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vassānīti

vassa

masc

1. vassa (masc): rain; downpour
2. vassa (masc): rainy season; monsoon
3. vassa (nt): year
4. vassa (masc): (vinaya) years since monastic ordination; number of rains retreats completed
5. vassa (masc): rains retreat; three-month long retreat for monastics
6. vassāna (masc): monsoon; rainy season; lit. raining
7. vassa (masc): call; cry; shriek

Analysis. vassāna + iti; vassāni + iti; vassānaṃ + iti

Etymology. √vass + a; from √vass 'rain'; Sanskrit varṣa [vṛṣ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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