[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c6.3235 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3235 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3235 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3235) 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. - [Previous: v1.c6.3234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3234) - [Next: v1.c6.3236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3236) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3235) · Pramāṇa