Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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lokantaranirayā
  1. lokantara

    another/different world; the space between the worlds

  2. nirayāniraya

    hell; the hell realm; place of punishment and torment after death (lowest of the destinations of rebirth)

Encyclopedia

Lokantaranirayā
Other

  • A series of hells lying between world systems, where beings guilty of the most heinous crimes and those holding wrong views are reborn to suffer extreme cold or dissolution in corrosive waters.

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