Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1410
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.1410
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v2.c27.1410
Pātāla Sutta.—The worldlings speak of a bottomless pit (pātāla) in the mighty ocean. But the real pātāla is painful bodily feeling, which brings about weeping and wailing and lamentation.¹