the destruction of the entire world at the end of a cosmic age
(esp.) the destruction of the whole world, at the end of a Kalpa (s.v.), ṢaḍvBr.; ChUp.; Śaṃk.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ID=136600]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
प्रलयpralaya
प्रलय (pralaya) is a Sanskrit word meaning see under pra-lī, dissolution or destruction, death, setting of the stars, having done sleeping, cause of dissolution. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them Cosmic Destruction / End of World, Etymological/Referential Information, Cause of Dissolution.
- Root
- ली (lī)
- Etymology
- E. प्र before ली to destroy, aff. अच्
- Definitions
- 20
Meanings by context
Cosmic Destruction / End of World
10 definitions
1. The destruction of the world at the end of a kalpa. 2. Death, destruction, or annihilation. 3. Fainting or loss of consciousness.
प्र (pra)लय (pralaya) [Printed book page 578]
प्र (pra)लय (pralaya) m. (-यः (-yaḥ))
प्र (pra)लय (pralaya) m. (-यः (-yaḥ))
1 The end of a Kalpa, or destruction of the world.
2 Death, dying, loss, destruction, dissolution, annihilation.
3 Fainting, syncope, loss of sense or consciousness.
E. प्र (pra) before ली (lī) to destroy, aff. अच् (ac).
[ID=26638]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The destruction of the world or end of a Kalpa. 2. Death. 3. Annihilation. 4. Fainting.
प्रलय (pralaya) [Printed book page 518-a]
प्र-लय (pra-laya) (यः) ((yaḥ)) 1. m. The end of a Kalpa, destruction of the world; death; annihilation; fainting. [ID=26131]
प्र-लय (pra-laya) (यः) ((yaḥ)) 1. m. The end of a Kalpa, destruction of the world; death; annihilation; fainting. [ID=26131]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Destruction or annihilation. 2. The destruction of the world at the end of an eon. 3. Death. 4. Loss of consciousness. 5. The mystic syllable om.
प्रलय (pralaya) [Printed book page 477-18]
प्रलय (pralaya) m. 1. Destruction, annihilation; 2. any extensive destruction; 3. the destruction of the whole world at the end of a kalpa, K.S. ii.6, Bg. vii.6; 4. death, यदा सवे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलय (pralaya)ं याति देहभृत् (yadā save pravṛddhe tu pralayaṃ yāti dehabhṛt) Bg. xiv.14; 5. loss of consciousness considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings (in rhetoric); 8. the mystic syllable om. [ID=24790]
प्रलय (pralaya) m. 1. Destruction, annihilation; 2. any extensive destruction; 3. the destruction of the whole world at the end of a kalpa, K.S. ii.6, Bg. vii.6; 4. death, यदा सवे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलय (pralaya)ं याति देहभृत् (yadā save pravṛddhe tu pralayaṃ yāti dehabhṛt) Bg. xiv.14; 5. loss of consciousness considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings (in rhetoric); 8. the mystic syllable om. [ID=24790]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The destruction of the world or the end of a Kalpa. 2. Death or annihilation. 3. Fainting or loss of consciousness. 4. The mystic syllable Om.
प्र (pra)लय (pralaya) [Printed book page 494-a]
प्र (pra)लय (pralaya)
प्र (pra)लय (pralaya)
m. (-यः (-yaḥ)) The end of a Kalpa, or destruction of the world.
2. Death, dying, loss, destruction, dissolution, annihilation.
3. Fainting, syncope, loss of sense or consciousness, considered as one of the thirty-three subordinate feelings, (in Rhetoric.)
4. The mystic Syllable “Om.”
E. प्र (pra) before, ली (lī) to destroy, aff. अच् । (ac .)
[ID=27303]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Dissolution or destruction. 2. End. 3. Death. 4. The destruction of the world.
प्रलय (pralaya) [Printed book page 0605-b]
प्रलय (pralaya) pralaya, i. e. pra-lī + a, m.
प्रलय (pralaya) pralaya, i. e. pra-lī + a, m.
1. Dissolution, 2. Destruction,
Utt. Rāmac. 83, 10; Hit. ii. d. 175. 3.
End, Pañc. 265, 11. 4. Death. 5.
The destruction of the world, Hit. 47,
18. — Comp. Mahā-, m. 1. a destruction
of the world occurring after every
period of 4, 320,000,000 years. 2. a total
destruction of the universe.
