[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.c6.3250 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3250 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3250 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3250) It is noteworthy that the word Avīci occurs only once in the four Nikāyas—namely, in a passage in the Cakkavatti-Sīhanāda Sutta of the Dīgha Nikāya¹⁶—but in this context there is no indication that the name refers to a purgatory. The word is not found in a list of purgatories given in the Sutta Nipāta¹⁷ and in the Saṃyutta.¹⁸ It is, however, found in a poem in the Itivuttaka (No. 89) which recurs both in the Vinaya¹⁹ and in the Dhammasaṅgaṇi,²⁰ and there it is specifically called a niraya. - [Previous: v1.c6.3249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3249) - [Next: v1.c6.3251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3251) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3250) · Pramāṇa