pratisarga

प्रतिसर्ग pratisarga

Secondary creation; the periodic dissolution and re-creation of the world, the second of a Purana's five marks.

Where this term appears

What are the Puranas? Scriptures
Second, pratisarga , the dissolution and re-creation that follows, the world unmade and made again.
Of Old Treatise
Its five terms are sarga , the original creation of the cosmos; pratisarga , its dissolution and re-creation, the cycle of world after world; vamsha , the genealogies of the gods and the ancient sages; manvanta…
The Wheel of Ages Treatise
This is the one promise of the five marks that the Puranas keep magnificently: sarga and pratisarga , creation and re-creation, the turning of the worlds.