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विवर्तति (vivartati)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
vivartati, °te,
(1) (cf. Skt., BR vart- with vi- 2), falls back, backslides, esp. of a Bodhisattva, from one bhūmi to a lower one: Mv 〔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 Senartʼs em. and his Index has no other ref.)
(2) (cf. similar use in Skt., BR 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 caturaśītihi śrāvakasahasrehi (Senart adds sārdhaṃ) caturaśītisaṃvarta-vivarta-sthito
saṃvartamāne loke bhagavāñ caturaśītihi śrāvakasahasrehi sārdhaṃ ābhāsvaraṃ devanikāyaṃ gacchati, vivartamāne loke ihāgacchati iha dharmaṃ deśayati Mv 〔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 Mv 〔i.338.14—18〕
saṃvartamāne khalu loke sarvaprathamaṃ pṛthivīpradeśo uddahyati vivartamāne ca … loke sarvaprathamaṃ pṛthivīpradeśo saṃsthihati Mv 〔ii.262.11—13〕
bhavati … sa samayo yadāyaṃ lokaḥ saṃvartate (is destroyed
Bendall and Rouse, comes together!)
tadeyaṃ mahāpṛthivī agninā vā dahyate … Śikṣ 〔246.7〕
vivartamāne … loke … abhragaṇāḥ saṃtiṣṭhante … 〔247.5〕
contrast, saṃvartamāne khalu punar loke 〔247.10〕. See vivarta, vivartanī(ya).