Viparivartana: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viparivartana (विपरिवर्तन).—Turning about, rolling.

Derivable forms: viparivartanam (विपरिवर्तनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viparivartana (विपरिवर्तन).—i. e. vi -pari-vṛt + ana, I. adj., f. , Causing to return, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 46, 121 (with vidyā, a magical knowledge producing that effect). Ii. n. Turning back.

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

1) Viparivartana (विपरिवर्तन):—[=vi-parivartana] [from vipari-vṛt] mf(ī)n. causing to turn round or to return

2) [=vi-parivartana] [from vipari-vṛt] n. turning round, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) [v.s. ...] rolling about, wallowing, [Rāmāyaṇa]

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