Vassati¹

to rain (intrs.), fig to shower, pour(down) Vin.i.32 (mahāmegho vassi) SN.iii.141 (deve vassante); SN.v.396 (id.); Snp.30…

…˚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

…to cause (the sky to) rain Mil.132.

abhi + vassati from vṛṣ

…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

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

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

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

ati + vassati, cp. Sk. abhivarṣati

…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;…

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

Sk. garjati, cp. gargara & jarā…

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

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

o + vassati

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

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

to “rain forth,” to begin to rain, shed rain SN.i.100; Snp.18 sq. (imper. pavassa), Snp.353 (variant reading) Ja.vi.500 (“cry”), Ja.vi.587 (aor. pāvassi)
pp pavaṭṭha pavuṭṭha;: see abhi˚.

pa + vṛṣ

(pavaṭṭha) see abhi˚.

pp. of pavassati

see pavassati.

…Mil.301.

cp. Vedic varṣa (nt.) rain. For etym. see vassati¹

Vassana¹

neuter raining, shedding (water) Dhp-a.ii.83 (vassa˚).

fr. vassati¹

Vassana²

neuter bleating; neg. a˚; Ja.iv.251.

fr. vassati²

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…

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

fr. vassāpeti; Caus. of vassati¹

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

pp. of vassati, for the usual vuṭṭha

(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

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

vāś, see vassati²