Vetaraṇī untranslated

Vetaraṇī 01. A river in Mahā Niraya (SN.i.21; Snp. vs. 674). Buddhaghosa explains (Snp­a.ii.482) that this is the name of a mahatā khāra-odikā nadī (the great “Caustic River”) referred to in the Devadattasutta (MN.iii.185). Its waters are sharp and bitter (tiṇhadhārā, khuradhārā) (Snp. vs. 674; cf. Ja.v.269), and the river flows by the Asipattavana. When beings enter it to bathe and drink (because it looks like a sheet of water) they are hacked by swords and other sharp weapons which stand concealed along the river bank (Snp­a.ii.482; Ja.v.275; vi. 105; where a long description is given of the horrors of Vetaraṇī). Sometimes Vetaraṇī is used in a general way to indicate Niraya (as “desanāsīsa” – e.g. Ja.iii.473; SN­a.i.48; cf. Ja.iv.273). Those guilty of abortion are reborn in the Vetaraṇī nadī (Ja.v.269), as are also oppressors of the weak (Ja.vi.106).

Vetaraṇī 02. A physician of old, famous for curing snake bites. Ja.iv.496.