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A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism

Parivarta (Sk.)

The ‘turning over’ of merit acquired by good deeds of an individual to the benefit of another being, or of all beings. The doctrine appears in the Theravāda but is more fully developed in the Mahāyāna. (Cp. Parināmana, which has the same meaning.)

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Parivarta from A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism. ISBN: 0-203-98616-4. Published: 12-16-1997. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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