narakaH · narakaM
narakaH, -kaM Hell, infernal regions; (corresponding to the realm of Pluto; there are said to be 21 different parts of these regions where different kinds of tortures are inflicted upon sinners). — kaH N. of a demon, king of Prāgjyotiṣa. [According to one account he carried off Aditi's ear-rings and Kṛṣṇa at the request of the gods killed him in a single combat and recovered the jewels. According to another account, Naraka assumed the form of an elephant and carried off the daughter of Viśvakarman and outraged her. He also seized the daughters of Gandharvas, gods, men and the nymphs themselves, and collected more than 16000 damsels in his harem. These, it is related, were transferred by Kṛṣṇa to his own harem after he had slain Naraka. The demon was born of earth, and hence called ‘Bhauma.’]. Comp. — aMtakaH, -ariH, -jit m. epithets of Kṛṣṇa. — AmayaH 1 the soul after death. 2 a ghost, spirit. — AvAsaH an inhabitant of hell. — kuMqaM a pit in hell where the wicked are tormented; (86 such places are enumerated). — devatA ‘the deity of hell’, Nirṛti ( nirfti ). — rUpin a. hellish. — sTA the Vaitariṇī river.
narakaH, -kaM Hell, infernal regions; (corresponding to the realm of Pluto; there are said to be 21 different parts of these regions where different kinds of tortures are inflicted upon sinners). — kaH N. of a demon, king of Prāgjyotiṣa. [According to one account he carried off Aditi's ear-rings and Kṛṣṇa at the request of the gods killed him in a single combat and recovered the jewels. According to another account, Naraka assumed the form of an elephant and carried off the daughter of Viśvakarman and outraged her. He also seized the daughters of Gandharvas, gods, men and the nymphs themselves, and collected more than 16000 damsels in his harem. These, it is related, were transferred by Kṛṣṇa to his own harem after he had slain Naraka. The demon was born of earth, and hence called ‘Bhauma.’]. Comp. — aMtakaH, -ariH, -jit m. epithets of Kṛṣṇa. — AmayaH 1 the soul after death. 2 a ghost, spirit. — AvAsaH an inhabitant of hell. — kuMqaM a pit in hell where the wicked are tormented; (86 such places are enumerated). — devatA ‘the deity of hell’, Nirṛti ( nirfti ). — rUpin a. hellish. — sTA the Vaitariṇī river.