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Naraka (Buddhism)

Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक; Chinese: 地獄／奈落; pinyin: Dìyù/Nàiluò; Japanese: 地獄／奈落, romanized: Jigoku/Naraku) is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as "hell" (or "hell realm") or "purgatory". Another term used for the concept of hell in earlier writings is niraya (Pali and Sanskrit). In Cambodia, Naraka was part of Buddhist cosmology…

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ㄉㄧˋㄩˋ
Burmese
ငရဲ Nga Yè
Chữ Hán
地獄
Dungan
диюй
Fuzhou BUC
Ti-guk
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
dihyuh

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Triples65
Avg. degree1.98
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Transcriptions · 5
Naraka (Buddhism) → TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationJiokMcCune–ReischauerChiok, TranscriptionsRomanizationJigoku / Naraku, TranscriptionsSASM/GNCTam, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinDìyùBopomofoㄉㄧˋㄩˋGwoyeu RomatzyhdihyuhWade–GilesTi⁴-yu⁴Tongyong PinyindihyúYale RomanizationdihyúmMPS2díhyúIPA[tî.iû]other MandarinX…, TranscriptionsWylieDmyal BaTibetan PinyinNung-Wa
Romanization · 4
Naraka (Buddhism) → Ji24-gouk2, Jigoku / Naraku, Ti-ku Tiku, Ti平-ku入
IPA · 3
Naraka (Buddhism) → [ji˩.wkʰ] or [ji˩.hʊk̚˩], [tî.iû], Ti33-kiɛ24/
Yale Romanization · 2
Naraka (Buddhism) → deih yuhk, dihyúm
Bopomofo · 1
Naraka (Buddhism) → ㄉㄧˋㄩˋ
Burmese · 1
Naraka (Buddhism) → ငရဲ Nga Yè
Chữ Hán · 1
Naraka (Buddhism) → 地獄
Dungan · 1
Naraka (Buddhism) → диюй
Fuzhou BUC · 1
Naraka (Buddhism) → Ti-guk
Gwoyeu Romatzyh · 1
Naraka (Buddhism) → dihyuh

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hell naraka hells chinese beings pinyin sanskrit called japanese iron one great karma hot buddhist cold also romanized wardens suffering

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Naraka (Buddhism)Bopomofoㄉㄧˋㄩˋ1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Burmeseငရဲ Nga Yè1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Chữ Hán地獄1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Dunganдиюй1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Fuzhou BUCTi-guk1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Gwoyeu Romatzyhdihyuh1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Hangul지옥1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Hanja地獄1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Hanyu PinyinDìyù1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Hinghwa BUCTi-guk1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Hokkien POJTi-ku1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)IndonesianNeraka, Jahanam1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)IPA[tî.iû]1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)IPATi33-kiɛ24/1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)IPA[ji˩.wkʰ] or [ji˩.hʊk̚˩]1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Jian'ou RomanizedTi-guk1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Jyutpingdei6 juk61.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Kanji地獄 / 奈落1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Laoນະຮົກ Na Hok1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)MalayNeraka1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)McCune–ReischauerChiok1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Mongolian CyrillicТам1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Mongolian script.mw-parser-output .font-mong{font-family:"Menk Hawang Tig","Menk Qagan Tig","Menk Garqag Tig","Menk Har_a Tig","Menk Scnin Tig","Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig","Oyun Qagan Tig","Oyun Gar…1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)MPS2díhyú1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Pha̍k-fa-sṳJi-kguk1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Pāli𑀦𑀺𑀭𑀬 (in Brahmi) Niraya (Romanised)1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)Revised RomanizationJiok1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)RomanizationTi平-ku入1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)RomanizationTi-ku Tiku1.00infobox
Naraka (Buddhism)RomanizationJi24-gouk21.00infobox

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