Pralayacapala, Praḷayacapalā, Pralayacapalā: 1 definition
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Pralayacapala means something in Marathi. 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 Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypraḷayacapalā (प्रळयचपला) [or ळा, ḷā].—f (Poetry.) The lightning of the Great destruction: hence any extraordinary lightning. Ex. citricyā lēpēṃ uṭhā uṭhī || pra0 grāsilī ||. Again praḷayacapaḷēṃ umāḷē uṭhati || tēviṃ divya kuṇḍalēṃ taḷapati ||. 2 Used sometimes in the figurative applications of pralayavīja. 3 Similar compounds of praḷaya occur in poetry; as praḷayamēgha, praḷayavāta, praḷayavṛṣṭi, praḷayajvālā, praḷayadundubhi, &c. The clouds, wind, rain &c. of the or a praḷaya. Applied as a figure of Hyperbole.
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.
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