The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vassati
Vassati1 [v%+, var+ati, v%+ate; Idg. *9ers to wet, cp. Vedic v%+a bull, var+a rain, v%+abha (P. usabha), Av.
var,na virile, Lat. verres boar; Gr. a)/rrhn virile, e)/rsh dew; with which root is connected *eres to flow: Sk.
ar+ati, %+abha bull, Lat. ros dew=Sk. rasa essence etc. Dhtm 471 gives "secana" as defn] to rain (intrs.),
fig. to shower, pour(down) Vin i.32 (mah!megho vassi); S iii.141 (deve vassante); v.396 (id.); Sn 30
(devassa vassato, gen. sg. ppr.); PvA 6, 139, 287; Mhvs 21, 33; DhA ii.83 (vassatu, imper.; vassi, aor.); 265
(devo vassanto nom. sg.). -- Cp. k!lena k!la' devo v%+yate Divy 71. -- Caus. II. vass!peti to cause to rain J
v.201 (Sakko deva' v. let the sky shed rain). -- pp. va&&a, va&&ha, vu&&ha. Another pp. of the Caus. *vasseti is
vassita.
Vassati
Vassati2 [v!$ to bellow, Vedic v!$yate; Dhtm 471: "sad- dane"] to utter a cry (of animals), to bellow, bark,
to bleat, to crow etc. S ii.230; J i.436 (of a cock); ii.37, 153, 307; iii.127; vi.497 (ppr. vassam!na=v!sam!na
C.). -- pp. vassita2.
Vassana
Vassana1 (nt.) [fr. vassati1] raining, shedding (water) DhA ii.83 (vassa˚).
-- 606 --
Vassana
Vassana2 (nt.) [fr. vassati2] bleating; neg. a˚ J iv.251.
Vass!na
Vass!na [gen. pl. formation fr. vassa, like gimh!na fr. gimha (q. v.). Kern, Toev. s. v. sees in it a
contraction of var+!ya*a. Cp. Trenckner, Miln p. 428] (belonging, to) the rainy season Vin iv.286; A
iv.138; J ii.445; v.177.
Vass!panaka
Vass!panaka (adj.) [fr. vass!peti; Caus. of vassati1] shedding, pouring out J i.253 (dhana˚).
Vassika
Vassika (adj.) [fr. vassa] 1. (cp. vassa1) for the rainy season D ii.21 (palace); cp. Av- i.269 var+aka (id.). --
2. ( -- ˚) of years, in ga*a˚ for many years Sn 279; SnA 339; tero˚ more than one year (old): see under tero;
satta˚ seven years old PvA 53.
Vassik!
Vassik! (f.) & Vassika (nt.)=vassik", i. e. Jasminum Sambac; cp. BSk. var+ika Lal. Vist. 366, 431; Divy
628; Av- i.163. (a) f. (the plant) Dh 377 (=suman! DhA iv.112); Miln 251. (b) nt. (the flower, said to be
the most fragrant of all flowers) A v.22; S v.44; DhA iv.112 (˚puppha).
Vassik"