Word

Mahapralaya

Sanskrit

महाप्रलय

IAST

mahāpralaya

In General

The total annihilation of the universe at the end of a kalpa

The dissolution of all the worlds of relativity (Bhuloka, Bhuvaloka, Swaloka, Mahaloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, and Satyaloka), until nothing but the Absolute remains. There are lesser dissolutions, known simply as pralayas, when only the first five worlds (lokas) are dissolved.