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pātāla

n. (rarely m.; ifc. f(A). ; perhaps fr. 2. pāta as antarāla fr. antar; cf. [Uṇ. i, 116]) one of the 7 regions under the earth and the abode of the Nāgas or serpents and demons (cf. [RTL. 102 n. 1] &c.; sometimes used as a general N. for the lower regions or hells; in [MBh.] also N. of a town in the serpent-world), [ĀruṇUp.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

an excavation, hole in the earth, [MBh.]

she submarine fire, [L.]

(in astrol.) the fourth house, [Var.]

N. of a Tīrtha, [Cat.]

m. = yantra blow, [L.]

(in astron.) N. of Jupiter's year of 361 days

(in music) a kind of measure

N. of the attendant of the 14th Arhat of present Ava-sarpiṇī.