Pāli Dictionary

Uppala4

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Also known as Uppalaka

A hell, though according to Buddhaghosa it is not a distinct hell but the name of a period of suffering within hell.

A hell (niraya) (S.i.152; Sn.p.126). Buddhaghosa says (SnA.ii.476 f; see also A.v.173), however, that it is not a special hell, but the name of a period of suffering in hell.

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