अवसर्पिणी — {ava-sarpiṇī} f. 'going or gliding down gradually', a descending period of a long duration and alternating with the 'ascending one' ({ut-sarpiṇī} q.v##both the ascending [{ut-s}] and descending [{ava-s}] cycle are divided into six stages each: good-good, good, good-bad, bad-good, bad, bad-bad) Jain. Āryabh
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