verbe : se retourner, revenir en arrière
āvattati，[ā + vattati，of vṛt] to turn round，come to，go back，go away to，turn to ; only in phrase hīnāya āvattati to turn to “the low＂，i．e．to give up orders & return to the world Vin．I，17; M．I，460; S．II，231; IV，191; Sn．p．92 （= osakkati SnA 423）; Ud．21; Pug．66; Miln．246．‹-› pp．āvatta （q．v．）．Cp．āvaṭṭati．
āvṛt [ā-vṛt] v. [1] pr. md. (āvartate) pp. (āvṛtta) pf. (vi, sam) se retourner, revenir sur ses pas — ca. md. (āvartayate) faire tourner (not. le char); changer de direction.