पाताल [ pātāla ] [ pātāla ] n. (rarely m. ; ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . ; perhaps fr. 2. [ pāta ] as [ antarāla ] fr. [ antar ] ; cf. Lit. Uṇ. i , 116) one of the 7 regions under the earth and the abode of the Nāgas or serpents and demons ( cf. Lit. RTL. 102 n. 1 ; sometimes used as a general N. for the lower regions or hells ; in Lit. MBh. also N. of a town in the serpent-world) Lit. AruṇUp. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  an excavation , hole in the earth Lit. MBh.

  she submarine fire Lit. L.

  (in astrol.) the fourth house Lit. Var.

  N. of a Tīrtha Lit. Cat.

  [ pātāla ] m. = [ yantra ] blow Lit. L.

  (in astron.) N. of Jupiter's year of 361 days

  (in music) a kind of measure

  N. of the attendant of the 14th Arhat of present Ava-sarpiṇī.