Lokantaraniraya, Lokantaranirayā: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA series of hells, each one being bound by three cakkavalas. (Cp. Sp.i.120; SNA.ii.443).
Each hell is eight thousand leagues in extent. Beings are born there as a result of heinous crimes, like those of Coranaga, or Corabhaya, both of Tambannidipa. Their bodies are three gavutas in height and with their long nails they cling to the cakkavalapabbata. Sometimes they fall into the world bearing water (lokasandharakaudaka) and are dried up because of its great salinity (AA.ii.532). Elsewhere (NidA.8; SNA.i.59) they are said to suffer from extreme cold. Those holding wrong views are also born there (J.vi.247).
According to the Buddhavamsa Commentary (BuA., p. 26), Lokantara is the hell of the Asurakaya.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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