avasarpiṛī | अवसर्पिऋई | avasarpiRI
ava-sarpiṛī | अव-सर्पिऋई | f. ‘going or gliding down gradually’, a descending period of a long duration and alternating with the ‘ascending one’ (ut-sarpiṛī | उत्-सर्पिऋई |, q.v.; both the ascending [ut-s˚ | उत्-स्˚ |] and descending [ava-s˚ | अव-स्˚ |] cycle are divided into six stages each: good-good, good, good-bad, bad-good, bad, bad-bad), Jain.; Āryabh.