- PIE *wret-,
metathesis of *wert- "re-" (> re- (again, repetition, etc.))
vartate "(it) turns, rotates; moves, advances; occurs"; vartana- "a turning; conduct...
- dvāparaṁ ca kaliś ceti catur-yugam ।
anena krama-yogena
bhuvi prāṇiṣu
vartate ॥ 39 ॥ (39) The
cycle of four ages [catur-yugam] — Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara...
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quoted in Bhakti-Sandarbhah
states Śrutismr̥tī mamaivājñe
yaste ullaṅghya
vartate, Ājñācchedī mama dveṣī madbhakto’pi na vaiṣṇavaḥ (Sanskrit:श्रुतिस्मृती...
