History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.769

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¹⁰⁸¹ Vide Inscriptions of Aśoka in C I. I vol I pp. 5, 30 (text of 4th edict), and pp 55, 74 (text of 5th edict) In the Vanaparva 188 69 it is said that fire called Saṁvartaka will assail the world while the Brahmapurāṇa (232. 39) says that terrible clouds called 'Samvartaka' will rise, when final dissolution (*pralaya*) will follow Therefore, 'āva saṁvata kapā' means 'up to the end of Kalpa when destructive fire called saṁvartaka will arise' (or when terrible clouds called saṁvartaka will arise). It may be noted that the Amara-kośa regards संवर्त, प्रलय, कल्प, क्षय and कल्पान्त as synonyms.