naraka
- a pit DN.i.234; Thag.869; Ja.iv.268 (˚āvāṭa Pv-a.225).
- a name for Niraya, i.e. purgatory; a place of torment for the deceased (see niraya & cp. list of narakas at Divy.67) SN.i.209; Snp.706; Pv-a.52; Sdhp.492 (saṃsāraghora˚), Sdhp.612.
- -aṅgāra the ashes of purgatory Sdhp.32.
Sk. naraka; etym. doubtful, problematic whether to Gr. νέρτερος (= inferus), Ags. nord = north as region of the underworld