Pāli Dictionary

vassa1

vassrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vass1rain

Synonyms

samā, vassāna, saṃvacchara, pāvusa, hāyana, vacchara

general

  • 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.

  • 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

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

  • MN 65

    sambahulā kho bhikkhū sāvatthiyaṃ vassaṃ upagatā

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

  • Ud 5.6

    kati vassosi tvaṃ, bhikkhūti? ekavasso ahaṃ, bhagavāti

vassa2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

rava

general

  • cry; call (of an animal or bird)

va

via inflected form vassa · dative singular / genitive singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

vatta

general

  • the letter “v”; the 37th letter of the Pali alphabet; a dento-labial semi-vowel

vassanta

vassrootasuffixntasuffix

via inflected form vassa · vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vass1rain

general

  • raining; pouring down (present participle of vassati)

  • SN 12.23

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, uparipabbate thullaphusitake deve vassante taṃ udakaṃ yathāninnaṃ pavattamānaṃ pabbatakandarapadarasākhā paripūreti.

  • DN 16

    idāni, bhante, deve vassante deve gaḷagaḷāyante vijjullatāsu niccharantīsu asaniyā phalantiyā dve kassakā bhātaro hatā cattāro ca balibaddā.

vassati1

vasrootasuffix

via inflected form vassa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vass1rain

general

  • rains; pours down

  • SN 7.12

    punappunañ'c'eva vapanti bījaṃ, punappunaṃ vassati devarājā, punappunaṃ khettaṃ kasanti kassakā, punappunaṃ dhaññam'upeti raṭṭhaṃ.

vassati2

vasrootasuffix

via inflected form vassa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vass1rain

general

  • utters a cry (of an animal); bellows, barks, bleats, crows

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

vāassa
  1. vā

    or; either... or (particle of disjunction or option)

  2. assa

    horse; (in the plural also) cavalry

vāassā
  1. vā

    or; either... or (particle of disjunction or option)

  2. assā

    mare

Encyclopedia

Vassa
Other

  • A group, paired with Bhañña as the Vassabhaññā of Ukkalā, who denied causation and reality yet accepted certain aspects of the Buddha’s teaching.

MN 117

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