search `pralaya' in `Apte Dic'
meanings of "pralaya"
m.{a-stem}
1.destruction;
2.the destruction of the whole universe (at the end of a kalpa);
3.any extensive destruction or devastation;
4.death;
5.swoon;
6.(in rhet.) loss of consciousness;
7.the mystic syllable om;
8.spiritual unification;
9.sleepiness
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