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								        | pralaya   |   |  
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											        | Short Description: | “Dissolution”; Hindu teaching that all appearance is subject to a periodic process of destruction and recreation; see mahāpralaya. |  
													| Long Description: | “dissolution”; Hindu teaching that all appearance is subject to a periodic process of destruction and recreation; see mahāpralaya. |  
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													| Source(s): | Light on the Ancient Worlds: New Translation with Selected Letters |  
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