Hell. The Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas and the Sutta Nipāta contain a list of hells: Abbuda, Nirabbuda, Ababa, Aṭaṭa, Ahaha, Kumuda, Sogandhika, Uppala, Puṇḍarīka, Paduma. SN.i.149 AN.v.173 Snp.p.12 …

place or state of punishment and torture (after death); hell, a hell.

…(apāya duggati vinipāta niraya); DN.i.82, DN.i.107 (id.); Vin.ii.198 (yo kho sanghaṃ bhindati kappaṃ nirayamhi paccati), Vin.ii.204;…

…he had been born in the Mahāniraya as a result of having followed the teaching of the Buddha. DN.iii.15–16

Ajita⁵Ajina

A monk whose…

…it is specifically called a niraya.

In the Dīgha passage mentioned above, the reference to Avīci is in connection with a tremendous growth of…

…intervention of Kakusandha, Dūsī’s attempts failed and he was born in the Mahā Niraya. The story is given in the Māratajjanīya Sutta…

…It is next to the Mahā Niraya, and is the habitation of needle-mouthed creatures who rip away the skin, flesh, tendons, etc., of the victim…

…at the gate of Jetavana. Kokālika died and was born in Paduma-niraya. SN.i.149ff. AN.v.171f. Snp.123f.

…The Buddha contradicts this and says that their rebirth is in a Niraya and not in any deva world. SN.iv.305f.

5hell

ParājitāParajita Sarājita

A Niraya in which those who die in battle are born. SN.iv.311

5hell

…Ajita would be born in Mahā Niraya, but Ajita was born in Tāvatiṃsā and accused Pātikaputta of being a liar. Later, the Buddha visited the…

…died and was born in Padumaniraya, Sahampati appeared before the Buddha and announced the fact to him.Snp.p.125 SN.i.151 AN.v.172 The Saṃyutta…

…is in the negative, the nirayapālas take them away to the different hells. MN.iii.179ff.

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.259 mention is made…

…to him that fighting men were reborn after death either in the Sārājita niraya or among animals. The headman became the Buddha’s…

the excrement hell.

the kukkuḷa hell

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

leading to hell.

going to hell.

going to hell.

guard, a torturer in hell.

…prevalence, preponderance. 5. over-abundance, excess. 6. a supplementary niraya (of which there are either 16 or 16 attached to each…

Avīci: is the name of one of the most frightful hells niraya.

Hell: niraya

…this sense used as adj. of Niraya (abbudo nirayo the “vast-period hell, cp. nirabbuda). SN.i.149 = AN.ii.3 (chattiṃsati pañca ca abbudāni);…

…(mahābhitāpatara much hotter); Pv.iv.1#8 (mahā˚ of niraya).

abhi + tāpa

…exclamation of woe Ja.iii.450 (ahahā in metre). 2. neuter Name of a certain division of Purgatory (Niraya), lit. oh woe! AN.v.173 =…

…are specified purgatory (niraya), rebirth as an animal, or as a ghost, or as a Titan (Asura). Analogous expressions are vinipāta & duggati….

…freq., e.g. Snp.94 Snp.131, Snp.881, Snp.950; Dhp.73, Dhp.77, Dhp.367; Iti.69 (asanto nirayaṃ nenti). See also…

…freq., e.g. Snp.94 Snp.131, Snp.881, Snp.950; Dhp.73, Dhp.77, Dhp.367; Iti.69 (asanto nirayaṃ nenti). See also…

…(of the sword-leaf-wood in Niraya, a late feature in the descriptions of Purgatory in Indian speculative Theology, see e.g….

