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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vivartati (विवर्तति) or Vivartate.—(1) (compare Sanskrit, [Boehtlingk and Roth] vart- with vi- 2), falls back, backslides, especially of a Bodhisattva, from one bhūmi to a lower one: Mahāvastu i.77.4; 79.9 ff., 80.1; 89.9 ff.; 90.6 ff.; 96.2 ff.; 110.5; 120.6 ff.; 127.2 ff.; contrary to Senart, note on i.77.4, there is no record of saṃvartati in a sense opposite to this (saṃvartante 77.5 is Senart's em. and his Index has no other reference(s)); (2) (compare similar use in Sanskrit, [Boehtlingk and Roth] vart- with vi- 4) evolves, said of the periodic evolution afresh of the world after a period of dissolution; opp. saṃvartati, °te (1), devolves, comes to dissolution; Pali in same mgs. vivaṭṭati, saṃvaṭṭati: so bhagavāṃ catura- śītihi śrāvakasahasrehi (Senart adds sārdhaṃ) caturaśīti- saṃvarta-vivarta-sthito; saṃvartamāne loke bhagavāñ caturaśītihi śrāvakasahasrehi sārdhaṃ ābhāsvaraṃ devani- kāyaṃ gacchati, vivartamāne loke ihāgacchati iha dhar- maṃ deśayati Mahāvastu i.63.5—8; (ayaṃ loko…) saṃvartati, saṃvartamāne ca…loke yobhūyena sattvā ābhāsvare devanikāye upapadyanti; bhavati…sa samayo yad ayaṃ loko…vivartati, vivartamāne…loke saṃsthite lokasaṃniveśe (mss. °sthito °veśo, may be kept) anyatarā sattvā…ābhāsvarāto devanikāyāto cyavitvā icchatvam (see itthatva) āgacchanti Mahāvastu i.338.14—18; saṃvartamāne khalu loke sarvaprathamaṃ pṛthivīpradeśo uddahyati vivartamāne ca…loke sarvaprathamaṃ pṛthivīpradeśo saṃsthihati Mahāvastu ii.262.11—13; bhavati…sa samayo yadāyaṃ lokaḥ saṃvartate (is destroyed; Bendall and Rouse, comes together!); tadeyaṃ mahāpṛthivī agninā vā dahyate…Śikṣāsamuccaya 246.7; vivartamāne…loke…abhra- gaṇāḥ saṃtiṣṭhante…247.5; contrast, saṃvartamāne khalu punar loke 247.10. See vivarta, vivartanī(ya).

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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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Full-text: Vivartani, Vivartaniya, Vivartiya, Vivartya, Samvartati, Samvartate, Samvarta, Vivarta, Vivartate.

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