vArzikA
vārṣikā , ( 1 ) Mv i.19.11 , taken by Senart as subst. , garment for the rainy season ; he reads (eraka) vārṣikā vā kārāpitā cīrakavārṣikā kārāpitā vā; 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-).