Narakantaka, Naraka-antaka, Narakāntaka: 7 definitions
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Narakantaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexNarakāntaka (नरकान्तक).—Kṛṣṇa.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 36. 34.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNarakāntaka (नरकान्तक).—m. epithets of Kṛṣṇa; नरकरिपुणा सार्धं तेषां सभीमकिरीटिनाम् (narakaripuṇā sārdhaṃ teṣāṃ sabhīmakirīṭinām) Ve.3.24.
Derivable forms: narakāntakaḥ (नरकान्तकः).
Narakāntaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms naraka and antaka (अन्तक). See also (synonyms): narakāri, narakajit, narakaripu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNarakāntaka (नरकान्तक).—m.
(-kaḥ) Vishnu. E. naraka hell, and antaka destroyer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNarakāntaka (नरकान्तक):—[from naraka] m. ‘destroyer of the demon N°’ Name of Kṛṣṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNarakāntaka (नरकान्तक):—[narakā+ntaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Vishnu.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Naraka, Antaka.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 4.44 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 36 - Agastya recites the Hymn Kṛṣṇāmṛta < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
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