Vivartta: 3 definitions
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Vivartta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVivartta (विवर्त्त).—m.
(-ttaḥ) 1. Assemblage, collection, heap or multitude. 2. Dancing. 3. Going or turning round, revolving, returning. 4. Human error, worldly ignorance, the confounding of truth and falsehood, or the mistaking or unreal objects and conceiving them to be what they are not, as mirage for water, a rope for a snake, &c. 5. Modification, various or altered state or condition. E. vi before vṛt to be, aff. ghañ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVivartta (विवर्त्त):—[vi-vartta] (rttaḥ) 1. m. Assemblage; dancing; revolving; illusion; modification.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vivartta (विवर्त्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Viatta, Vivatta.
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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Starts with: Vivarttakam, Vivarttam, Vivarttamana, Vivarttana, Vivarttavada.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 13 - The Theory of Causation < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
Part 16 - Vedānta Theory of Illusion < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
Shakti and Shakta (by John Woodroffe)
Chapter XV - Māyā-śakti (the Psycho-Physical aspect of the Universe) < [Section 2 - Doctrine]
Chapter XIX - Creation as explained in the non-Dualist Tantras < [Section 2 - Doctrine]
Chapter XIV - Cit-śakti (the Consciousness aspect of the Universe) < [Section 2 - Doctrine]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)