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त्रैमास (traimAsa)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
traimāsa, m., nt., and °sī (sc. varṣā, which is normally pl. in Skt. but sometimes sg., so also in BHS, notably Divy, 〔401.7, 509.19〕), f. (= Pali temāsa, which seems, in all passages cited in Childers and PTSD, to mean specifically the rainy season, tho not so defined in Dictt.), the rainy season (of three months)
generally either °sa- in comp., or °saṃ, °sīṃ, acc. sg. adv., for the period of the rains
but also °saṃ, n. sg., and °sān, acc. pl.: in comp., adhivāsehi me bhagavan °sa-bhaktena sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena Mv 〔ii.272.2〕, similarly 6
adv. °saṃ Mv 〔ii.272.13〕 °saṃ bhaktaṃ
(ekapiṇḍapātreṇāham …) °saṃ niṣīdiṣyaṃ 〔iii.225.11〕
°sīṃ, sa °sīṃ śrāmaṇero dhāritaḥ Divy 〔18.8〕
adhivāsayatu me bhagavān °sīṃ sārdhaṃ saṃghena 〔89.13〕
°sīṃ sarvopakaraṇaiḥ pravārito 〔283.5〕, pravārayeyam 6
noun forms, yāvat °saṃ (so read with v.l. for Senart °sikaṃ) samāptaṃ Mv 〔ii.273.7〕, until the rains were ended
ṣaṣṭhiṃ traimāsān (for 60 rainy seasons) sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena sarvopakaraṇair upasthitaḥ Divy 〔242.8〕.