…after death (apāyā; viz. niraya, tiracchāna-yoni, petā or pettivisaya, asurā), e.g. at Iti.93; Ja.v.186; Pv.iv.11#1 see also…

…Snp.248 (patanti sattā nirayaṃ avaṃsirā adhogata-sīsā Snp-a.290); Vv.52#25 (of Revatī, + uddhaṃpāda); Pv.iv.1#46; Ja.i.233 (+…

…of the (great) hells (see niraya), described in vivid colours at many passages of the Pāli canon, e.g at Vin.ii.203 = Iti.86;…

…construction of Purgatory or Niraya (see niraya & Avīci & cp. Vism.56 sq.)
■ In comp^n. both ayo˚ & aya˚…

…construction of Purgatory or Niraya (see niraya & Avīci & cp. Vism.56 sq.)
■ In comp^n. both ayo˚ & aya˚…

…the glowing mount (in Niraya AN.i.141; Mil.303; Pv-a.221 (˚āropaṇa); Sdhp.208

• -maṃsa roast meat Mhvs.10,…

…of a certain purgatory or Niraya AN.v.173 = Snp.p.126.

BSk. aṭaṭa (e.g. Divy.67), prob. to aṭ; roam about. On this notion cp….

…as one of the torments in Niraya. It is a sort of crucifixion (see for detail pañca 3) Cnd.304#iii. c = Mnd.404; Ja.i.174; Pv-a.221; Vb-a.278….

…mouth, i.e. an entrance to Niraya (cp. Vedic vaḍavâgni & vaḍavāmukha) Thag.1104 (trsl. “abyss-discharged mouth,” cp. Brethren, p….

…Snp-a.290 (Avīci-ādi-˚ niraya).

• -kara causing division or dissension Vin.ii.7; Vin.iii.173 Vin.v.93 (cp. Vin.i.354 &…

…afraid Dhp.310; Ja.i.168 (niraya-bhaya˚); Ja.ii.110 (maraṇa-bhaya˚), Ja.ii.129, Ja.iv.141 (+ tasita); Pv-a.154, Pv-a.280 (+ tasita)….

…and refer to tortures in Niraya.

identical with bila¹

Bila³

a kind of salt Vin.i.202; MN.ii.178, MN.ii.181.

cp. Sk….

…(= DN-a.i.270); of Avīciniraya Iti.86; Ja.iv.3; Pv.i.10#13; cp. Catudvāra Jātaka (No. 439; Ja.iv.1 sq.); -nahuta…

…Pv-a.212; of sufferings in Niraya Pv.iii.10#6.

• -āhaṃ for six days Ja.iii.471.
• -kaṇṇa heard by six ears, i.e….

…Pv-a.212; of sufferings in Niraya Pv.iii.10#6.

• -āhaṃ for six days Ja.iii.471.
• -kaṇṇa heard by six ears, i.e….

…nerayikā sattā: beings in Niraya). A double position (dark & light) is occupied by Yama, the god of the Dead (see Yama & below 1 c). Always…

…virtuous etc.: adhammo nirayaṃ neti dhammo pāpeti suggatiṃ “the sinners go to niraya, the good to heaven” Thag.304 = DN-a.i.99 =…

…of sinful beings in Niraya, & it is open to conjecture whether this is not the first & orig. meaning of dukkha; e.g. MN.i.74; AN.ii.231…

…(adj.) having 4 doors (of niraya) Pv.i.10#13; cha˚; with 6d. (nagaraṃ, w. ref. to the 6 doors of the senses, see below) SN.iv.194; pure˚;…

…a heavenly life, op. next); Nirayaṃ gamissati Ja.vi.368; saggaṃ lokaṃ g. Ja.i.152; gacche pāram apārato Snp.1129, in this sense interpreted…

…in the foll. order:

1. niraya purgatory,
2. tiracchānayoni the brute creation,
3. pittivisaya the ghost world
4. *manussā…

…Freq. as attr. of niraya (syn. with dāruṇa Pv-a.87, Pv-a.159, Pv-a.206) Pv.i.10#12; Pv.iv.1#8. Of an oath (sapatha Pv.i.6#8;…

…nibbān ogadha˚ Iti.28, Iti.29; dukkhûpasama˚ maggaṃ Snp.724; Dhp.191; niraya˚ maggaṃ Snp.277, Thag-a.243. Or -gāmiṃ…

…Snp.396, Snp.668, Snp.686; Vv.21#6 (= jalanto jotanto Vv-a.107); Pv.i.10#14 (burning floor of Niraya), Pv.ii.1#12 (˚ânubhāva: shining…

