2 years old Vin.i.59; -vidha twofold, instr. duvidhena MN.iii.45 sq.; etc …

… caus gajjayati, ger. gajjayitvā (megho g˚ thanayitvā (megho g˚ thanayitvā pavassati Iti.66.

Sk. garjati, cp. gargara & jarā…

…usually as deve vassante deve g˚; amidst rain and heavy thunder DN.ii.132; SN.i.106; AN.v.114 sq (gala˚); Thag.189; Mil.116…

…AN.iv.138 (+ hemanta & vassa); Snp.233 (gimhānamāse); Vv-a.40 (variant reading). On terms for seasons in gen. cp. Mil trsl.…

…Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i.429); instr. gavena, gāvena; acc gavaṃ, gāvan; abl. gavamhā, gavā (DN.i.201 = AN.ii.95 Pp.69); loc….

…living on nat. gr. (vassaṃ vasati) MN.i.145; AN.iii.366

• -kkhaya the destruction of the chance of being reborn SN.v.168; AN.i.167;…

…a safe Dhp-a.iv.104

• -vassa a shower of money Dhp.186 (= Dhp-a.iii.240).

doubtful as regards etym.; the (later) Sk….

…neuter ashes Ja.iii.94 (for kalala), also in --vassa a shower of ashes Ja.iv.389.

…Mil.308; Mhvs.xii.9.

• -vassa a shower of hail, hail-storm Ja.iv.167; Mil.308; Dhp-a.i.360.

Etymology unknown. The Sanskrit…

…Vin.i.86; Ud.59; Mil.28; Dhp-a.i.37.

kati + vassa

…the first 3 months of the Vassa (rainy season) are kattika-temāsikā, if they include the 4th, they are k
■ cātumāsikā. The full…

…thought Vism.289

• -maraṇa sudden death Vism.229.
• -vassa momentary i.e. sudden rain (-shower)…

…many? Vin.i.297; k˚ṃ antovassaṃ avasiṭṭhaṃ “how much of the rainy season is left?” Vv-a.66; kittakā pana vo bhante…

…Sdhp.194; Pgdp.24.

• -vassa a shower of hot ashes Ja.i.73; Ja.iv.389 (variant reading).

taken as variant of kukkuṭa by…

…of a king Mhvs.22#11 ;

• -vassa the cry of a crow Vin.ii.17
• -sīsa the head of a crow Ja.ii.351; as adj.:…

…ākāsato satta-ratana-vassaṃ vassati) Others are: paṭhavī-jaya m. (by means of which one conquers the earth) Ja.ii.243;…

…by “khaṇaṃ, layaṃ, vassaṃ, atthaṃ.” Usually in oblique cases: muhuttena in a short time in a twinkling of an…

…in the expression “navuti-vassasatasahass-āyukā” giving the age of a divinity as 9 million years (= a divine week) Vv-a.345
■ Cp…

…Thig.437 (= purisa-bhāvassa lacchana-bhūtāni bījakāni nillacchesi nīhari Thag-a.270). See also nillañchaka & nillacchita.

nis +…

…designated Pv-a.73 (dasavassa-satāni, vassa-sahassaṃ n. hoti).

pp. of ni + vac

Nivutta²

(pp.) shorn, shaved, trimmed…

…(y. n. âhaṃ imassa avassayo bhaveyyaṃ = let me help him). 2. (affirm.) surely, certainly, indeed Snp.1058 (api nūna pajaheyyuṃ);…

…MN.ii.142; Snp.804 (oraṃ vassasatā); Pv.iv.3#35 (oraṃ chahi māsehi in less th an.6 months or after 6 months; id. p. at Pv.i.10#12 has…

Avassajati & ossajati

to let loose, let go, send off, give up, dismiss, release (ava) Ja.iv.425; Ja.v.487 (aor. avassaji read for avissaji).

ava +…

… pp ossaṭṭha. See also avassajati.

o + sṛj send off

outflow, running water MN.i.189 (variant reading ossāvana & osavana). Cp.; avassava.

fr. ava + sru

…“maṃ gacchantiṃ avaditvā gamanaṃ nisedhetvā”). Ovassa & ka;

ger. of o + vṛ.

