trís ind. ([Pāṇ. v, 4, 18]) thrice, 3 times, [RV.] (saptá, 3 × 7, [i], [iv], [vii ff.]; áhnas or áhan, ‘thrice a day’, [i], [iii f.], [ix f.]; cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 64]), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] (abdasya, ‘thrice a year’, [iii], [xi]) &c.
before gutturals and palatals [cf. [RV. viii, 91, 7]] ḥ may be substituted by ṣ, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 43.]