1 Destruction, annihilation, dissolution; syānāni kiṃ himavataḥ pra- layaṃ gatāni Bh. 3. 70, 69; pralayaṃ nī- tvā Śi. 11. 66 ‘causing to disappear’. [Page0758-c+ 56]

2 The destruction of the whole universe (at the end of a kalpa), universal destruction; Ku. 2. 8; Bg. 7. 6.

3 Any extensive de- struction or devastation.

4 Death, dying, destruction; prārabdhāḥ pralayāya māṃsavadaho vikretumete vayaṃ Mu. 5. 21; 1....