Ovassa & ˚ka

see anovassa(ka).

Ovassa & ˚ka

see anovassa(ka).

to rain down on, to make wet. - Pass. ovassati to become wet through rain Vin.ii.121.

o + vassati

…the decade (period) of decline (in life), which in the enum of the 10 decades (vassadasā) at Ja.iv.397 is given as the seventh.

cp. BSk….

…to age (usually soḷasavassa˚ at the time of 16 years) Ja.i.259 (id.), Ja.i.262 (id. Ja.ii.277 (id.)
■ See also uddesika in same…

…which read for T. parivassati). ger also paridayha Ja.v.400 (= nivāsetvā cp pārupitvā ca C.)
pp paridahita…

…bhagavā p.), Vin.ii.294 (vassasata˚ e bhagavati); Vin.v.119, Vin.v.120; DN.i.204 (acira-˚e Bhagavati); SN.i.158 (tathāgato p. SN.ii.191);…

…Pv-a.13, Pv-a.54 (˚vassa whose years are completed i.e. old enough for ordination), Pv-a.68 (˚gabbha ready to be delivered), Pv-a.77…

…˚pūretabbo), Pv-a.136 (vassasahassāni); Sdhp.371
ppr med -pūramāna DN.i.103
pp paripūrita (q.v.).

Caus….

adjective safeguarding against, sheltering against, keeping away from Vism.376 (angāra-vassaṃ p. thero).

fr. pari + tāyati

at Pv.ii.9#36 is to be read as paridhassati (see paridahati).

…age Ja.ii.421 (+ soḷasa-vassa-kāle); Pv-a.68; somanassa˚ pleased Ja.iii.74; haritu˚ covered with green MN.i.343; Ja.i.50 Ja.i.399. Also as…

beginning to rain, raining Mil.120.

fr. pa + vṛṣ

…Snp.18 sq. (imper. pavassa), Snp.353 (variant reading) Ja.vi.500 (“cry”), Ja.vi.587 (aor. pāvassi)
pp pavaṭṭha pavuṭṭha;:…

(pavaṭṭha) see abhi˚.

pp. of pavassati

…at the termination of the Vassa Vin.i.155, Vin.i.160 (where 2 kinds cātuddasikā & pannarasikā); Vin.ii.32. Vin.ii.167; DN.ii.220; SN.i.190….

…to come to the end of the Vassa) Vin.i.160 sq.; Vin.ii.255; Dhp-a.i.87; Ja.i.29, Ja.i.215; Ja.iv.243 (vuttha-vassa p.); Vism.90; Snp-a.57

pp…

…Ja.v.39, Ja.v.466.

• -vassa “lotus-leaf rain,” a portentous shower of rain, serving as special kind of test shower in…

…(dukkhassa), SN.iv.210 (bhavassa); AN.ii.9 (id.); AN.iii.223; Iti.33 (jarāya) Dhp.348. (b) gone to the end of (gen. or -˚), reached perfection…

…AN.iv.237.

• -sevāla stone Vallisneria Ja.v.462.
• -vassa rain of stones Snp-a.224.

Epic Sk….

see pavassati.

