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nirayo

niraya

masc nom sg of niraya (noun)

1. 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.

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