vivarta ( m. ? to vivartati 2), with or sc. kalpa, (period of) evolution of the world, after a periodic destruction [Page499-b] ( saṃvarta ); so Pali vivaṭṭa and saṃvaṭṭa (misdefined 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-vivartakalpam api anekāny api saṃvartavivartakalpāny anusmarati 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 ); saṃvartavivartaṃ … prajānāti Bbh 253.14 ; saṃvarta-vivartakalpān 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.