Apahsamvarta, Apaḥsaṃvarta, Apah-samvarta: 2 definitions
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Apahsamvarta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaḥsaṃvarta (अपःसंवर्त):—[=apaḥ-saṃvarta] [from ap] m. destruction (of the world) by water, [Buddhist literature]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaḥsaṃvarta (अपःसंवर्त):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-rtaḥ) (In Buddhistic doctrine.) The destruc-tion of the earth by water. ‘A hundred thousand years previous to the destruction of the earth by water, a Deva appears to warn all the beings concerned of the event, as when it is destroyed by fire; a cloud forms at the same time in a Kela-laksha of Sakwalas and after raining for a short time disappears. After an immense interval another cloud appears, and the rain called Khārodaka begins to fall; at first in small drops, but gradually increasing in size until they are as large as a palm tree; this rain is so acrid that it dissolves entirely the earth and all things connected with it’ (Spence Hardy, Manual of Buddhism p. 32). E. apas and saṃvarta.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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