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(150) Acarya Buddhaghosa, Sumangala-vilās inī, Vol.1,
p. 137.
(151) Jataka Atthakatha, Vol. 4, p. 343; Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, p. 317. (152) Thanaga Sutra Vṛtti, Tha. 4, U. 3; Avasyak Curni, Second Half, pp. 176-77.
(153) Mahāvamsa, 4/1.
(154) Digha Nikaya Atthakatha, Vol.1, pp. 237-38.
(155) Bhagavati, S. 1. U. 5. The names of hells given therein are Ratnaprabha, Sarkaraprabha, Balukaprabha, Pańkaprabha, Dhumaprabha, Tamaḥprabha, Mahātamaḥ (Tamatama) prabha.
(156) According to the Jataka Aṭṭhakatha (Vol. 5, p. 266, 271) these names are Sanjiva, Kalasutta, Saṁghāta, Jalaraurava, Dhumaraurava, Maha-avici, Tapana and Patapana. The Divyavadana (67) has these names, except that it has Raurava in place of Jalaraurava and Mahāraurava in place of Dhumaraurava. Samyuta Nikaya (6-1-10), Anguttara Nikaya (P.T.S. Vol. 5, p. 173) and Sutta Nipata, Mahavagga, Kokaliya Sutta (3/36) name ten hells as follows: Abbuda, Nirabbuda, Avaba, Atața, Ahaha, Kumuda, Sogandhika, Uppala, Pundarika and Paduma. According to the Atthakatha, these are not the names of the hells, but the names of different time-spans one is to spend there. The Agamas too have mention of diverse time-spans in hells. (Vide Bhagavati, sataka 6, uddes aka 7). Elsewhere in the Buddhist literature, we get a list of five hells only. In the Devadattasutta of the Majjhima Nikaya and in the Jātakas, one comes across the names of other hells also. For the hell named Lohakumbhi Niraya, vide Jātaka Attḥakatha, Part 3, p. 22; Part 5, p. 269; and Sutta Nipata Atthakatha, Part 1, p. 59.
(157) Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, Vol. 1, p.35. (158) Jataka Atthakatha, Samkicca Jataka, No. 530.
