नर्क nark

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cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

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).

Usual translation

  1. hell

Origin of the definition

नरक naraka narak (nm) the hell, inferno; a place of great torture or agony; a place unfit for human habitation; —कुंड an inferno; a hell-pool (wherein evil souls are supposed to be dipped or dropped for torture); ~गामी hell-going, heading for the hell; ~पाल Yamra:j— Lord of the hell; -यातना infernal agony, damnation; ~वास living in hell, infernal stay, a stay involving great torture and agony; —का कीड़ा a hellish creature, low sinful man; —भोगना to suffer (the agonies of) hell, to undergo immense suffering; —में पड़ना to go to hell.

S نرك नरक narak, s.m. Hell (the place of torment, as distinguished from pātāl, 'the lower regions,' q.v.; narak includes a number of places of torture of various descriptions, generally said to be twenty-one in number); — name of a demon, a son of Bhūmi or Earth (and therefore called Bhauma; he was slain by Krishṇ); — name of a district: — narakāsur (˚ka+as˚), s.m. The demon Narak (also called Bhaumāsur): — narak bhugatnā, or narak bhognā, or narak-meṅ paṛnā, To undergo the torments of hell; to be cast into hell: — naraka-sthā, s.f. The river of hell: — narak-kā dwārā, s.m. The gate of hell: — narak-kuṇḍ, s.m. A pit or abyss in hell wherein the wicked are tormented (eighty-six such are enumerated): — narak-vās, vulg. narak-bās, or narak-vāsī, vulg. narak-bāsī, adj. & s.m. Dwelling in hell, being in hell; — one whose abode is hell, an inhabitant of hell (syn. dozaḵẖī): — narak-yantranā, s.f. The torments of hell.

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Tuesday 2 June 2020
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