"Naraka" meaning in English

See Naraka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Sanskrit नरक (naraka). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|sa|नरक}} Sanskrit नरक (naraka) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Naraka
  1. (Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism) The underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins. Wikipedia link: Naraka Tags: Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism Categories (topical): Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism

Download JSON data for Naraka meaning in English (2.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "नरक"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit नरक (naraka)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit नरक (naraka).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Naraka",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Buddhism",
          "orig": "en:Buddhism",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hinduism",
          "orig": "en:Hinduism",
          "parents": [
            "India",
            "Religion",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Jainism",
          "orig": "en:Jainism",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sikhism",
          "orig": "en:Sikhism",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins."
      ],
      "id": "en-Naraka-en-name-ShX0ZKBV",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "Sikhism",
          "Sikhism"
        ],
        [
          "Jainism",
          "Jainism"
        ],
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "underworld",
          "underworld"
        ],
        [
          "Hell",
          "Hell"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "expiation",
          "expiation"
        ],
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism) The underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism",
        "Jainism",
        "Sikhism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Naraka"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Naraka"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "नरक"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit नरक (naraka)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit नरक (naraka).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Naraka",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "en:Buddhism",
        "en:Hinduism",
        "en:Jainism",
        "en:Sikhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "Sikhism",
          "Sikhism"
        ],
        [
          "Jainism",
          "Jainism"
        ],
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "underworld",
          "underworld"
        ],
        [
          "Hell",
          "Hell"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "expiation",
          "expiation"
        ],
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism) The underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism",
        "Jainism",
        "Sikhism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Naraka"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Naraka"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.