Pralaya

There are four kinds of प्रलय (pralaya) mentioned in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa. Nitya (नित्य) pralaya which has to do with constant end of everything like the day ends when we sleep and starts when we…

The Assembly

The word पुराण (purāṇa) means anything belonging to very ancient times and is an antonym for नूतन (nūtana) which means new, recent. The problem in India is the definition of what really is ancient in…