The Sanskrit term Durvṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Durvrsti or Durvrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Durvṛṣṭi (दुर्वृष्टि) refers to “want of rain”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the great Nāga kings said to the Bhagavān]: “[...] O Bhagavān, we will not act with acts of evil morality again. We will make all want of rain (durvṛṣṭi) and drought disappear. O Bhagavān, we will abide by the promise [the breaking of] which results in a curse. O Bhagavān, we will always guard the Three Jewels and the vow of precepts. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Durvṛṣṭi (दुर्वृष्टि).—f. insufficient rain, drought.

Derivable forms: durvṛṣṭiḥ (दुर्वृष्टिः).

Durvṛṣṭi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and vṛṣṭi (वृष्टि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Durvṛṣṭi (दुर्वृष्टि):—[=dur-vṛṣṭi] [from dur] f. want of rain, drought, [Jātakamālā 1.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Durvrishti in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vrishti, Dur.

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