Pāli Dictionary

vivaṭṭati

viprefixvaṭṭrootasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

vaṭṭ1sich drehen

Antonyms

saṃvaṭṭati

general

  • wälzt sich, windet sich, dreht sich zurück

  • 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

  • (Weltzeitalter) entfaltet sich, dehnt sich aus — Gegensatz zu saṃvaṭṭati (zieht sich zusammen)

  • 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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