…p˚ k˚ kataṃ taṃ enaṃ nirayaṃ upaneti “even a small sin brings man to N. AN.i.249, tayā v’etaṃ p˚ k˚ kataṃ tvañ ñeva etassa…

…Vb.357; as being punished in Niraya AN.i.60; SN.iv.180 as occupation esp. in pl. kammantā: SN.v.45 = SN.v.135; Dhp-a.i.42 (kammantā…

…here, as well as in Niraya (see kamma-karaṇā) MN.i.87 = AN.i.47 AN.ii.122, etc.; Pv-a.4 (of a thief scourged on his…

…AN.iii.273; Ja.v.419; as one of the 4 offences deserving of Niraya AN.ii.226.

abstr. fr. last

…what doing? k. ahaṃ no nirayam pateyyaṃ (“τί ποι ̈ων μακάριος ε ̓́σομαι”) Ja.iv.339; Snp.376; Ja.iv.75;…

…square, as Ep of Niraya Cnd.304#iii = Pv.i.10#13 (explained by catu-koṇa) Also of cloth Vin.ii.228; Ja.i.426; Ja.iv.250. 2. the ear…

…in Niraya: see kammapphala & niraya) Ja.iii.519; Pv.i.10#2, Pv.i.11#1 Pv.iv.1#8, Pv.iv.7#6
■ bitter, or perhaps pungent of taste DhS.291;…

…to take by the hair (in Niraya) DN.i.234
■ kesaṃ oropeti to have one’s hair cut Vin.ii.133.

-oropaṇa…

…cp. khārodikā nadī (in Niraya) Sdhp.194.

Sk. kṣāra, pungent, saline, sharp to ksā, kṣāyati to burn, cp. Gr. ςηρός, dry; Lat….

…SN.i.209; Ja.v.143 (˚nāma Niraya); Sdhp.194; Pgdp.24.

• -vassa a shower of hot ashes Ja.i.73; Ja.iv.389 (variant…

…one of the ordeals in Niraya Pv-a.221. Also a name for one of the Nirayas (see lohakumbhī). Cp. nidhi˚.

• -mukha the…

1. the white lotus Dhp.285; Vv.35#4 (= Vv-a.161); Ja.v.37 (seta˚); Vism.174; DN-a.i.139.
2. a high numeral, in vīsati kumudā nirayā AN.v.173 = Snp.p.126.

• -naḷa a lotus-stalk …

…also Name of a Purgatory (niraya) Ja.v.266. See Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 76–78 -hatthin “black elephant,” an…

…extending from the Avīci-niraya to the heaven of the Paranimmita-vasavatti-devas SN.ii.151; Thag.181; also 2sensual pleasures, desires, of…

…a means of punishment in Niraya (q.v. under pañca). Not primarily torture (Rh. Davids, Mil trsl. i.254, and others with wrong derivation from…

…also Name of a Purgatory (niraya) Ja.v.266. See Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 76–78 -hatthin “black elephant,” an…

…l-n. petaloka), Pv-a.52 (niraya l-n. naraka), Pv-a.57 (kuñjara l-n hatthi), Pv-a.107 (sūcikā jighacchā), Pv-a.119 (Purindada Sakka),…

…one of the five ordeals in Niraya).

• -kaṭāha a copper (brass) receptacle Vin.ii.170.
• -kāra a…

…(scil. Niraya) a group of Nirayas or Purgatories situated in the lokantara (i.e. cakkavāl antaresu Ja.i.76), 8,000 yojanas in…

…Ja.v.243 (ṭhānaṃ niraya); Sdhp.286. The spelling ludra occurs at Ja.iv.46 = Ja.vi.306, which is ludda at Ja.v.146. 2. a hunter,…

… * -niraya (a) great hell Snp-a.309, Snp-a.480; Pv-a.52. See Niraya & cp. Kirfel; Kosmographie 199, 200. *…

…(with ref. to the gūthaniraya); Pv.iii.4#5 (= gūtha Pv-a.194); Dhp-a.ii.53 (˚ṃ khādituṃ).

