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Naraka

[ nuhr-uh-kuh ]

noun

, Hinduism.
  1. a place of torment for the spirits of the wicked.


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Then the exceedingly powerful Vishnu deprived (Naraka) of his senses (by striking him) with his hand.

Krishna will then attack him and at Earth's own behest, will kill Naraka and take to Dwarka all the imprisoned girls.

He forthwith asked his ministers who could make for him a naraka and preside over the punishment of wicked people in it.

Even the blazing suns of Naraka hadn't succeeded in burning the sickly yellow color off his face.

Usually about a foot high, the hardy and ubiquitous purple grass of Naraka grew far more lushly around the edges of the swamps.

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