1. (someone) living, suffering in hell.
2. (one) doomed to suffer in niraya.

adjective belonging to niraya or purgatory, hellish; one doomed to suffering in purgatory (n. satta = inhabitant of n. Vin.ii.205 (āpāyiko n. kappaṭṭho); Vin.iv.7; DN.iii.6, DN.iii.9, DN.iii.12; AN.i. …

dwelling, sphere, world, realm SN.i.206, Snp.810 (see explⁿ Mnd.132: nerayikānaṃ nirayo bh. etc. & Snp-a.534: niray’ ādi-bhede bhavane); Mnd.448 (Inda˚ the realm of Indra); Ja.iii.275 (nā …

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

adjective noun

1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

…Vv-a.23, where manussa-nerayika, ˚peta, ˚tiracchāna are distinguished
■ Snp.75, Snp.307, Snp.333 sq., Snp.611 sq. Dhp.85, Dhp.188,…

…nevāsika cp. naivasika Mvu.iii.38); AN.v.149 (variant reading BB nerayika, Com. nevāsiko ti nivāsakaro).

fr. nicaya

…Sdhp.285
■ See also nerayika.

• -gāmin (adj.) leading to purgatory (magga) Snp.277
• -dukkha…

…contrasted with āpāyika nerayika cp. Dhp-a.iv.42); Mhvs.7, Mhvs.1 (˚mañcamhi nipanna); Vv-a.158; Pv-a.244. 4. DN.iii.55; AN.v.64; Snp.514…

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

adjective piercing, sharp acute, fierce; always & only with ref. to pains, esp pains suffered in Niraya. In full combinations sarīrikā vedanā dukkhā tippā kharā MN.i.10; AN.ii.116, AN.ii.143, AN.ii.15 …

feeding, support, food, nutriment (lit & fig.). The term is used comprehensively and the usual enum^n. comprises four kinds of nutriment, viz.

1. kabaḷinkāra āhāro (bodily nutriment, either …