Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1272
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.1272
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Pahāsa.—A niraya in which stage-players are born after death. Tālapuṭa maintained that after death they were born among the Pahāsadevā. The Buddha contradicts this and says that their rebirth is in a Niraya and not in any deva-world.¹ Buddhaghosa explains² that Pahāsa is not a special Niraya but rather a section of Avīci, where beings suffer while wearing the form of singers or dancers.