[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.c6.3243 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3243 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3243 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3243) 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.). - [Previous: v1.c6.3242](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3242) - [Next: v1.c6.3244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3244) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3243) · Pramāṇa