f. [vṛṣ-ktin] 1 Rain, a shower of rain; ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ Ms. 3. 76.

2 A shower (of anything); astravṛṣṭi R. 3. 58; puṣpavṛṣṭi 2 60; so śaraº, dhanaº, upalaº &c. Comp. kālaḥ the rainy season. jīvana a. nourished or watered by rain (as a country); cf. devamā- tṛka. ( naḥ) the Cātaka bird. bhūḥ a frog. saṃpātaḥ a shower of rain.