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    See also andhakāra, andhakāraḥ.


    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 1313, col. 1.
    andha—kāla m. a partic. hell, Kāraṇḍ.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 43, col. 1.
    andhakāla m. eine best. Hölle, Kāraṇḍ. 18, 14.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 40, col. 2.
    andhakāla (m. or nt.), (1) time of being blind: Kv

    59.4, said of a son by his parents, (jarākāle yaṣṭibhūto)

    andhakāle mārgasyopadarśakaḥ (so read for text °opa-

    mardakaḥ; foll. by maraṇakāle piṇḍadātā); (2) n. of a

    hell: Kv 18.14 (read Andhakāra? but this is not recorded

    as n. of a hell).