adjective

1. (cp. vassa¹) for the rainy season DN.ii.21 (palace); cp. Avs.i.269 varṣaka (id.).
2. (-˚ of years, in gaṇa˚; for many years Snp.279; Snp-a.339 tero˚; more than one year …

Vassika (nt.) = vassikī, i.e. Jasminum Sambac; cp. BSk. varṣika Lal.366, Lal.431; Divy.628; Avs.i.163.

1. f. (the plant)…

adjective one who has (just) passed one rainy season Thag.24 (“scarce have the rains gone by” Mrs. Rh. D.; see trsl. p. 29 n. 2).

fr. anuvassaṃ

at Cnd.40 (p. 85) read terovassikaṃ (as SN.iv.185).

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

1. with objective foundation:
   1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

(adj. fr. gimha) summerly, relating to the summer, for the summer Vin.i.15; DN.ii.21 (+ vassika & hemantika).

…equanimity Snp.702.

• -vassika having spent the rainy season together Vin.i.168 sq.
• -saṃvāsa…

…Ja.vi.304; Snp.570.

• -vassika 7 years old Mil.9 Mil.310; Dhp-a.ii.87, Dhp-a.ii.89 (sāmaṇera), Dhp-a.ii.139; Pv-a.53…

…a place Vin.i.107. vassika˚; the appointed time for keeping the rainy season Vin.i.298.

• -kamma agreement…

adjective lasting over or beyond a year (or season), a year old, dried up or decayed SN.iv.161 (thero vassiko in text) = SN.iv.185 (of wood) MN.i.58 (of bones).

tiro + vassa + ika

…(of jhāna) Dhs.161; -vassika for the 3 seasons (-gandha-sālibhattaṃ bhuñjantā) Dhp-a.ii.9; Ja.i.66 (id.);…

the great-flowered jasmine, Jasminum Sambac (cp. vassikā) Dhp.55 = Ja.iii.291 = Mil.333; Mil.181, Mil.338; Dhp-a.i.422.

…Vin.iii.81, Vin.iii.254; Vin.iv.263; Snp.721; Mil.310, Mil.311, (˚satta-vassika one who is not yet 7 years old), Mil.414;…