Niraya untranslated

Niraya. Various lists of Nirayas are found in the books. In the Jātaka Commentary occurs the following (Ja.v.266, 271; the same list is found in Divy.67, except that Raurava is substituted for Jalaroruva and Mahā Raurava for Dhūmaroruva): Sañjīva, Kāḷasutta, Saṅghāta, Jālaroruva, Dhūmaroruva, Mahāvīci, Tapana, Patāpana. The Saṁyuttanikāya and Aṅguttaranikāya and the Suttanipāta contain a different list: Abbuda, Nirabbuda, Ababa, Aṭaṭa, Ahaha, Kumuda, Sogandhika, Uppala, Puṇḍarīka, Paduma (SN.i.149; AN.v.173; Snp.p.126; see also Divy.67).

The Commentaries explain (e.g., AN­a.ii.853) that these are not separate Nirayas but specified periods of suffering in Avīci. The Devadūtasutta (MN.iii.185) of the Majjhimanikāya contains yet another list: Gūtha, Kukkuḷa, Simbalivana, Asipattavana and Khārodakanadī. Other names, also, occur sporadically e.g., Khuradhāra (Ja.v.269), Kākola (Ja.vi.247), Sataporisa (Ja.v.269) and Sattisūla (Ja.v.143). The most fearful of the Nirayas is, however, the Avīci Mahāniraya.