Pāli Dictionary

vivaṭṭa

viprefixvaṭṭroottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vaṭṭ1振り向く

Antonyms

vaṭṭa, saṃvaṭṭa

cosmology

  • 世界の縮小期（成劫の逆）

  • the devolving (contracting) phase of a world-cycle; rolling back of the aeon

  • DN 2

    so anekavihitaṃ pubbenivāsaṃ anussarati, seyyath'idaṃ… aneke'pi saṃvaṭṭakappe aneke'pi vivaṭṭakappe aneke'pi saṃvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe.

  • MN 4

    cattālīsam'pi jātiyo paññāsam'pi jātiyo jātisatam'pi jātisahassam'pi jātisatasahassam'pi aneke'pi saṃvaṭṭakappe aneke'pi vivaṭṭakappe aneke'pi saṃvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe

doctrine

  • 輪廻の止滅、涅槃の異名

  • cessation of the cycle of existence; an epithet of Nibbāna

  • DN 1

    vivaṭṭakath'ādi

vivaṭṭati

viprefixvaṭṭrootasuffix

via inflected form vivaṭṭa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vaṭṭ1振り向く

Antonyms

saṃvaṭṭati

general

  • 転げ回る、身もだえする、後戻りする

  • rolls around; writhes; convulses; moves back, revolves

  • DN 16

    sant'ānanda, devatā ākāse pathavīsaññiniyo kese pakiriya kandanti, bāhā paggayha kandanti, chinnapātaṃ papatanti, āvaṭṭanti, vivaṭṭanti, atikhippaṃ bhagavā parinibbāyissati, atikhippaṃ sugato parinibbāyissati, atikhippaṃ cakkhuṃ loke antaradhāyissatī'ti.

cosmology

  • （世界周期が）成立する、展開する——saṃvaṭṭati（収縮する）の対語

  • evolves; expands — of a world-cycle unfolding again (opp. saṃvaṭṭati, contracts)

  • DN 1

    hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo, yaṃ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṃ loko vivaṭṭati. vivaṭṭamāne loke suññaṃ brahmavimānaṃ pātubhavati.

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