• -kūpa pit of excr.,…

…for the deceased (see niraya & cp. list of narakas at Divy.67) SN.i.209; Snp.706; Pv-a.52; Sdhp.492 (saṃsāraghora˚),…

adjective belonging to niraya or purgatory, hellish; one doomed to suffering in purgatory (n. satta = inhabitant of n. Vin.ii.205 (āpāyiko n….

…dense Thig.480 (of hair); Pv-a.221 (ussanna uparûpari nicita, of Niraya).

Sk. nicita, ni + cita, of nicināti

…reading SS. nigaha for niggata; see also niya & niyata); Sdhp.165 (of niraya = miserable), cp niggatika & niggamana.

Sk….

…Ja.v.271 Ja.v.453 (devatāhi nirayaṃ); aor. nimmini Ja.iii.63; ger niminitvā Mil.279.

Sk. niminoti in diff. meaning, the P. meaning being…

Nirabbuda¹

masculine neuter a vast number; also Name of a hell SN.i.149 = AN.ii.3 = AN.v.171 (explained at AN.v.173 as “seyyathā pi vīsati abbudā nirayā evam eko nirabbudo nirayo”); Ja.iii …

…(and their punishment in Niraya); Pp-a.244 (urabbhā vuccanti eḷakā; urabbhe hanatī ti orabbhiko).

fr. urabbha. The Sk. aurabhrika is…

…to the torture of boiling in Niraya, where it is meant literally
■ SN.i.92; SN.v.344 (kālena paccanti read for kāle na p.); AN.i.141…

…(˚sambodhi), Snp-a.476 (niraya a separate or special purgatory); Pv-a.251 (id.), Sdhp.589 (˚bodhi)- paccekaṃ…

…Name of a purgatory (˚niraya) SN.i.151–SN.i.152; Snp.677; p. 126; Snp-a.475 sq.

• -acchara (heavenly) lotus-maiden Snp-a.469 *…

…being thrown into (loc.) Pv-a.221 (lohakumbhi˚ in passage of ordeals in Niraya); Dhp-a.i.357 (nadiyaṃ visa-pakkhepana).

fr. pa +…

…to throw into hurl into, in Niraya-passage at MN.iii.183 = AN.i.141 Cnd.304#iii; cp. nikkhipati. 3. (fig.) to include in insert, arrange,…

…(gloss for papaṭa; explained at Snp-a.479 by “mahāniraya”).

pa + pada

…Ja.v.31; Pv.i.10#12 (nirayaṃ papatiss’ ahaṃ, cp. Pv-a.52; variant reading SS niray’ ûpapatiss âhaṃ)
aor papatā Vin.iii.17,…

adjective -˚ one who fills, filling Vism.300 (niraya˚).

…Ja.i.278 (dīpake); Snp.248 (nirayaṃ); Pv.iv.10#8 (1st pl. patāmase); Mil.187; Pv-a.45 ppr. patanto Ja.i.263 (asaniyā); Ja.iii.188…

…(a forest in Niraya) Snp.673; Pv-a.221. 3. a small thin strip of metal at the lute Mil.53; Vv-a.281.

• -āḷhalka a toy…

…in Niraya, and consists of the piercing of a red hot iron stake through both hands both feet and the chest; it is a sort…

…The punishment in the Nirayas is included in the peta existence. Modes of suffering are given SN.ii.255; cp K.S. ii, 170 p. On the whole…

…(lohitena); Ja.v.266 (in niraya passage T. reads bhūmi yojana-sataṃ phuṭā tiṭṭhanti i.e. the beings fill or are spread out over such…

as a term for Purgatory (niraya): see Bdhgh’s etym. of puggala Vism.310, as quoted under puggala.

…a being in purgatory (cp. niraya˚) Vism.500. 2. (nt.) soul (= jīvita or viññāṇa) Pv.i.81 (gata˚ = vigata-jīvita Pv-a.40). 3. (nt.)…

…Pv-a.135; Sdhp.72, Sdhp.461. See also aya under niraya.

= saññāta; pp. of sañjānāti

…MN.iii.81 or khīṇa-niraya: AN.iii.211; AN.iv.405 sq. (+ khīṇa-tiracchānayoni etc.). The converted man is sure to attain the…

…Mil.136; Ja.iii.243 (niraya = subhānaṃ asubhaṃ unpleasant for the good C.); cp. below subhāsubha.

