1. to uncover, to open Vin.ii.219 (windows, opp. thaketi); DN.i.85 (paṭicchannaṃ v.); Ja.i.63 (dvāraṃ), Ja.i.69; Ja.iv.133 (nagaraṃ) Dhp-a.i.328 (vātapānaṃ); DN-a.i.228; Pv-a.74 (mukhaṃ) Vv-a.157, …

…is represented in P. by e.g. vivarati to open, nivāreti to cover, obstruct, nīvaraṇa, nivāraṇa obstruction; *ṷel by āvuta,…

…(dvārāni)
pass pithīyati; pp. pihita (q.v.). The opp. of p. is vivarati.

api + dhā, cp….

…Amatassa dvāraṃ* to open the door of Nibbāna Vin.i.5; Vv.64#27 (= vivarati Vv-a.284).

fr. pa + ā + vṛ; cp. Vedic pravṛṇoti

…SN.v.261 (dhammaṃ vivarati vibhajati uttāni-karoti); Snp.87; Pp.41; Vb.259; Mil.145; Snp-a.237; DN-a.i.104; Pv-a.81, Pv-a.111. ger…

…Ne.8 (as f.) Snp-a.445.

fr. vivarati

…a garment, Divy.39). In the second case (vivaṭa˚;) it is pp. of vivarati [vi + vṛ: see vuṇāti

…volvo, aperio etc. See vivarati. The pp. *vuta only in combination with prefixes, like pari˚, saṃ˚ It also appears…

…paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati etc., e.g. Mnd.271; Cnd.465; Vism.163
■ attānaṃ ā. to disclose one’s identity Pv-a.89, Pv-a.100 …