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naraka

náraka m. n. ([Nir.]; naráka, [TĀr.]) hell, place of torment, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

(distinguished from pātāla, q.v.; personified as a son of Anṛta and Nirṛti or Nirkṛti, [MārkP.]; there are many different hells, generally 21 [Mn. iv, 88]-[90]; [Yājñ.]; [Pur.] &c.)

náraka m. N. of a demon (son of Viṣṇu and Bhūmi or the Earth, and therefore called Bhauma, haunting Prāg-jyotiṣa and slain by Kṛṣṇa), [MBh.]; [Pur.]; [Rājat.] &c.

of a son of Vipra-citti, [VP.]

= deva-rātriprabheda (?), [L.]

náraka m. n. N. of a place of pilgrimage, [MBh.] (v.l. anaraka)