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वार्षिका (vArSikA)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
vārṣikā,
(1) Mv 〔i.19.11〕, taken by Senart as subst., garment for the rainy season
he reads (eraka) vārṣikā kārāpitā cīrakavārṣikā kārāpitā
but see eraka
it seems more likely that eraka and cīraka (perhaps read °kā in both) are separate words, substantives, and vārṣikā adj., grass-coverlets and bark- (or cloth-)strip-garments for the rainy season
(2) (= Pali vassikā
cf. prec., also varṣaka, °kī, varṣikā, and next), a kind of jasmine: Mv 〔i.249.13〕 (prose, in cpd., list of flowers)
〔ii.116.10〕 (text °kāṃ, v.l. °ka-).