अवीचि

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

AVĪCI   One of the twentyeight hells. The following are the twentyeight hells:
(1) Raurava
(2) Sūkara
(3) Rodha
(4) Tāla
(5) Viṣāsana
(6) Mahājvāla
(7) Taptakumbha
(8) Lavaṇa
(9) Vilohita
(10) Rudhirāmbhas
(11) Vaitaraṇi
(12) Kṛmīśa
(13) Kṛmibhojana
(14) Asipatravana
(15) Kṛṣṇa
(16) Lālābhakṣa
(17) Dāruṇa
(18) Pāyavāha
(19) Pāpa
(20) Vahnijvāla
(21) Adhaśśiras
(22) Sandaṁśa
(23) Kālasūtra
(24) Tamas
(25) Avīci
(26) Śvabhojana
(27) Apratiṣṭha
(28) Aprāci. [Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṁśa 2, Chapter 6] . The hell called Avīci is described thus: “This is the hell meant for those who stand false witness, who take false oath and false name. The soldiers of Yama will push these false people into the hell of Avīci, from the top of a mount which is a hundred yojanas (league) high. The place of Avīci, like the waves of the ocean, is swelling and falling and swaying and surging always. When sinners fall there their bodies will be crumbled to pieces. Their life will enter into new bodies and then the punishment will be repeated again and again.” [Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 8] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  एक नरक   Ex. दान एवं धन के लेन-देन में साक्षी बनकर झूठी गवाही देने वाले व्यक्ति को अवीचि में जाना पड़ता है ।

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक स्थान (Mythological Place) ➜ स्थान (Place) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

अवीचि नरक

Wordnet:

ben অবীচি নরক

guj અવીચિ

kas اویٖچی , اویٖچی جہنَم

kok अविची

mar अवीचि

ori ଅବିଚି

san अवीचिः

मराठी (Marathi) WN

noun  एक नरक   Ex. दान तसेच पैशाच्या देवाण घेवाणीत खोटी साक्ष देणार्‍या व्यक्तीला अवीचित जावे लागते.

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक स्थान (Mythological Place) ➜ स्थान (Place) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

अवीचि नरक

Wordnet:

ben অবীচি নরক

guj અવીચિ

hin अवीचि

kas اویٖچی , اویٖچی جہنَم

kok अविची

ori ଅବିଚି

san अवीचिः

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अ-वीचि  mfn.  mfn. waveless, [L.]

ROOTS:

अ वीचि

अ-वीचि  m.  m. a particular hell, [Yājñ. iii, 224]; [Buddh. &c.]

ROOTS:

अ वीचि

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

अवीचि [avīci] a.  a. Waveless.
-चिः  N. N. of a particular hell; अवीचिमन्धतामिस्रं कुम्भीपाकं तथैव च [Y.3.224.] ˚मयः a place of punishment for liars (यत्र जलमिव स्थलमश्मपृष्ठमवभासते Bhāg.)
-संशोषणः   A particular Samādhi.

Shabda-Sagara

अवीचि  m.  ( -चिः) A hell.
 mfn.  ( -चिः-चिः-चि) Waveless.
E. अ neg. वीचि a wave.

ROOTS:

अ वीचि