saMvarta
saṃvarta ( m. ? to saṃvartati 1), (period of) devolution, destruction of the world, with or sc. kalpa: °takāla-samaye Mv i.52.4 , by a somewhat doubtful em. ; the parallel is vivartanīya-kāla° 6; passage is similar to Mv i.338.14 ff. (see s.v. vivartati ), where saṃvartamāne … loke is read for this; for other passages see s.v. vivarta .