paṭivattiya), not to be turned back (by any creature; said
of the dharmacakra, once set in motion by a Buddha):
Mv iii.327.7 (vs, no v.l.); in Mv i.330.4 (prose) doubtless
read so with 1 ms., the other pravartayaṃ, Senart em.
apravartiyaṃ; in Mv i.331.4 Senart with mss. apravartiyaṃ,
in 332.7 apravartitaṃ, which is read in the same formula
SP 179.1 (prose, no v.l.); in Mv i.332.21 aparivartitaṃ,
in 333.12 apravartiyaṃ, v.l. aparivartiya. In Pali ap-
parently only appaṭi° occurs, and I believe this must
have been the original reading. No being could turn back
the wheel started by the Buddha. But evidently in BHS
tradition this became confused with forms (ppp. as well
as gdve.) of pra-, pari-vṛt-, which of course also yield
a tolerable sense: which had never been set in motion or
could not be set in motion by any (other) being.