avīci

avīci m. (-ciḥ) A hell. mfn. (-ciḥ-ciḥ-ci) Waveless.

E. a neg. vīci a wave.

a-vīci (ciḥ) 2. m. A hell. a. Waveless.

avīci a-vīci, is, is, i, waveless; (is), m.

a particular hell. —Avīci-maya, as, m. a hell, the

place of punishment for liars.

avīci a. Waveless.

— ciḥ N. of a particular hell; °mayaḥ a place of punishment for liars (yatra jalamiva sthalamaśmapṛṣṭhamavabhāsate Bhāg.)

avīci a-vīci, m. a hell (waveless).

a-vīci mfn. waveless, L.

a-vīci m. a particular hell, Yājñ. iii, 224; Buddh. &c.

avīci

m. (-ciḥ) A hell.

mfn. (-ciḥ-ciḥ-ci) Waveless.

E. a neg. vīci a
wave.

avīci a. Waveless. -ciḥ N. of a particular hell; avīcimandhatāmisraṃ kumbhīpākaṃ tathaiva ca Y.3.224. ˚mayaḥ a place of punishment for liars (yatra jalamiva sthalamaśmapṛṣṭhamavabhāsate Bhāg.) -saṃśoṣaṇaḥ A particular Samādhi.

avīci avīci m. le 8e enfer brûlant.

avīci- m. n. d'un enter; -mant- id.

avīci (3. a + vīci)

1) adj. ohne Wellen H. an. 3, 137 (fälschlich taraṅge).

— 2) m. eine bes. Hölle Uṇ. 4, 73. AK. 1, 2, 2, 1. H. an. YĀJÑ. 3, 224. KATHĀS. 13, 149. 24, 93. VP. 207. BURN. Intr. 201. Lot. de la b. l. 4. 215. 309. SCHIEFNER, Lebensb. 273 (43). 300 (70) fg.

avīci

— 1) *Adj. wellenlos.

— 2) m. eine best. Hölle Auch *avīcī f. GAL.

avīci pu0 nāsti vīciḥ prakāśaḥ sukhaṃ vātra . 1 narakabhede
tatsvarūpaṃ tatkāraṇañca bhāgavate 5 ska0 darśitaṃ yathā
“tāmisrondhatāmisra” ityādyupakramya “avīcirayaḥpāna-
mityādinā aṣṭāviṃśatinarakān vibhajya “yastvihānṛtaṃ
vadati sākṣye, dravyavinimaye, dāne vā kathañcit, sa vaipretya
narake avīcimatyadhaḥśirā niravakāśe yojanaśatocchrā-
yāt girimūrddhaḥ sampātyate . yatra jalamiva sthalamaśmapṛṣṭha-
mavabhāsate tadavīcirnāma tilaśoviśīryyamāṇaśarīro na
mriyamāṇaḥ punarāropito nipatati”—avīcimān avī-
cimayo'pyatra . 2 taraṅgaśūnye jalāśaye tri0 .

Avīci — one of the 28 hells — a structure with no support

to stand on. Here are punished false witnesses and wrong

givers of gifts.

Bhā. V. 26. 7 and 28.

avīci , m. or f. (in Skt. only m.; rarely also f. in Pali,

see CPD s.v.), n. of a hell (= Skt. and Pali id.), a hot hell

acc. to Mvy 4927 and Dharmas 121; passim. Fem. e.g. RP

30.16 (vs) dāruṇam (short -a- m.c.) avīcīm (end of line).

Most forms, of course, are ambiguous as to gender. Cf. āvīci.

AVĪCI . One of the twentyeight hells. The following

are the twentyeight hells:

(1) Raurava (2) Sūkara (3) Rodha (4) Tāla (5) Viṣā-

sana (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) Pāya-

vāha (19) Pāpa (20) Vahnijvāla (21) Adhaśśiras

(22) Sandaṃśa (23) Kālasūtra (24) Tamas (25) Avīci

(26) Śvabhojana (27) Apratiṣṭha (28) Aprāci. (Viṣṇu

Purāṇa, Aṃśa 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 swell-

ing 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 punish-

ment will be repeated again and again.” (Devī Bhāga-

vata, Skandha 8).