noun
naraka realm; hell realm
In Buddhism, one of the six realms of rebirth (六道), a world of intense suffering where beings are reborn due to negative karma.
See also: 六道
仏教では、悪業を積むと地獄道に落ちると説かれている。
In Buddhism, it is taught that accumulating bad karma leads to falling into the naraka realm.
地獄 is the general word for hell, used in both Buddhist and everyday contexts. 地獄道 is a technical Buddhist term for the hell realm as part of the six realms.
Compound of 地獄 (hell) and 道 (path, realm), a direct translation of the Sanskrit naraka-gati.