Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.455
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.455
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Mahāṇiraya (Mahānaraka) Most dreadful hellish abode. In the Rayaṇappabhā(1) region there are six such abodes ; Lola, Lolua, Uḍaddha, Nidaḍḍha, Jaraya and Pajjaraya. In the Paṃkappabhā region there are the following Mahāṇirayas : Āra, Vāra, Māra, Rora. Roruya(i) and Khāḍakhaḍa.¹ In the Tamatamappabhā region also there are such five Aṇuttara-Mahāṇirayas. They are : Kāla(9), Mahākāla(6), Roruya(ii), Mahāroruya and Appatiṭṭhāna.²