महाप्रलय mahāpralay
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
(Hinduism) The total annihilation of the universe at the end of a Kalp.
(Hinduism) An entire dissolution and destruction of things after a period commensurate with the life of Brahma (when the seven Lokas and their inhabitants, together with all the saints, gods, and Brahmā himself, are annihilated).
The great deluge.
(Bābā) Total annihilation of the universe (which is a false idea because matter is eternal, renewing itself constantly every Kalp, every 5000 years when God, that is to say Śiv, descends on Earth).
Usual translation
- total annihilation
Origin of the definition
mahā-pralay, vulg. mahā-parlai, or mahā-pirlai, s.m. The total annihilation of the universe at the end of a Kalp; an entire dissolution and destruction of things after a period commensurate with the life of Brahma (when the seven Lokas and their inhabitants, together with all the saints, gods, and Brahmā himself, are annihilated); — the great deluge.
महान्, महा mahān, mahā (sanskrit)
(prefix) Great, illustrious.
Mighty, strong, big, large, ample, excessive, grievous.
Very, extremely, very much.
Universal destruction, annihilation, destruction of the whole world. Catastrophe.
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