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Dissolution

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The ending or absorption of the universe’s existing form; in Hindu cyclical accounts, this is part of a wider cycle rather than necessarily the final end of everything.

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Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (Short Course) · C125

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Many Hindu accounts understand the universe cyclically: creation and dissolution belong to repeated cosmic cycles. Dissolution means that the universe’s existing form ends or is absorbed, rather than necessarily disappearing for ever.
Revise: Hindu and Non-Religious Views of the Universe’s Origin

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Universe

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