History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1756

v7.c99.1756

Pralaya (dissolution of the world), (vide 'Cosmogony' and 'Cosmology'); of four kinds, according to Purāṇas, 693-94, 1503; prākṛtika pr. based on Sāṅkhya, 694-695; recurrent absorptions of all beings and elements at the advent of Brahmā's night and reappearing at day 695, 1503; terrible and harrowing descriptions of naimittika pralaya from Kūrmapurāṇa and Vanaparva, 694; works like Harivaṁśa and Purāṇas say that at the end of Kalpa the sage Mārkaṇḍeya alone remains, lies in the side of Viṣṇu and comes out of Viṣṇu's mouth 695.