Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.149

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c7.s1.149

Vetarani. The river Vetaraṇī is referred to in the Saṃyutta (Vol. I, p. 21) where it is stated to be the river Yama (cf. Yamassa Vetaranim). The Buddhist tradition, therefore, seems to support the Brahmanical tradition of the Vaitaraṇī being the Yama’s river. In this river the hellish creatures suffer (cf. Jāt., V, p. 276).

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Jātakatthavaṇṇanā — Pāli
Saṃyuttanikāya — Pāli