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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रलयpralaya1 Destruction, annihilation, dissolution; स्थानानि किं हिमवतः प्रलयं गतानि Bh.3.7,69; प्रलयं नीत्वा Si.11.66.…
    1. 1 Destruction, annihilation, dissolution; स्थानानि किं हिमवतः प्रलयं गतानि Bh.3.7,69; प्रलयं नीत्वा Si.11.66. 'causing to disappear'.
    2. The destruction of the whole universe (at the end of a kalpa), universal destruction; Ku.2.8; अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलय- स्तथा Bg.7.6.
    3. Any extensive destruction or devastation.
    4. Death, dying, destruction; प्रारब्धाः प्रलयाय मांसवदहो विक्रेतुमेते वयम् Mu.5.21;1.14; यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् Bg.14.14.
    5. Swoon, fainting, loss of consciousness, syncope; प्रलयान्तोन्मिषिते विलोचने Ku.4.2.
    6. (In Rhet.) Loss of consciousness, considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings; प्रलयः सुखदुःखाद्यै- र्गाढमिन्द्रियमूर्छनम् Pratāparudra.
    7. The mystic syllableom.
    8. Spiritual unification (लय); बुद्धिः कर्मगुणैर्हीना यदा मनसि वर्तते । तदा संपद्यते ब्रह्म तत्रैव प्रलयं गतम् ॥ Mb.12.24. 17.
    9. Sleepiness.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कालः the time of universal destruction.

    • -घनः, -जलधरः a cloud at the dissolution of the world.

    • -दहनः the fire at the dissolution of the world.

    • -पयोधिः the ocean at the dissolution of the world.

    In the Gita7·69·1814·214·1414·15

    अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ॥

    ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā. — Know this to be the womb of all beings. I am the birth of the whole world and so too its dissolution. 7·6
    • प्रलयःpralayaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun pralaya (dissolution).
    • प्रलयेpralayelocative singular of the masculine noun pralaya (the universal dissolution).
    • प्रलयम्pralayamaccusative singular of the masculine noun pralaya (dissolution).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रलयpralaya&c. see under प्र-√ली .
    1. etc. see under प्र-√ली .
    2. masculine gender dissolution, reabsorption, destruction, annihilation
    3. masculine gender death
    4. masculine gender (especially) the destruction of the whole world, at the end of a Kalpa कल्प (sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order) Shad2vBr. ChUp. S3am2k. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    5. masculine gender setting (of the stars) Subh.
    6. masculine gender end (636602 संजात-निद्रा-प्र-लय masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having done sleeping Pan5cat.)
    7. masculine gender cause of dissolution Bhag. Br2ih.
    8. masculine gender fainting, loss of sense or consciousness Prata1p. Sa1h. Sus3r.
    9. masculine gender sleepiness Gal.
    10. masculine gender Name of the syllable ओम्, Atharvas3Up.
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  2. अन्नप्रलयannapralayamfn. being resolved into food or the primitive substance after death L.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective being resolved into food or the primitive substance after death Lexicographers

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  3. खण्डप्रलयkhaṇḍapralayam. partial destruction of the universe (all the spheres beneath Svarga स्वर्ग or heaven being dissolved) W.
    1. masculine gender partial destruction of the universe (all the spheres beneath Svarga स्वर्ग or heaven being dissolved) W.
    2. masculine gender the dissolution of the bonds of friendship, quarrel (for -प्रणय ?) W.
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  4. जलप्रलयjalapralayam. destruction by water W.

    masculine gender destruction by water W.

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  5. तिथिप्रलयtithipralayam. pl. difference between solar and lunar days in any particular period A1ryabh. iii, 6.

    masculine gender plural difference between solar and lunar days in any particular period A1ryabh. iii, 6.

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  6. दैनप्रलयdainapralayam. destruction of the world after the lapse of 15 years of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा 's age Pur.

    masculine gender destruction of the world after the lapse of 15 years of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा 's age Pur.

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  7. नित्यप्रलयnityapralayam. the constant dissolution of living beings W.

    masculine gender the constant dissolution of living beings W.

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  8. प्रकृतिप्रलयprakṛtipralayam. = -लय MW.

    masculine gender Equivalent to -लय MW.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अप्रलयapralaya[a-pralaya] ad. without the world per ishing (˚--).

    [a-pralaya] adverb, -ial, -ially without the world per ishing (˚--).

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