[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) › v2.c27.1272 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1272 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.1272 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.1272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1272) 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. - [Previous: v2.c27.1271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1271) - [Next: v2.c27.1273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1273) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1272) · Pramāṇa