Alternative spellings of this word include Vairochananiketana.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vairocananiketana (वैरोचननिकेतन).—n.

(-naṃ) Patala the intermediate region between the earth and Tartarus or Naraka, over part of which Bali presides. E. vairocana the prince Bali, and niketana abode; the sovereign of this name being an incarnate Daitya or hereditary foe of the gods, and being invested with a sovereignty in the lower regions after his humilation by Vishnu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vairocananiketana (वैरोचननिकेतन).—n. (The abode of Bali, i. e.) Pātāla, the intermediate region between the earth and Naraka, over which part Bali presides.

Vairocananiketana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vairocana and niketana (निकेतन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vairocananiketana (वैरोचननिकेतन):—[=vairocana-niketana] [from vairocana] n. ‘abode of Bali’, the lower regions, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vairocananiketana (वैरोचननिकेतन):—[vairocana-niketana] (naṃ) 1. m. Pātāla, the intermediate region between the earth and hell.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vairocana, Niketana.

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