Niraya

Japanese: niraya
Niraya

…The first chapter of his major work, Ojoyoshu, entitled Onri Edo, can be said to be the forerunner of Japanese hellology, and its description of hell had a tremendous influence on subsequent Japanese culture in terms of faith, thought, literature, art, and architecture.
【India】
The word "hell" is originally a translation of the Sanskrit naraka or niraya, meaning an underground prison. Naraku or nairi are transliterations.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "niraya" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼の主著である《往生要集》の第1章〈厭離穢土(おんりえど)〉は日本の地獄学の先蹤であるといってよく,その地獄の描写は信仰,思想,文学,美術,建築などの面で,その後の日本文化に甚大な影響を与えた。極楽地蔵【山折 哲雄】
【インド】
 〈地獄〉の語は元来サンスクリットのナラカnarakaまたはニラヤnirayaの訳で,地下にある牢獄を意味する。奈落(ならく)または泥犂(ないり)は音訳。…

※「niraya」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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