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Amara's Thesaurus 1.2.42

Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa) 1.2.42

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1.2.42

## Hell (4), Six specific hells listed, (Hell-bound) souls (1), River in hell (1), Misery (in hell) (1) ##
(1.9.511) syānnārakastu narako nirayo durgatiḥ striyām
(1.9.512) tadbhedāstapanāvīcimahārauravarauravāḥ
(1.9.513) saṃghātaḥ kālasūtraṃ cetyādyāḥ sattvāstu nārakāḥ
(1.9.514) pretā vaitaraṇī sindhuḥ syādalakṣmīstu nirrtiḥ

## Hell (4), Six specific hells listed, (Hell-bound) souls (1), River in hell (1), Misery (in hell) (1) ##
*Nārakaḥ*, *narakaḥ*, *nirayaḥ*, and *durgatiḥ* in the feminine [denote hell];
its varieties are *Tapana*, *Avīci*, *Mahāraurava*, *Raurava*,
*Saṃghāta*, and *Kālasūtra*, and so forth; the beings [dwelling there] are *nārakāḥ* [or]
*pretāḥ*; the river is *Vaitaraṇī*; and misfortune is *nirṛtiḥ*.

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