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नरक narak, s.m. Hell (the place of torment, as distinguished from pātāl, 'the lower regions,' q.v.; narakincludes a number of places of torture of various descriptions, generally said to be twenty-one in number);—name of a demon, a son of Bhūmior Earth (and therefore called Bhauma; he was slain by Krishṇ);—name of a district:—narakāsur (˚ka+as˚), s.m. The demon Narak (also called Bhaumāsur):—narak bhugatnā, or narak bhognā, or narak-meṅpaṛnā, To undergo the torments of hell; to be cast into hell:—narakasthā, s.f. The river of hell:—narak-kādwārā, s.m. The gate of hell:—narak-kuṇḍ, s.m. A pit or abyss in hell wherein the wicked are tormented (eighty-six such are enumerated):—narak-vās, vulg. narak-bās, or narak-vāsī, vulg. narak-bāsī, adj. & s.m. Dwelling in hell, being in hell;—one whose abode is hell, an inhabitant of hell (syn. dozaḵẖī):—narak-yantranā, s.f. The torments of hell.