Vivasana (neuter) [vi + vas (uṣ) to shine, cf. vibhāti] (gradually) getting light; turning into dawn (said of the night), only in phrase ratyā vivasane at the end of night, combined in stock phrase with suriy'uggamanaṃ pati "towards sunrise" (evidently an old phrase) at Thag 517; Ja IV 241; V 381, 461; VI 491; Pv III 8 2 . Also at Snp 710.
vivasana a. Naked, unclothed. — naH A Jaina mendicant.