Pāli Dictionary

vassa1

vassrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vass1बारिश

Synonyms

samā, vassāna, saṃvacchara, pāvusa, hāyana, vacchara

general

  • वर्षा; बारिश

  • 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.

  • वर्ष; साल

  • 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

  • (विनय) वर्षावास; वर्षा ऋतु का तीन मास का वास

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

  • MN 65

    sambahulā kho bhikkhū sāvatthiyaṃ vassaṃ upagatā

  • (विनय) उपसम्पदा के बाद के वर्ष; बिताए वर्षावासों की संख्या

  • (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

  • (पशु-पक्षी की) बोली; पुकार

  • cry; call (of an animal or bird)

va

via inflected form vassa · dative singular / genitive singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

vatta

general

  • अक्षर “v”; पालि वर्णमाला का 37वाँ अक्षर; दन्त्य-ओष्ठ्य अर्धस्वर

  • 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

vass1बारिश

general

  • वर्षा करते हुए; बरसते हुए (vassati का वर्तमान कालिक कृदंत)

  • 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

vass1बारिश

general

  • वर्षा होती है; बरसता है

  • 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

vass1बारिश

general

  • (पशु) चिल्लाता है; भौंकता है

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

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

vāassa
  1. vā

    या; अथवा; या तो... या

  2. assa

    घोड़ा

vāassā
  1. vā

    या; अथवा; या तो... या

  2. assā

    मादा घोड़ी

Encyclopedia

Vassa
Other

  • भञ्ञ के साथ मिलकर उक्कला के वस्सभञ्ञा कहलाने वाला एक समूह, जो कार्य-कारण और यथार्थ को नकारता था फिर भी बुद्ध की शिक्षा के कुछ पहलू स्वीकार करता था।

  • 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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