[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.c6.3240 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3240 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3240 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3240) The fire of Avīci is so powerful that it destroys the eyes of anyone looking at it from a distance of one hundred leagues.⁹ It would destroy in a moment a rock as large as a gabled house, yet beings born there remain undestroyed, as though reposing in their mother's womb.¹⁰ - [Previous: v1.c6.3239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3239) - [Next: v1.c6.3241](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3241) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3240) · Pramāṇa