Naraka, Nāraka: 34 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNaraka (नरक):—[UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 5, 35.]
1) m. Unterwelt, Hölle [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 2, 1.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 28.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1359.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 55.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 108.] nejjihmāyantyo narakaṃ patāma [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 11.] dakṣiṇāpūrvasyāṃ diśi visarpī narakaḥ [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 1, 19, 1.] narakaṃ pratipadyate [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 116. 11, 206.] narakaṃ yānti [3, 172. 249. 4, 87.] narakaṃ gacchataḥ [235. 8, 128. 313.] arvāṅnarakamabhyeti 75. narakaṃ vrajet [94. 307.] narake hi patantyete [11, 37.] narake vaset 207. ghorānnarakānprāpya [12, 54.] narakeṣu vivartanam 75. kṛcchre sa narake majjet [Nalopākhyāna 6, 12.] [Mahābhārata 5, 1589. 14, 2736.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, 13.] [Pañcatantra 108, 21.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 7, 22. 6, 17, 20.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 15, 80. 18, 7.] neutr. [25, 17.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 29, 15.] [UJJVAL. a. a. O.] Verschiedene Höllen (21 die gewöhnliche Zahl) aufgeführt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 87. fgg.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 221. fgg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 48. 207. fgg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 4. fgg.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1359. fgg.] Hieher gehört wohl auch dhūrtā narakarūpiṇaḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 6518.] Vgl. nāraka . —
2) n. die personificirte Hölle ist ein Sohn des Anṛta von der Nirṛti (Nikṛti) [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 29.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 56.] —
3) m. Nomen proprium eines Dämons, eines Sohnes der Erde (daher bhauma genannt), der in Prāgjyotiṣa hauste und hier von Kṛṣṇa erschlagen wurde, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 221.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 1, 2537. 2, 364. 3, 477. 488. 10914. 5, 1887. 12, 8261. 12956.] [Arjunasamāgama 5, 20.] [Harivaṃśa 216. 2287. 2362. 3117. 3134. 6791. fgg. 9126. 9132. 9160. 9790. 12695. 12848.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 20, 17.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 148. 581. fgg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 10, 32.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 150.] —
4) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes: paphakanarakāḥ gaṇa tikakitavādi zu. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 68.] —
5) Nomen proprium eines Landstrichs: muruṃ ca narakaṃ caiva śāsti yo yavanādhipaḥ . bhagadattaḥ [Mahābhārata 2, 578.] ein Wallfahrtsort: tato gaccheta narakaṃ tīrthasevī [3, 7029.] —
6) m. = devarātriprabheda (!) [Uṇādikoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
7) f. narikā [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 44, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1.] = narāṃkāyati Schol.
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Nāraka (नारक):—(von naraka)
1) adj. proparox. f. ī zur Hölle in Beziehung stehend, in der Hölle erfolgend, in der Hölle befindlich, höllisch: loka die Hölle (vgl. svargo lokaḥ) [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 4, 36], wo die Länge des Vocals in [Prātiśākhya 3, 21] als bedeutungslose Dehnung angesehen wird; vgl. 2. yātanāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 30, 30.] nirvṛti der in der Hölle erfolgende Tod 5. dehinām Höllenbewohner [4, 20, 23.] sattvāstu nārakāḥ . pretāḥ [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 2, 2.] m. Höllenbewohner [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 23. 1358.] suranṛnārakāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 10, 41.] divyamānuṣanārakagatayaḥ [5, 19, 19. 3, 14, 42.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 15, 73.] —
2) m. ( [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 3]) oxyt. Unterwelt, Hölle, = naraka [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 137,] [Scholiast 6, 1, 7, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 3,] [Scholiast] [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 2, 1.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1359.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 30, 5.]
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Naraka (नरक):—
1) ayaṃ bhaumo narakaḥ diese irdische Hölle, die Hölle auf Erden [Mahābhārata 1, 3603. 3606.] neutr. [Spr. 4649.] —
5) [?Z. 3 Mahābhārata 3, 7039] (so ist zu lesen st. [7029]) hat die ed. Bomb. tato gacchedanarakaṃ (vgl. anarakeśvaratīrtha) tīrthasevī . — Vgl. mahā .
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Nāraka (नारक):—
1) jantavaḥ [Halāyudha 3, 3.] dūtāḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 360.] duḥkha [96, 20.] gati [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 20, 13.] m. Herr der Unterwelt (Comm.) [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 4, 1, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNaraka (नरक):——
1) m. n. (seltener) Unterwelt , Hölle. ayaṃbhaumo narakaḥ die Hölle auf Erden. naraka [Nirukta] naraka [Taittirīyāraṇyaka] Die personificirte Hölle ist ein Kind des Anṛta. —
2) m. — a) * = devarātriprabheda. — b) Nomen proprium — α) eines Von Kṛṣṇa erschlagenen Dämons , eines Sohnes Viṣṇu’s und der Erde , [Bālarāmāyaṇa 64,11.] [Harṣacarita 187,8.] — β) eines Sohnes des Vipracitti [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,21,11.] —
3) m. oder n. Nomen proprium eines Wallfahrtsortes (hier v.l. anaraka). —
4) *f. narikā = narāṃkāyati.
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Nāraka (नारक):—1. —
1) Adj. (f. ī) zur Hölle in Beziehung stehend , in der H. erfolgend , — befindlich , höllisch. loka m. die Hölle. —
2) m. — a) Höllenbewohner. — b) der Herr der Unterwelt.
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Nāraka (नारक):—2. m. die Unterwelt , Hölle.
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Starts with (+84): Naraka-bhutali, Narakabadhe, Narakabhajana, Narakabhajane, Narakabhaya, Narakabhiru, Narakabhumi, Narakabhutale, Narakabhutali, Narakabila, Narakacakravartin, Narakacaturdashi, Narakaccurru, Narakace-khapara, Narakacem Khapara, Narakachakravartin, Narakaci Samagri, Narakaci-samagri, Narakacora, Narakacuran.
Ends with (+6): Aghoranaraka, Akshobhanaraka, Anaraka, Andhanaraka, Arasunaraka, Devanaraka, Dinaraka, Ekkalanaraka, Grihanaraka, Guthanaraka, Kaanaraka, Kancanaraka, Kanchanaraka, Kosinaraka, Kumbhinaraka, Kunaraka, Mahanaraka, Nayaka-naraka, Nayanaraka, Paphakanaraka.
Full-text (+368): Naraki, Narakajit, Mahanaraka, Raurava, Narakam, Narakadevata, Murtilinga, Kshitiputra, Shulaprota, Narakavasa, Narakakunda, Makanarakam, Narakarupin, Narakantaka, Narakaukas, Bhauma, Narakari, Narakaya, Kolanji-narakam, Matala-narakam.
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Search found 92 books and stories containing Naraka, Nāraka; (plurals include: Narakas, Nārakas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 26 - Greatness of Gokarṇa Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 226 - Tortures in Twenty-one Hells < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 29 - The Great Efficacy of Anaraka Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Some Geography < [Second Section]
The Death of Dvivida < [Fifth Section]
The Killing of Narakasura < [Fifth Section]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.1.26 < [Chapter 1 - Advice to Kaṃsa]
Verses 5.7.14-15 < [Chapter 7 - The Killing of Kuvalayāpīḍa]
Verse 1.6.50 < [Chapter 6 - Description of Kaṃsa’s Strength]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 5 - On the infernal beings (Nārakas): their life-span, respiration and intake < [Chapter 1]
Vivekachudamani (by Shankara)
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