pariṇāma

“bending round,” i.e.

  1. change, alteration in utu˚; (sudden) change of season, unseasonable weather, with ref. to illnesses caused by such (˚ja ābādhā) = illness arising from the change of season AN.ii.87; AN.iii.131; AN.v.110; Cnd.304#1; Mil.112, Mil.135 sq. Mil.304; Vism.31.
  2. alteration of food, digestion, in phrase sammā-pariṇāmaṃ gacchati MN.i.188; SN.i.168; AN.iii.30; cp. Mhvs.i.211.
  3. ripening Mil.93.
  4. course, development, fulfilment, in special sense dispensation, destiny Ja.v.171; Pv.iv.3#25; Pv-a.252, Pv-a.254-Cp. vi˚.

fr. pari + nam, cp. class Sk. pariṇāma in all meanings