also: むけんならく
Avici hell; the deepest hell in Buddhism
Buddhist term for the eighth and most painful hell, where suffering is uninterrupted. Often used metaphorically for an inescapable, hellish situation.
In Buddhism, Avici hell is considered the most painful hell.
He likened his debt-ridden life to Avici hell.
General term for hell in Buddhism; 無間奈落 is a specific, extreme hell within that concept.
Can refer to hell or the underworld in general, but also used for the understage area in a theater. 無間奈落 is specifically the Avici hell.
Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term.
Alternate reading; less common than むげんならく.
From Buddhist terminology; 無間 (muken, 'without interval') refers to uninterrupted suffering, and 奈落 (naraku) is a transliteration of Sanskrit naraka (hell). The reading むげん is a variant of むけん.