m. " brahmā-'s destruction", the universal destruction that takes place at the end of every 100 years of brahmā-'s (and in which even brahmā- himself is swallowed up)
प्रलयः 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 syllable om. -8 Spiritual unification (लय); बुद्धिः कर्मगुणैर्हीना यदा
मनसि वर्तते । तदा संपद्यते ब्रह्म तत्रैव प्रलयं गतम् ॥ Mb.12.24. 17. -9 Sleepiness. -Comp. -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.
noun (masculine) annihilation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cause of dissolution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
death (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
destruction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dissolution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fainting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
loss of sense or consciousness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the syllable om (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reabsorption (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
setting (of the stars) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sleepiness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the destruction of the whole world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Hindī wk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the total annihilation of the universe at the end of a Kalpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) absorption in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
annihilation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extinction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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