Pūga¹

neuter heap, quantity; either as n. with gen or as adj. = many, a lot Snp.1073 (pūgaṃ vassānaṃ bahūni vassāni Cnd.452); Pv.iv.7#9 (pūgāni vassāni) Vb-a.2 (khandhaṭṭha, piṇḍ˚, pūg˚). …

…loc. in var. forms, viz. vassa- ratte in the rainy season Ja.v.38 (Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. gives wrongly iii.37, 143; aḍḍha-…

…(in compound: jātassa avassaṃ jarā-maraṇaṃ, uppannassa rukkhassa patanaṃ viya), Vb-a.334 sq. (as garu-bhaṇḍa) Snp-a.5…

thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaṃ vācā Dhp.100; satasahassaṃ vassāni Ja.i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā Bv.ii.204 = J …

…belonging to a hundred; yojanasatika extending one hundred yojanas Vin.ii.238; vīsaṃvassasatika of hundred and twenty years’ standing…

…˚āha, ˚māsa, ˚ratta ˚vassa. Cp. Snp.446 (vassāni); Ja.ii.91 (kāyā, thick masses); DN-a.i.25 (of the Buddh. Scriptures: sattahi māsehi…

…of time & space.; -vassa˚; (16 years… Ja.i.231, Ja.i.285; Ja.ii.43; Ja.iv.7; Ja.vi.10, Ja.vi.486; Dhp-a.i.25 and passim. The fem….

…SN.iv.185 (of wood) MN.i.58 (of bones).

tiro + vassa + ika

…(vimāna) t
■ vassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṃ (of Konāgamana Buddha) DN.ii.3; t
■ mattāni vassāni Mil.15; t
■…

…Pv-a.147 (sattahi vassa satehi u., meaning here 700 years ago, cp. ito in similar application, meaning both past & future), Pv-a.148…

…Pv-a.147 (sattahi vassa satehi u., meaning here 700 years ago, cp. ito in similar application, meaning both past & future), Pv-a.148…

…interpretation is ukkalāvassa˚, i.e. ukkalā + avassa, one who speaks of, or like, a porter (ukkala = Sk utkala porter, one who carries a…

…anupagamma); Ja.i.106 (vassaṃ); Pv-a.42 (id.); Ja.i.200; niddaṃ upagacchati to drop off into sleep Pv-a.43 (aor. upagacchi MSS….

…and vassa) Vin.i.253; AN.i.51 (divided into 2 parts first & second, or purimikā & pacchimikā); Ja.iii.332; DN-a.i.8;…

…of Pv.i.10#12) sattannaṃ vassa-satānaṃ upari after 700 years Pv-a.144. 3. (adv. in comp^n., meaning “upper, higher, on the…

…AN.i.205; Snp.402 (ger upavassa); Ja.iii.444; Snp-a.199; Pv-a.209

pp upavuttha (q.v.). See also uposatha.

upa + vasiti

keeping a prescribed day, fasting, self-denial, abstaining from enjoyments uposatha*; used extensively in BSk. in meaning of uposatha, e.g. at Avs.i.338, Avs.i.339; Divy.398 in ph …

…and wintry season or gimha vassa & hemanta; AN.iv.138; Snp-a.317. Six seasons (in connection with nakkhatta) at Ja.v.330 & Ja.vi.524. Often utu…

…for ˚kalala); Ja.iv.389 (˚vassa, rain of hot ashes, variant reading ˚kukkuḷavassa).

• -kāla hot weather…

…(devā) groups of cloud gods (viz. sīta˚, uṇha˚ abbha˚, vāta˚, vassa˚) SN.iii.254.

valāha + ka; of dial. origin; cp. Epic Sk….

…to spend time (esp. with vassaṃ the rainy season); trs. to keep, observe live, practise Snp.469 sq., Snp.1088 (= saṃvasati āvasati…

…(water) Dhp-a.ii.83 (vassa˚).

fr. vassati¹

Vassana²

neuter bleating; neg. a˚; Ja.iv.251.

fr….

