Mahapralaya, 惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补, Maha-pralaya: 15 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く) refers to the 鈥済reat dissolution鈥�, as explained in the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.1.6:鈥斺�渁t the time of great dissolution (尘补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补) when all the mobile and immobile objects of the world are dissolved everything gets enveloped in darkness, without the sun, planets and stars. There is no moon. The day and the night are not demarcated. There is no fire, no wind, no earth and no water. There is no unmanifest primordial being. The whole firmament is one complete void, devoid of all Tejas elements. There is no Dharma or Adharma, no sound, no touch. Smell and colour are not manifest. There is no taste. The face of the quarters is not demarcated. Thus when there is pitch darkness that cannot be pierced with a needle and what is mentioned in the Vedas as 鈥榯he existent and the Brahman鈥� is alone present鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く).鈥擳he great deluge with darkness pervading all round.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 2. 25.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaiva philosophy
: Google Books: The philosophy of the Pratyabhij帽膩惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く) refers to the 鈥済reat destruction鈥� and represents one of the 鈥渇ive cosmic activities鈥� (办峁泃测补辫补帽肠补办补), according to Abhinavagupta鈥檚 莫艣varapratyabhij帽膩vimar艣in墨 (also known as the 鈥渄octrine of divine recognition鈥�) with the Sanskrit commentary called Bh膩skar墨.鈥擜ccordingly, [Vol. I, p. 261-262] [automatically translated from the French]: 鈥淒uring the worldly activity, the Lord creates unity with this or that subject, destroys (蝉补峁僪峁�-) unity with [such] other subject, carries out [the cosmic operation of] maintenance with respect to that which consists of a simple [object] such as the pot, etc., imposes obscuration by obliterating its complete nature, [and] produces grace by conferring completeness by the manifestation of unity in this particular manifestation. Therefore, the Lord exercises the five [cosmic] activities (办峁泃测补辫补帽肠补办补) not only in the great creations, the great maintenances, the great destructions (尘补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补), the obscurations due to [his] anger and the graces [granted on the occasion of] initiation, knowledge, etc., but still absolutely always, even in worldly activity鈥�.
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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (shak)惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く) refers to one of the topics discussed in the 搁耻诲谤补测腻尘补濒补迟补苍迟谤补, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue 鈥淣otices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)鈥� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822鈥�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.鈥� The Rudray膩mala-tantra is an elaborate and original Tantra, including the whole range of 艢膩kta knowledge about religion, social orders, castes, sacred places, modes of adoration, forms of ceremonies, etc. It contains roughly 9,000 verses divided into 67 sections.鈥擳he catalogue includes the term鈥敳巡钩竽灞璋贡舨共獠� in its 鈥榮ubject-matter list鈥� or Vi峁ya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads鈥擺chapter 29: 峁峁璫akraprak膩艣e 尘补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补nir峁嘺ya岣�].
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary尘补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く).鈥攎 (S) Destruction of the world occurring after every period of 4,320,000,000 years. 2 Total destruction of the universe (of mortals, saints, gods, and Brahma himself); happening after every hundred years of Brahma. Ex. j艒 brahma hy膩cy膩 sth奴岣穉d膿h膩c膿峁� mara峁嘺 t艒 ma0 j膩峁嘺 ||.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English尘补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く).鈥�m Destruction of the world.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く).鈥�'the great dissolution', the total annihilation of the universe at the end of the life of Brahman, when all the lokas with their inhabitants, the gods, saints &c. including Brahman himself are annihilated; 啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く啶ぞ啶班啶� (尘补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补m膩ruta) ...... Ve.3.4.
Derivable forms: 尘补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补岣� (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く啶�).
惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and pralaya (啶啶班げ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く).鈥攎.
(-测补岣�) 1. A destruction of the world, occuring after every period of 4,320,000,000 years. 2. A total destruction of the universe, happening after a period commensurate with the life of Brahma, or 100 years, each day of which is equal to the period first stated, and each night of which is of similar duration; at the expiration of this term, the seven Lokas, with the saints, gods, and Brahma himself, are annihilated. E. 尘补丑腻 great, pralaya destruction.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く).鈥攎. 1. a destruction of the world occurring after every period of 4, 320,000,000 years. 2. a total destruction of the universe.
惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and pralaya (啶啶班げ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く):鈥擺=尘补丑腻-pralaya] [from 尘补丑腻 > mah] m. the total annihilation of the universe at the end of a Kalpa, [Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺; K膩dambar墨]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Hind墨 [work] [Religious Thought and Life in India 179.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く):鈥擺尘补丑腻-pralaya] (测补岣�) 1. m. The destruction of the world, after every 432,000,000 years. After 100 renovations comes the destruction of the whole universe.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (嗖补嗖距勃喑嵿舶嗖侧帛):鈥擺noun] (myth.) the Great Deluge, occuring at the end of the universe.
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Mah膩pra岣穉ya (嗖补嗖距勃喑嵿舶嗖赤帛):鈥擺noun] = 嗖补嗖距勃喑嵿舶嗖侧帛 [mahapralaya].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary惭补丑腻辫谤补濒补测补 (啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く):鈥攏. the great dissolution; the total annihilation of the universe at end of the life of Brahma when all the words with their inhabitants, the gods, saints including Brahma himself are annihilated;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Pralaya, Maha.
Starts with: Mahapralayanirnaya.
Full-text (+9): Sahara, Jagajjivanadasa, Ishvarinasha, Mahapralayanirnaya, Atyantikapralaya, Makappiralayam, Mahapralay, Upakshaya, Maharatri, Vikritivarjita, Gunavati, Pancakritya, Sakaleshvari, Matsya Purana, Krityapancaka, Kashika, Manvantara, Ambika, Para, Pradhana.
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