A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Mahapralaya
This page describes Mahapralaya which is located on page 272 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Mahapralaya” according to 31 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 [by Vihari-Lala Mitra]
That which remains incident to the Universal dissolution (maha-pralaya), is commonly designated by the term "formless void." 2. How then said you, there was no void, and how could there be no light nor darkness neither? 3. How could it be without the intellect and the living principle, and how could the entities of the mind and understanding be wanting in it? 4. How could there be nothing and not all things? Such like paradoxical expressions of yours, have created much confusion in me....
Read full contents: Chapter X - Description of the chaotic state
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita [by Narayana Gosvami]
There is a great annihilation (maha-pralaya) at the end of Brahma s life span. At that time, all of the elements enter Shri Bhagavan s external potency, and by His will, they are again created by His material nature at the beginning of the next kalpa, or day of Lord Brahma. One can refer to Shrimad-Bhagavatam (12.4.5–6) for further information....
Read full contents: Verse 9.7
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
This statement proves that he believed in avidya as an objective entity of an indescribable nature (anirvacya avidya), into which all world-products disappear during the maha-pralaya and out of which they reappear in the end and become associated with psychological ignorance and wrong impressions which had also disappeared into it at the time of the maha-pralaya....
Read full contents: Part 12 - Vacaspati Mishra (a.d. 840)
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