I. 1 P. (varṣati, vṛṣṭa) 1 To rain (usually with words signifying ‘Indra’, ‘Parjanya’, ‘cloud’, &c. as the subject of the verb, or some- times used impersonally); dvādaśa va- rṣaṇi na vavarṣa daśaśatākṣaḥ Dk.; kāle varṣaṃtu meghāḥ; garja vā varṣa vā śakra Mk. 5. 31; meghā varṣaṃtu garjaṃtu muṃcaṃtvaśanimeva vā 5. 16.

2 To rain or pour down, shower down; varṣatīvāṃjanaṃ nabhaḥ Mk. 1. 34; so śaravṛṣṭiṃ,...

cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. xvii, 56) v/arṣati (ep. also A1. varṣate and Ved. vṛṣate; pf. vavarṣa, vavṛṣe MBh. &c; 3. pl. P. ep. vavṛṣus, or vavarṣus; p. P. vavarṣv/as MaitrS.; A1. vāvṛṣāṇ/a RV.; Impv. vāvṛṣasva ib.; aor. /avarṣīt RV. &c; fut. vraṣṭ/ā MaitrS.; varṣitā... to rain, add, [ cf. Gaelic pas, a shower]. 1332,2 204858.1 See p.926 &c 128905 1011,3 204859 See p.926 &c 128906 1011,3 204860