Pralayakala, Pralayakāla, Pralaya-kala: 8 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypralayakāla (प्रलयकाल).—m (S) The period or time of the universal destruction which takes place at the close of a kalpa. 2 A term applied to an exceedingly ferocious and formidable man, demon, Rakshas &c.; also to a vixen or termagant.
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praḷayakāḷa (प्रळयकाळ).—Poetical and popular forms of pralaya &c.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpraḷayakāḷa (प्रळयकाळ).—&c., Poetical and popular forms of pralaya &c.
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 dictionaryPralayakāla (प्रलयकाल).—the time of universal destruction.
Derivable forms: pralayakālaḥ (प्रलयकालः).
Pralayakāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pralaya and kāla (काल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPralayakāla (प्रलयकाल).—m.
(-laḥ) The time of universal destruction.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pralayakāla (प्रलयकाल):—[=pra-laya-kāla] [from pra-laya > pra-lī] m. the time of universal dissolution, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) Pralayākala (प्रलयाकल):—[=pra-layākala] [from pra-laya > pra-lī] mfn. (an individual soul) to which mala and karman still adhere (with Śaivas), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPralayakāla (ಪ್ರಲಯಕಾಲ):—[noun] (myth.) the time when the entire universe is believed to get annihilated.
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Praḷayakāla (ಪ್ರಳಯಕಾಲ):—[noun] (myth.) the time when the entire universe is believed to get annihilated.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Pra, Layakala, Pralaya, Kala.
Starts with: Pralayakalar.
Full-text: Pralayakevala, Pashu, Diksa, Udvarta, Samvartaka, Odhavanem.
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