रसातल

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

RASĀTALA   A particular part of Pātāla where, according to the Purāṇas, the Nivātakavacas live. The Mahābhārata contains the following information regarding Rasātala.
(1) During the deluge the Agni called Saṁvarta rent the earth and reached up to Raśātala. [Vana Parva, Chapter 188, Verse 69] .
(2) The Rākṣasī called Kṛtyā created by the asuras once carried away Duryodhana to Pātāla. [Vana Parva, Chapter 251, Verse 29] .
(3) Rasātala is the seventh stratum of the earth. Surabhi the mother of cows born from nectar lives there. [Udyoga Parva, Chapter 102, Verse 1] .
(4) It is more comfortable and happy to live in Rasātala than to live either in Nāgaloka or Svarga. [Udyoga Parva, Chapter 102, Verse 14] .
(5) It was in Rasātala that Mahāviṣṇu incarnated as Boar and killed the asuras with his tusk. [Śānti Parva, Chapter 206, Verse 26] .
(6) Mahāviṣṇu, who assumed the form of Hayagrīva went to Raśātala, killed Madhu and Kaiṭabha and resurrected the Vedas. [Śānti Parva, Chapter 347, Verse 54] .
(7) King Vasu went to Rasātala because he uttered one lie. [Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 6, Verse 34] .
(8) Rasātala is Ananta's abode. Balabhadrarāma who was an incarnation of Ananta, gave up his material body at Prabhāsa tīrtha and attained Rasātala. [Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Verse 28] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  पृथ्वी के नीचे के सात लोकों में से छठा   Ex. रसातल की तुलना नरक से की जाती है ।

ONTOLOGY:

काल्पनिक वस्तु (Imaginary) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

रसा

Wordnet:

guj રસાતલ

kas زٔمیٖنُک شیٚیُم تَہ

kok रसातळ

mar रसातळ

pan ਰਸਾਤਲ

san रसातलम्

tam ரசவாதம்

tel పాతాళలోకం.

urd زمین کی چھٹیں پرت , رساتال

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Aryabhushan School Dictionary

n   The lowest of the seven divisions of पाताळ.
रसातळास जाणें   Be spoiled, blasted-a business.
रसातळास नेणें   Spoil (a business).

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : रसातळ

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रसा—तल  n.  n. N. of one of the seven hells or regions under the earth, [MBh.]; [Pur.] &c. ( [RTL. 102 n. 1])

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रसा तल

the lower world or hell in general (not to be confounded with नरक or the place of punishment), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the 4th astrological mansion, [VarBṛS.]
the earth, ground, soil, [Subh.]
रसा—तल  m.  m. N. of a poet, ib.

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रसा तल

Shabda-Sagara

रसातल  n.  ( -लं)
1. Pātāla; the seven infernal regions under the earth, and the residence of the Nāgas, Asuras, Daityas, and other races [Page599-b+ 60] of monstrous and demoniacal beings, under the various govern- ments of Sesha, Bali, and other chiefs; this is not to be confound- ed with Naraka or Tartarus, the proper hell or abode of guilty mortals after death.
2. The lowest of the seven divisions of Pātāla.
E. रसा the earth, and तल below, underneath.

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रसा तल