…SN.v.396 (id.); Snp.30 (devassa vassato, gen. sg. ppr.); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.139, Pv-a.287; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.33; Dhp-a.ii.83 (vassatu, imper.; vassi,…

adjective

1. (cp. vassa¹) for the rainy season DN.ii.21 (palace); cp. Avs.i.269 varṣaka (id.).
2. (-˚ of years, in gaṇa˚; for…

adjective noun raining; in padesa˚; shedding local showers Iti.64.

fr. vassati¹

…with, wet with, endowed with, i.e. full of Ja.iv.494 (balena vassita).

pp. of *vasseti, Caus. of…

…pl. formation fr. vassa, like gimhāna fr. gimha (q.v.). Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. sees in it a contraction of varṣāyaṇa. Cp….

adjective shedding, pouring out Ja.i.253 (dhana˚).

fr. vassāpeti; Caus. of vassati¹

…Ja.vi.188 (handā ti vavassagg’ atthe nipāto); DN-a.i.237 (here handa is explained as vavasāy’ atthe nipato)….

rained, in nava˚; newly rained upon Dhp-a.i.19 (bhūmi).

pp. of vassati, for the usual vuṭṭha

Vaiśya (Vessa) Ja.vi.15, Ja.vi.21, Ja.vi.328, Ja.vi.490, Ja.vi.492. As vessāyana at Snp.455 (where vesiyāna is required). Vesi & Vesiya

= vessa, with ˚na as in gimhāna, vassāna etc.

Vossa (-kamma)

neuter making impotent (see under vassakamma) DN.i.12; DN-a.i.97.

Vossa (-kamma)

neuter making impotent (see under vassakamma) DN.i.12; DN-a.i.97.

…(˚vāsa). With ref. to vassa “year” at Ja.iv.317
■ At Dhp-a.i.327 vuttha stands most likely for…

(water) shed, rained Pv.i.5#6; Pv-a.29. See also vaṭṭa & vaṭṭha.

pp. of vassati¹

…suvuṭṭhi) Ja.ii.367 = Ja.vi.487; Vism.512.

fr. vṛṣ, see vassati¹ & cp. Vedic vṛṣṭi

…cp vavasāya at DN-a.i.237), for which otherwise vavassagga.

…-pulina sand bed or bank Ja.ii.366; Ja.iii.389.

• -vassa a shower of sand Snp-a.224.

a by-form of…

…Snp.414 (ettha˚). vassa˚; spending Lent Pv-a.20; vuttha˚; having spent Lent Ja.i.183. Cp ante-vāsika-vāsa.

*…

to cry (of animals) Ja.vi.497.

vāś, see vassati²

wind. There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups: “internal and “external” winds, or the ajjhattikā vāyo-dhātu (wind category), and the bāhirā. They are discussed at Vb.84, quoted a …

…at Dhp-a.ii.61 (vassa-sahassāni). 2. vīsaṃ; e.g. Snp.1019 (˚vassa-sata); Iti.99 (jātiyo) Ja.i.395 (˚yojana-sata); Ja.v.36…

…at Dhp-a.ii.61 (vassa-sahassāni). 2. vīsaṃ; e.g. Snp.1019 (˚vassa-sata); Iti.99 (jātiyo) Ja.i.395 (˚yojana-sata); Ja.v.36…

…Dhp-a.i.91; Pv-a.5 (avassayo bhaveyyaṃ)
■ Similarly yañ hi “well then, now then (with Pot.) SN.ii.210, SN.ii.221 (taṃ…

…Mhvs.32, Mhvs.32 (khīṇāsavassa yatino) Dāvs iv.33 (yatī); Vism.79 (vikampeti Mārassa hadayaṃ yatī); Pv-a.287 (instr….

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
2. conn …

…later Pāli shows also decl after a-stem, e.g. gen. yuvassa Mhvs.18, Mhvs.28

? time, period (orig. affected, tinted with), only in cpd. vassāratta the rainy season, lent Ja.iv.444; Dāvs ii.74.

Sk. cp. ārakta, pp. of ā + raj

…Vism.422. In phrase vīsati-vassasahass’āyukesu manussesu at the time when men lived 20 000 years DN.ii.5–DN.ii.12 (see Table at Dial.…

…āyūhanā). 3. furtherance, pursuit DN-a.i.64 (bhavassa).

fr. āyūhati