[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.c9.1606 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1606 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1606 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.1606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1606) Ussada was considered a place of great suffering,² and also a place where those who, having promised a gift fail to give it, are born.³ Once the Bodhisatta was born in Ussada, for cruelty during his reign as king of Benares, and he suffered for eighty thousand years.⁴ Beings born there have their tongues pierced with glowing hooks and are dragged about on a floor of heated metal.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c9.1605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1605) - [Next: v1.c9.1607](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1607) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1606) · Pramāṇa