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Sanskrit and Vraj philosophical terms used across the Vachanamrut, Shikshapatri, and Bhaktachintamani, sourced verbatim from Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Bhuj-Kutch's own published Vachanamrut glossary appendix — not written by us.
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- ãtyantik-pralay
- Final destruction. Destruction of all of the countless millions of brahmãnds, when even Prakruti-Purush draws
- gnãn-pralay
- Destruction by gnãn. A state of individual understanding in which Prakruti-Purush and the entities evolved from them do not come into view, and a person sees only pure chaitanya, within which only the murti of Bhagvãn resides, but no other forms remain. All mãyik influences are destroyed – as if ãtyantik-pralay has taken place for that particular individual.
- nimit-pralay
- 1) Stimulated dissolution. Destruction of the lower ten loks of the fourteen loks of a brahmãnd, including Svarg-Lok, Mrutyu-Lok and Pãtãl. This is stimulated by the end of the fourteen-manvantar day of Virãt- Purush, when his equally long night falls. 2) Brahmã’s state of sushupti (deep sleep) – when all of ishvar’s responsibilities are absorbed – which lasts as long as his day. Equivalent to 4.32 x 109 human years.
- nitya-pralay
- 1) Constant destruction. The day-to-day dying of countless individual devs, demons, humans and other beings. 2) The jeev’s state of sushupti (deep sleep) – when all of jeev’s responsibilities are absorbed.
- prãkrut-pralay
- General destruction. Destruction of the body of Virãt-
- pralay
- Destruction.