Pāli Dictionary

vassāna

vassastem

Part of speech

noun

Root

vass1වැස්ස

Synonyms

vassa, pāvusa

general

  • වැසි කාලය; වස් කාලය (සිව් මසක වැසි සමය)

  • the rainy season; the monsoon (the four-month rains period)

vassana1

approximate

vassarootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vass1වැස්ස

general

  • වර්ෂාව, වැසි වැටීම

  • raining, the shedding of water (rain)

vassana2

approximate

vasrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vass1වැස්ස

general

  • සත්ත්වයෙකුගේ හඬ, බාළීම

  • the cry or bleating of an animal

vassa1

vassrootasuffix

via inflected form vassāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vass1වැස්ස

Synonyms

samā, vassāna, saṃvacchara, pāvusa, hāyana, vacchara

general

  • වැස්ස; වර්ෂාව; වර්ෂාකාලය

  • rain; downpour; (plural) the rains, the rainy season

  • AN 5.197

    pañcime, bhikkhave, vassassa antarāyā

  • Dhp 186

    na kahāpaṇavassena, titti kāmesu vijjati, app'assādā dukhā kāmā, iti viññāya paṇḍito.

  • Dhp 286

    idha vassaṃ vasissāmi, idha hem'antagimhisu, iti bālo vicinteti, antarāyaṃ na bujjhati.

  • අවුරුද්ද; වර්ෂය

  • year

  • SN 12.61

    dissatāyaṃ, bhikkhave, cātumahābhūtiko kāyo ekampi vassaṃ tiṭṭhamāno

  • Snp 5.7

    tiṭṭhe ce so tattha anānuyāyī, pūgam'pi vassānaṃ samantacakkhu, tatth'eva so sītisiyā vimutto, cavetha viññāṇaṃ tathāvidhassa.

monastic

  • (විනය) වස; වස් විසීම; වස් කාලය

  • (monastic) the rains retreat; the three-month residence kept during the rainy season

  • MN 65

    sambahulā kho bhikkhū sāvatthiyaṃ vassaṃ upagatā

  • (විනය) උපසම්පදාවෙන් පසු ගෙවූ වස් ගණන

  • (monastic) a year’s standing since ordination; the number of rains retreats completed

  • Ud 5.6

    kati vassosi tvaṃ, bhikkhūti? ekavasso ahaṃ, bhagavāti

vassa2

via inflected form vassāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

rava

general

  • (සතුන්ගේ, කුරුල්ලන්ගේ) හඬ; නාදය

  • cry; call (of an animal or bird)

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