atala

atala n. (-laṃ) A particular hell or division of the infernal regions, the portion immediately below the earth.

E. a neg. and tala bottom.

a-tala (laṃ) 1. n. A particular hell.
a. Without bottom, bottomless.

atala Bahuvr. n. (-lam) A particular hell or division of the

infernal regions, the portion immediately below the earth.

E. a priv. and tala; ‘bottomless’.

atala a-tala, am, n. bottomless; N. of

a hell beneath the earth; (as), m. Śiva. —Atala-

sparśa, as, ā, am, or atala-spṛś, k, k, k, touching

the atala; bottomless; (or it may be a-tala-sparśa,

whose bottom cannot be touched or reached.)

atala a. Bottomless.

— laṃ [asya bhūkhaṃḍasya talaṃ pṛṣo° idamo'ttvam] N. of a pātāla or lower region, one of the 7 Pātālas, being the first among them.

— laḥ N. of Śiva.

Comp.

— spṛś,

— sparśa a. [na tale spṛśyate karmaṇi kvip; na talasya sparśo yatra] bottomless, very deep, unfathomable.

atala n. N. of a cert. hell (lit. bottomless).

atala a-tala, n. N. of a hell (bottomless).

a-tala n. bottomless

N. of a hell beneath the earth

a-tala m. N. of Śiva.

atala

n. (-laṃ) A particular hell or division of the infernal regions, the
portion immediately below the earth.

E. a neg. and tala bottom.

atala a. Bottomless. -lam [asya bhūkhaṇḍasya talaṃ pṛṣo˚ idamo'tvam] N. of a pātāla or lower region, one of the 7 Pātālas, being the first among them. -laḥ N. of Śiva. -Comp. -spṛśū -sparśa a. [na. tale spṛśyate karmaṇi kvip; na talasya sparśo yatra] bottomless, very deep, unfathomable.

atala atala a. sans fond.

— S. n. (tala) le premier enfer, le moins profond.

atalaspṛś, atalasparśa, a. très-profond; qui touche l'enfer.

atala- nt. n. d'un enfer.

atala (3. a + tala)

1) adj. bodenlos.

— 2) m. ein Beiname Śiva's H. ś. 46.

— 3) n. N. einer Hölle ĀRUṆ. UP. in Ind. St. II, 178, N. 3. VEDĀNTAS. 12, 1. VP. 204.

atala n. Name einer Hölle 268,4.

atala n. N. einer Hölle (eig. bodenlos).

atala na0 asya bhūkhaṇḍasya talaṃ pṛṣo0 idamo'ttvam .
saptapātālamadhye prathamakhaṇḍe bhūmeradhobhāge . tallokāśca sapta,
atala, vitala, sutala, talātala, mahātala, rasātala, pātāla-
saṃjñakā adhodhastiṣṭhanti teṣāṃ niveśasthānañca “svādū-
dakāntarvaḍavānalo'sau pātālalokāḥ pṛthivīpuṭānīti”
si0 śi go0 uktam . viśeṣastattacchabde vakṣyate . talaśūnye
tri0 nāsti talaḥ pratiṣṭhā yasya . apratiṣṭhe tri0 .

Atala ¹ — a thigh of the cosmic Puruṣa; is dependent on

the loins of the Puruṣa.² An underworld, ruled by Bala, son

of Maya.³ The fourth world of pink (pīta) soil and resi-

dence of daityas like Kālanemi.⁴ [Footnote] 1) Bhā. II. 1. 27. [Footnote] 2) Ib. II. 5. 40. [Footnote] 3) Ib. V. 24. 7 & 16. [Footnote] 4) Br. II.

20. 12, 14, 32-34.

ATALA . This is one of the seven sections of Pātāla. The

seven sections are: Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala,

Mahātala, Rasātala, Pātāla. Of them Atala has been

described as follows: Atala is the first world of Pātāla.

There reigns Bala, the son of Maya who is the famous

but haughty magician. He has created 96 Mayas who

are capable of granting all kinds of desires. Even now

certain persons who are interested in the practice of

Black magic, learn some of these 96 arts and practise

them. When this mighty fellow opens his mouth for

yawning, three groups of women known as Puṃścalīs,

Svairiṇīs and Kāminīs emerge from his mouth. He has

with him a rasāyana called hāṭaka with which he can

easily entice and seduce all who enter Atala and to

strengthen them for satisfying his lust. After enticing

them with it, he enjoys uncontrolled pleasure with

them, showering on them his amorous glances, bewitch-

ing smiles and embraces. (Devī Bhāgavata, Aṣṭama

Skandha).