The Sanskrit term Mahāsṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Mahasrsti or Mahasrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaiva philosophy

Source: Google Books: The philosophy of the Pratyabhijñā

Mahāsṛṣṭi (महासृष्टि) refers to the “great creation” and represents one of the “five cosmic activities” (kṛtyapañcaka), according to Abhinavagupta’s Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī (also known as the “doctrine of divine recognition”) with the Sanskrit commentary called Bhāskarī.—Accordingly, [Vol. I, p. 261-262] [automatically translated from the French]: “During the worldly activity, the Lord creates (sṛj-) unity with this or that subject, destroys unity with [such] other subject, carries out [the cosmic operation of] maintenance with respect to that which consists of a simple [object] such as the pot, etc., imposes obscuration by obliterating its complete nature, [and] produces grace by conferring completeness by the manifestation of unity in this particular manifestation. Therefore, the Lord exercises the five [cosmic] activities (kṛtyapañcaka) not only in the great creations (mahāsṛṣṭi), the great maintenances, the great destructions, the obscurations due to [his] anger and the graces [granted on the occasion of] initiation, knowledge, etc., but still absolutely always, even in worldly activity”.

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Partial matches: Srishti, Maha.

Full-text: Pancakritya, Krityapancaka.

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