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# Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.455

Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.455

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### [v2.c8.s2.455](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s2.455)

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

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