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pralaya: (Sanskrit) "Dissolution, reabsorption; destruction; death." : A synonym for samhara, one of the five functions of Siva. Also names the partial destruction or reabsorption of the cosmos at the end of each eon or kalpa. There are three kinds of periods of dissolution: 1) laya, at the end of a mahayuga, when the physical world is destroyed; 2) pralaya, at the end of a kalpa, when both the physical and subtle worlds are destroyed; and 3) mahapralaya at the end of a mahakalpa, when all three worlds (physical, subtle and causal) are absorbed into Siva.
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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Pralaya | | | | | * Encyclopedia - Pralaya Pralaya , in Hindu theosophy , is a period of time of the cycle of existence of the planets where activity does not occur. It lasts, according to computations of the Brahmans, 4,320,000,000 years. The period of activity, Manvantara, has the same duration.
Taking 360 Manvantaras and equal number of Pralayas, one "Year of Brahman" is gotten. The duration of 100 "Years of Brahman" forms a "Life of Brahman", call of Mahamanvantara , also lasting in total 311,040,000,000,000 years. This is, according to Blavatsky, the period of acti Read more here: » Pralaya: Encyclopedia - Pralaya |
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pralaya: (Sanskrit) "Dissolution, reabsorption; destruction; death."
A synonym for samhara, one of the five functions of Siva. Also names the partial destruction or reabsorption of the cosmos at the end of each eon or kalpa. There are three kinds of periods of dissolution:
1) laya, at the end of a mahayuga, when the physical world is destroyed;
2) pralaya, at the end of a kalpa, when both the physical and subtle worlds are destroyed; and
3) mahapralaya at the end of a mahakalpa, when all three worlds (physical, subtle and causal) are absorbed into Siva.
See: cosmic cycle, mahapralaya.
(See also: Pralaya, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul )
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Manvantara (Sanskrit). A period of manifestation, as opposed to Pralaya (dissolution, or rest), applied to various cycles, especially to a Day of Brahma, 4,320,000,000 Solar years - and to the reign of one Manu - 308,448,000. (See Vol. II. of the Secret Doctrine, p. 68 et. seq.)
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