sutta.stream

‹ Back to the text

niraye

niraya

masc acc pl of niraya (noun); masc loc sg of niraya (noun); nt acc pl of niraya (noun); nt loc sg of niraya (noun)

  1. hell; hell realm; lit. no good fortune
  2. hell; hell realm; lit. no good fortune

Etymology. nir + √i > ay + *a; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit niraya [i]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version