a-vassika
, mfn. (3a + sa. vārṣika), (1) notbelonging to the rainy season, see avassika-saṁketa
— (2) not reckoning a full year [from the ordination]
(inclusive of a vassa-residence); upasampanna-kāle ~o
va samāno tipiṭaka-dharo ahosi, Sp I 41,13 (= upa-
sampadato paṭṭhāya aparipuṇṇa-ekavasso, Sp-ṭ); ara-
hattaṁ patto ~o [Ee aṭṭha-v°] hoti, Dhp-a IV 69,16
(not a year after his arahatta-patti); nom. pl. ~ā va
uppabbajitā, Dhp-a I 72,17 ("before keeping a single
residence"; = ni-væsi va gihi-vūvō, gp); ~-kaālto
(v. l. aṭṭha-v°) paṭṭhāya, MpI 42,13; ~-kāle (v. l.
aṭṭha-v°), ib. 44,22 (cf. 38,14: tivassa-bhikkhu-kāle;
Mp-ṭ: tivasso ca so bhikkhu cā ti tivassa-bhikkhu,
tassa tena vā upalakkhito kālo 'tivassa-bhikkhu-
kālo'); ~-bhikkhu-kāle, Ps III 126,15-17 (opp. aṭṭhā-
rasa-vassika-sāmaṇera-kāle, etc.); — °-dahara, m.,
a novice before his first full year (or vassa-resfcṝence);
gen. pl. ~ānaṁ santikaṁ gantvā, Ps III 135,24.
