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    See also avīcimant.


    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 110, col. 3.
    a-vīci—mat m. (sc. naraka) id., BhP.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 134.
    avīcimat , klī, (avīci + matup .) narakabhedaḥ
    śeṣaḥ . yathā . “vaitaraṇī pūyodaḥ prāṇarodho viśa-
    sanaṃ lālābhakṣaḥ sārameyādanamavīcirayaḥpāna-
    miti . ya stviha vā anṛtaṃ vadati sākṣye dravya-
    vinimaye dāne vā kathañcit sa vai pretya narake
    avīcimatyadhaḥśirā niravakāśe yojanaśato-
    cchrāyāt girimūrddhnaḥ saṃpātyate . yatra jalamiva
    sthalamaśmapṛṣṭhamabhāsate tadavīcimat tilaśo vi-
    śīryyamāṇaśarīro na mriyamāṇaḥ punarāropito
    nipatati” . iti śrībhāgavate 5 skandhe 26 adhyāyaḥ ..

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 121.
    Avīcimat — a hell.

    Bhā. V. 26. 28; Br. IV. 2. 182 and 185.