Saṃvaṭṭa (masculine and neuter) [saṃ + vaṭṭa 1 ] 1. "rolling on or forward" (opposite vivaṭṭa "rolling back"), with reference to the development of the Universe and time (kappa) the ascending æon (vivaṭṭa the descending cycle), evolution It 99; Pp 60; Vism 419; Saddh 484, 485. -°vivaṭṭa a period within which evolution and dissolution of the world takes place, a complete world-cycle (see also vivaṭṭa) D I 14; A II 142; It 15, 99; Pp 60.
(masc, masc, from saṃvaṭṭati) devolution; contraction [lit.] turning together Construction: saṃ + √vaṭṭ + a