Where does “naraka” come from?
naraka (Pali) comes from Sanskrit नरक, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.
naraka (Pali): purgatory, hell
Ancestry of “naraka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | नरक | hell |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | — |
Words derived from “naraka”