कुम्भी पाक नर्क kumbhī pāk nark
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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
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- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Kumbhī Pāk Hell, one of the 7 hells, where the damned are thrown into pots of boiling oil.
Usual translation
- extreme depths of hell
Origin of the definition
कुम्भी पाक kumbhī pāk (sanskrit)
Kumbhīpāk, one of the 7 hells, where the damned are thrown into pots of boiling oil.
कुम्भी पाक नर्क. Kumbhipaka Naraka (One of the twentyeight narakas (hells) is described in the Garuda Purana, one of the 16 Puras of Hinduism. This is the hell for those who kill animals for pleasure. Here oil is kept boiled in huge vessels (Kumbhi) and sinners are plunged in this vessels(pak). It is said that the worst of all hells is the Kumbhipak hell.
Hell (the place of torment, as distinguished from pātāl, 'the lower regions' ; narak includes a number of places of torture of various descriptions, generally said to be twenty-one in number).
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
13 occurrences
In 9 on 2386 murlis
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- Wednesday 30 August 2023
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