Annapralaya, Anna-pralaya: 3 definitions
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Annapralaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnnapralaya (अन्नप्रलय).—a. being dissolved into food after death.
Annapralaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anna and pralaya (प्रलय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnnapralaya (अन्नप्रलय):—[=anna-pralaya] [from anna] mfn. being resolved into food or the primitive substance after death, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnnapralaya (अन्नप्रलय):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-yaḥ-yā-yam) Becoming merged into anna (2. 2) q. v., returning to it after death, the reverse of annaja q. v. (comp. the passage mentioned under the latter word). E. anna and pralaya.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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