Khandapralaya, Khaṇḍapralaya, Khanda-pralaya: 8 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykhaṇḍapralaya (खंडप्रलय).—m (S) A term for any ordinary inundation (as partial or transitory): contrad. from brahmapralaya.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKhaṇḍapralaya (खण्डप्रलय).—
1) a partial destruction of the universe in which all the spheres beneath Svarga are dissolved in one common ruin.
2) a quarrel.
Derivable forms: khaṇḍapralayaḥ (खण्डप्रलयः).
Khaṇḍapralaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms khaṇḍa and pralaya (प्रलय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhaṇḍapralaya (खण्डप्रलय).—m.
(-yaḥ) Partial destruction of the universe, the destruction of the division of the terrestrial world. E. khaṇḍa, and pralaya destruction.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Khaṇḍapralaya (खण्डप्रलय):—[=khaṇḍa-pralaya] [from khaṇḍa > khaṇḍ] m. partial destruction of the universe (all the spheres beneath Svarga or heaven being dissolved), [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] the dissolution of the bonds of friendship, quarrel (for -praṇaya?), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhaṇḍapralaya (खण्डप्रलय):—[khaṇḍa-pralaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Destruction of a part of the universe.
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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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryKhaṇḍapralaya (खण्डप्रलय):—n. partial destruction of the universe;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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