pralayaH 1 Destruction, annihilation, dissolution; syAnAni kiM himavataH pralayaM gatAni Bh. 3. 70 , 69 ; pralayaM nItvA Śi. 11. 66 ‘causing to disappear’. ( pb ) 2 The destruction of the whole universe (at the end of a kalpa ), universal destruction; Ku. 2. 8 ; Bg. 7. 6. 3 Any extensive destruction or devastation. 4 Death, dying, destruction; prArabDAH pralayAya mAMsavadaho vikretumete vayaM Mu. 5. 21 ; 1. 14 ; Bg. 14. 14. 5 Swoon, fainting, loss of consciousness, syncope; pralayAMtonmizite vilocane Ku. 4. 2. 6 (In Rhet. ) Loss of consciousness, considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings; pralayaH suKaduHKAdyErgAQamiMdriyamUrCanaM Pratāparudra . 7 The mystic syllable om . Comp. — kAlaH the time of universal destruction. — jalaDaraH a cloud at the dissolution of the world. — dahanaH the fire at the dissolution of the world. — payoDiH the ocean at the dissolution of the world.