一切經音義 23.454

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婆師迦花（具云婆利史迦言婆利史者此云雨也迦謂迦羅此云時也西域呼夏為雨其花生於夏時故名也）。

婆師迦花 [Vārṣikā flower] (In full it is Vārṣikā; vārṣika means 'rain', and kā means kāla, 'season'. In the Western Regions, summer is referred to as the rainy season; because this flower blooms in the summer rainy season, it is so named).