[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.c6.3238 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3238 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3238 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3238) The Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā gives a description of the tortures that await the entrant to Avīci. When, for instance, Devadatta entered there, his body became one hundred leagues in height, his head, as far as the outer ear, entered into an iron skull; his feet sank up to the ankles in iron, an iron stake as thick as the trunk of a palmyra tree came from the west wall, pierced the small of his back and, penetrating his breast, entered the east wall. Other similar stakes came from the south and from the north and transfixed him.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c6.3237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3237) - [Next: v1.c6.3239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3239) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3238) · Pramāṇa