vivarta (14188)

vivarta
Entry 14188, Page 499, Col. 1

(vivarta, vivarta)
vivarta¦ (m. ? to vivartati 2), with or sc. kalpa, (period of) evolution of the world, after a periodic destruc- [Page499-b+ 71] tion (saṃvarta); so Pali vivaṭṭa and saṃvaṭṭa (mis- defined PTSD, which precisely inverts the mgs.; Childers is correct; see notably Vism. 419.29 ff. which is completely clear, and consistent with BHS); °ta-kalpaḥ Mvy 8280, saṃvarta-k° 8279; caturaśīti-saṃvartavivarta-sthito Mv i.63.6, (the Lord) abides thru 84 periods of destruction and (new) evolution (see passage s.v. vivartati 2); yāvat saṃvartakalpam api vivartakalpam api saṃvarta-vivarta- kalpam api anekāny api saṃvartavivartakalpāny anusma- rati sma (sc. the Buddha) LV 345.11--12; similarly Mv i.229.1 ff.; ii.284.10 ff.; and substantially ii.133.1--2, where mss. are more confused, one (followed by Senart) anekāpi saṃvartakalpā vā anekāpi saṃvartā anekāpi vivartā anekāpi saṃvartavivartakalpā (the other ms. always kalpā after vi° and saṃ°); saṃvarta (v.l. °taṃ) ca vivarta (v.l. °taṃ; so mss.) ca aśītiṃ tena karmaṇā (a virtuous act), durgatiṃ nopalabhate…Mv i.268.8 (vs); saṃvarta- vivartaṃ…prajānāti Bbh 253.14; saṃvarta-vivarta- kalpān avataranti (2d ed. correctly °rati) sma Gv 277.25; cf. AbhidhK. LaV-P. iii.181 ff. (et al., Index). In Mv i.63.13 vivarta-caryā is used only in an attempt to explain avivarta-caryā, q.v.