Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3243

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Beings born in Avīci suffer for periods of varying lengths; thus, Mallikā, Pasenadi's queen, remained only for seven days,¹¹ while Devadatta is destined to pass there 100,000 kappas.¹² The Sutta Nipāta¹³ gives the names of various specified periods of suffering, which, according to Buddhaghosa,¹⁴ are to be spent in Avīci; they are Abbuda, Nirabbuda, Ababa, Ahaha, Aṭaṭa, Kumuda, Sogandhika, Uppalaka, Puṇḍarīka, and Paduma, taken in a geometrical progression of twenty (i.e. twenty Abbudas=one Nirabbuda, etc.).