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Vassikā

Vassika

adjective (cp. vassa 1 ) for the rainy season DN.ii.21 (palace); cp. Avs.i.269 varṣaka (id.). (-˚ of years, in gaṇa˚ ; for many years Snp.279 ; Snp-a.339 tero˚ ; more than one year (old): see under tero; satta˚ seven years old Pv-a.53 . fr. vassa

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1. Vَسسِكَ

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 (old): see under tero; satta˚ seven years old Pv-a.53.

fr. vassa

2. Vassikā

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

  1. f. (the plant) Dhp.377 (= sumanā Dhp-a.iv.112); Mil.251.
  2. nt. (the flower, said to be the most fragrant of all flowers) AN.v.22; SN.v.44; Dhp-a.iv.112 (˚puppha).

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