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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry नरक

  1. नरकnarakaकम् [kam], कम् 1 Hell, infernal regions (corresponding to the realm of Pluto; there are said to be 21…
    1. कम् kam, कम् 1 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 तामिस्र, अन्धतामिस्र, महारौरव, रौरव, नरक, कालसूत्र, महानरक, संजीवन, माहवीचि, तपन, संप्रतापन, संहात, काकोल, कुड्मल, प्रतिमूर्तिक, लोहशङ्कु, ऋजीष, पन्था, शाल्मली, असितपत्रवन, लोहदारक are the 21 Narakas; Compare Ms.4. 88-9).
    2. A liquor-vessel; नरकं मद्यभाजने Nm.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः Name of a demon, king of Prāgjyotiṣa. [According to one account he carried off Aditi's ear-rings and Kṛiṣna 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 16 damsels in his harem. These, it is related, were transferred by Kṛiṣṇa to his own harem after he had slain Naraka. The demon was born of earth, and hence called 'Bhauma'] -Compound

    • -अन्तकः, -अरिः, -जित्, -रिपुः

      1. Masculine epithets of Kṛiṣṇa; नरकरिपुणा सार्धं तेषां सभीमकिरीटिनाम् Ve.3.24. आमयः the soul after death.
      2. a ghost, spirit.

    • -आवासः an inhabitant of hell.

    • -कुण्डम् a pit in hell where the wicked are tormented (86 such places are enumerated).

    • -देवता 'the deity of hell', Nirṛiti (निर्ऋति).

    • -रूपिन् Adjective hellish.

    • -वासः the abode in hell.

    • -स्या the Vaitariṇī river.

    In the Gita1·411·4316·1616·21

    संकरो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च ।

    saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṁ kulasya ca, — This confusion leads to hell the ruiners of the family, and the family; for their ancestors fall, deprived of pinda (rice offering) and libations. 1·41
    • नरकायnarakāyadative singular of the masculine noun naraka (the Hell).
    • नरकेnarakelocative singular of the masculine noun naraka (the Hell).
    • नरकस्यnarakasyagenitive singular of the masculine noun naraka (the Hell).
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Headwords under न

Part 2 of 12 नमित – नाडिकाAll parts
  1. न – नमस्यु
  2. नमित – नाडिका
  3. नाडिकेल – निंस्
  4. निःक्षत्र – निग्रह्
  5. निग्रह – निफेनम्
  6. निब – निरुध्
  7. निरूढ – निर्मोक्ष
  8. निर्मोचनम् – निविशेष
  9. निविष्ट – निष्क्काथ
  10. निष्क्रम् – नीवर
  11. नीवाक – नैर्मल्यम्
  12. नैर्लज्जम् – न्योजस्