-aṅgana with beautiful courts…

…˚ā pāṇā (in the Gūthaniraya purgatory) MN.iii.185.

• -loma needle-haired, having hair like needles SN.ii.257; name of a…

…vajanti ye patanti sattā nirayaṃ avaṃsirā), Snp.763 (nivutānaṃ t. hoti andhakāro apassataṃ), Snp.956 (sabbaṃ tamaṃ vinodetvā)…

…one of the punishments in Niraya).

pp. of tapati

Tatta²

neuter truth; abl. tattato according to truth; accurately Ja.ii.125…

…(of a sick person); Dhp-a.i.25 (id.); Mil.322; of Devadatta w. ref. to his rebirth in Niraya Vin.ii.202 = Iti.85; MN.i.393; & sa˚;…

…Vv.52#1 (of beings in Niraya otherwise ghosenti), variant readingSS thananti (better?). 2. to proclaim; shout, praise (confused with thavati…

…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.153…

…animals. Among the 5 gatis (niraya t manussā devā pettivisaya) it counts as an apāyagati a state of misery DN.i.228; DN.iii.234; SN.i.34;…

…beaks of vultures in Niraya); Pv-a.56; -cchidda see *tāḷa*˚; -taruṇa a young shoot of…

adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus

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*yāva-tāva …

to drag or pull on to (w. dat.), or down to DN.i.180 (+ apakaḍḍhati); DN.iii.127 (id.); MN.i.365; SN.i.49; SN.ii.99; Dhp.311 (nirayāya = niraye nibbattapeti Dhp-a.iii.484).

upa + kaḍḍhati, cp. upakaṭṭha

…sq.; Snp.584; Iti.13 (nirayaṃ), Iti.14 (sugatiṃ; variant reading upp˚), Iti.67 (saggaṃ lokaṃ; variant reading upp˚); Iti.43 =…

…sq., Vb.263 sq.; Vb.299; niraya˚ in Purgatory Pv-a.53. 2. occasion, opportunity (lit. “coming to”); object for in dāna˚ objects suitable…

…an instrument of torture in Niraya Ja.i.363, Ja.i.414

• -cchada “breast cover”, breast plate (for ornament) Vin.ii.10; Ja.iv.3; Ja.v.215,…

…an instrument of torture in Niraya Ja.i.363, Ja.i.414

• -cchada “breast cover”, breast plate (for ornament) Vin.ii.10; Ja.iv.3; Ja.v.215,…

…in characterisation of the Nirayas, as “projecting, prominent hells”, ussadanirayā (but see also below 4) Ja.i.174; Ja.iv.3, Ja.iv.422…

…Ja.iii.401; Ja.iv.103 (nirayaṃ) Pv.iv.1#72 (Pot. vajeyya); Cnd.423 (= gacchati kamati) Mhvs.11, Mhvs.35 (imper. vaja as variant reading; T….

…off Snp.300; Pv.i.10#13 (of niraya); Ja.v.266 (id.); Mil.316 (a˚ samudda)
■ su˚ well divided, well planned proportioned, regular Snp.305;…

…together with duggati & niraya). The; sotāpanna is called “avinipāta-dhammo,” i.e. not liable to be punished in…

…alias niraya-pāla AN.i.138 and passim

• -purisa

1. = ˚dūta Dhp.235 (cp. Dhp-a.iii.335);…

…cross-roads. Cp. the Ep of niraya (Purgatory) “catu-dvāra” (esp. at Pv.i.10) See compounds of catur. It may also refer to the 4 quarters of…

…are also applied) Vism.102 (niraya-nāga-yoni); pasu˚; = tiracchāna˚ Pv.ii.13#12; pisāca˚; world of the Pisācas SN.i.209; peta˚ the…

…in phrase tejasā-yuta in Niraya passage at AN.i.142 = MN.iii.183 = Mnd.405 = Cnd.304#iii = Ja.v.266. The more likely reading is either *tejas’…

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

adjective belonging to the sphere of (some special sense, see āyatana 3) SN.iv.126 (phass niraya & sagga).

fr. āyatana