vivartati
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 Senart ʼs 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) .