moisture exuded through the pores, esp. from heat or nervousness; sweat.

free from passion, desire or emotion; passionless.

without sin; sinless; religiously pure.

the state of being free from sin; sinlessness.

a sinless, innocent man.

= ನಿರಖು.

the quality of being passionless, placid.

a man who is passionless.

free from passion, emotion; placid; passionless; impassive.

a keeping in check, restraint; a curbing.

a vexing or being vexed; vexation.

a compelling or being compelled; compulsion.

(myth.) the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; hell.

punishment awarded to the wicked in the hell.

(myth.) a daemon, slain by Křṣṇa.

(jain.) a class of beings that are condemned in the hell.

(Jain.) one of the seven hells.

(fig.) waste matter from the bowels; faeces; excrement.

(fig.) a very miserable, deeply distressed condition; a wretched state.

ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೂ ನರಕದ ಭಯ ತಪ್ಪದು nagaradalliddarū narakada bhaya tappadu (prov.) your current position can never save you from being punished after death (if you are a sinner); ನರಕಕ್ಕೆ ನವದ್ವಾರ, ನಾಕಕ್ಕೆ ಏಕದ್ವಾರ narakakke navadvāra, nākakke ēkadvāra (prov.) there are lot ways that lead to hell, while virtuousness is the only path for heaven; ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕರುಣವಿಲ್ಲ, ಸ್ವರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮರಣವಿಲ್ಲ narakadalli karuṇavilla, svargadalli maraṇavilla (prov.) (said as a warning) once committed to hell, one cannot expect sympathy; ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದವನಿಗೆ ಹರುಕು ಬಟ್ಟೆಯಾದರೇನು? narakadalli biddavanige haruku baṭṭeyādarēnu (prov.) rags do not deepen the completely wretched state of life one is in; ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೀಳುವವನು ಹರಕೆ ಹೊತ್ತರೆ ತಪ್ಪೀತೆ? narakadalli bīḷuvavanu harake hottare tappīte (prov.) a vow in propitiation can never be a perfect expiation for a sinner; one has to pay the price for one's own sins; ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಭೇದವಿಲ್ಲ, ಸ್ವರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ರೋಗವಿಲ್ಲ narakadalli bhēdavilla, svargadalli rōgavilla (prov.) once committed to hell, no discrimination can be expected; ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿರುವವರು ನಾಕವನ್ನು ಬಯಸಿದ ಹಾಗೆ narakadalliruvavaru nākavannu bayasida hāge (prov.) committed to hell, one cannot imagine going to heaven without undergoing the punishment ordained; ನರಕವುಂಟು ಎಂದು ಅಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ, ತಪ್ಪೀತೆ? narakavuṇṭu endu aḷuttiddare tappīte (prov.) dead sure are the repercussions that one's sins bring, however one grieves; ನಾ ಅಂದರೆ ನರಕ, ನೀ ಅಂದರೆ ನಾಕ nā andare naraka, nī andare nāka (prov.) egoism hatches sins, while renunciation brings heaven.

of, from or like hell; hellish.

(pros.) a meter in which each line of the verse has one group of three short syllabic instants, one group of three syllables with the central one being short and other two long, followed by a long syllable (totalling to 9 syllabic units).

(myth.) the world believed to be below the earth, where wicked and condemned are punished after death; hell.

a person suffering punishment in the hell for the wicked acts committed during one's life-time.

a wicked act; sin.

= ನರಕ - 1.

a man who is dealing in fibres, coir, etc.

= ನಾರಕ2 -2.

= ನರುಕು.

to utter a deep sound expressing pain, distress; to groan.

= ನಿರಕು1.

= ನರಕಭಾಜನ.

the quality being accurate; precision; exactness.