[ID=9834]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
dissolution or destruction, especially of the universe
प्रलय (pralaya) [Printed book page 344]
प्रलय (pralaya) m. dissolution, destruction, esp. of the universe; °घन (°ghana) m. & °दहन (°dahana) m. the cloud and the fire causing the end of the world. [ID=20873]
प्रलय (pralaya) m. dissolution, destruction, esp. of the universe; °घन (°ghana) m. & °दहन (°dahana) m. the cloud and the fire causing the end of the world. [ID=20873]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Dissolution. 2. Dissolution of the universe.
प्रलय (pralaya) [Printed book page 196-b]
pralaya, m. dissolution; esp. dissolution of the universe. [√lī + pra.] [ID=2773]
pralaya, m. dissolution; esp. dissolution of the universe. [√lī + pra.] [ID=2773]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. Dissolution, destruction, or annihilation.
2. The destruction of the world at the end of a Kalpa.
3. Extensive devastation.
4. Death.
5. Fainting or loss of consciousness.
6. An epithet of the mystic syllable om.
Pra-laya, as, m. dissolution, destruction, annihi- lation, reabsorption; the destruction of the whole world at the end of a Kalpa or period of 432, 000, 000 years [cf. kalpa]; any extensive destruction or de- vastation; death, dying; fainting, syncope, loss of sense or consciousness; an epithet of the mystic syllable om. —Pralaya-kāla, as, m. the period of the destruction of the world at the end of a Kalpa, the time of universal destruction. —Pralaya-jala- dhara-dhvāna, as, m. the rumbling or muttering of clouds at the dissolution of the world. —Pralaya- tā, f. or pralaya-tva, am, n. dissolution. —Pra- laya-dahana, am, n. the fire at the destruction of the world. —Pralaya-sthiti-sarga, ās, m. pl. de- struction, preservation, and creation (of the world).
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—Pralayodaya (°ya-ud°), au, m. du. dissolution and creation. [ID=32696]
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—Pralayodaya (°ya-ud°), au, m. du. dissolution and creation. [ID=32696]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
1. The universal deluge or destruction. 2. Destruction at the end of a Kalpa or the day of Brahma, and at the end of the life of Brahma.
प्रलय (pralaya) [Printed book page 2-429]
Pralaya — the deluge: destruction; after Manvantaras;1 two kinds — one at the end of a Kalpa or the day of Brahmā and the other at the end of the life of Brahmā.2
[Footnote: 1) M. 2. 22; 142. 36.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. VI. 1. 3.]
[ID=8655]
Pralaya — the deluge: destruction; after Manvantaras;1 two kinds — one at the end of a Kalpa or the day of Brahmā and the other at the end of the life of Brahmā.2
[Footnote: 1) M. 2. 22; 142. 36.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. VI. 1. 3.]
[ID=8655]
— The Purana Index
Etymological/Referential Information
2 definitions
See under pra-lī
(H1) [Printed book page 689,3]
प्र- (pra-)लय (pra-laya) a &c. See under प्र- (pra-)√ली (√lī). [ID=136574]
प्र- (pra-)लय (pra-laya) a &c. See under प्र- (pra-)√ली (√lī). [ID=136574]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
See pra-li below
प्रलय (pralaya) [Printed book page 0641-a]
प्रलय (pralaya) pra-laya, &c. See pra-lī below. [ID=32682]
प्रलय (pralaya) pra-laya, &c. See pra-lī below. [ID=32682]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Cause of Dissolution
1 definition
cause of dissolution
cause of dissolution, Bhag.; Bṛh. [ID=136603]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Death
1 definition
death
death [ID=136599]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
End / Termination (of an activity or state)
1 definition
having done sleeping
end (संजात-निद्रा-प्र-लय (saṃjāta-nidrā-pra-laya) mfn. having done sleeping, Pañcat.) [ID=136602]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Fainting / Loss of Consciousness
1 definition
fainting or loss of consciousness
fainting, loss of sense or consciousness, Pratāp.; Sāh.; Suśr. [ID=136604]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
General Destruction/Dissolution
1 definition
dissolution or destruction
(H2) [Printed book page 689,3]
प्र-लय (pra-laya) b m. dissolution, reabsorption, destruction, annihilation [ID=136598]
प्र-लय (pra-laya) b m. dissolution, reabsorption, destruction, annihilation [ID=136598]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Setting of Celestial Bodies
1 definition
setting of the stars
setting (of the stars), Subh. [ID=136601]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Sleepiness / Drowsiness
1 definition
sleepiness
sleepiness, Gal. [ID=136605]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The Syllable 'Om'
1 definition
the syllable om
N. of the syllable ओम् (om), AtharvaśUp. [ID=136606]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.