Pāli Dictionary

vivaṭṭati

viprefixvaṭṭrootasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

vaṭṭ1tourner

Antonyms

saṃvaṭṭati

general

  • se roule, se tord, revient en arrière, tourne

  • 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

  • (cycle cosmique) se déploie, s’étend — opposé à saṃvaṭṭati (se contracte)

  • 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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