వైతరణి

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वैतरणी (vaitaraṇī).

Noun

వైతరణి • (vaitaraṇi) ? (plural వైతరణులు)

1. (Hinduism) the river of fire that is said to exist in hell, similar to Styx in Greek mythology

References

• "వైతరణి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1235