saṃ-varta °taka &c. See under saṃ-√ vṛt.
saṃ-vartá m. meeting, encountering (an enemy), [MBh.]
rolling up, destruction, (esp.) the periodical destruction or dissolution of the world, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]
a partic. cosmic period or Kalpa (q.v.), [Cat.]
anything rolled or kneaded, a lump or ball (of cake), [Kauś.]
a young rolled-up leaf, [ĀpGṛ.]
a dense mass (of people), [Mālatīm.]
a rain-cloud, [R.]; [Hariv.]
a partic. kind of cloud (abounding in water and so distinct from the Ā-varta which has no water; cf. droṇa, puṣkalovartaka), [L.]
N. of one of the 7 clouds at the dissolution of the universe (cf. bhīmanāda), [Cat.]
a year, [L.]
a partic. mythical weapon, [Hariv.]; [R.]
a partic. comet, [VarBṛS.]
a partic. conjunction of planets, [ib.]
Terminalia Bellerica, [L.]
Cicer Arietinum, [L.]
N. of a Muni and legislator (cf. -smṝti and bṛhat-saṃv°), [Yājñ.]
of an Aṅgirasa (and author of [RV. x, 172]), [AitBr.] &c.
saṃ-vartá n. du. (with indrasya) N. of two Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] (perhaps w.r. for sāṃ-v°, q.v.)