vivarta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A turning or whirling.
  2. The cyclonic process of manifestation by which the one becomes the many. It is an essentially Vedantic concept of cosmogonic as well as psychologico-philosophical implications.

Word forms

vivarta vivartas

Etymology

From Sanskrit विवर्त (vivarta).

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