Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3235
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3235
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According to Buddhaghosa, Avīci is often called Mahā Niraya.⁶ Descriptions of it are to be found in several places in the four Nikāyas.⁷ It is a quadrangular space, one hundred leagues each way, four-doored, walled all round and above with steel and with floor of incandescent molten steel.