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underworld | naraka |

As a noun underworld

is that part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.

As a proper noun Naraka is

the underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins.

underworld

English

(wikipedia underworld)

Noun

(en noun)
  • That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
  • (mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

    • Synonyms

    * (world of the dead) netherworld

    See also

    * Hades, Tartarus * hell * Hel, Niflheim, Niflhel * Gehenna

    naraka

    English

    (wikipedia Naraka)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (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.