Avici; lowest level of hell
Buddhist term for the deepest, most painful hell where suffering is uninterrupted. Often appears in the set phrase 阿鼻叫喚 (あびきょうかん), meaning a scene of extreme agony and chaos.
It is suffering like falling into the Avici hell.
The accident scene was a hellish picture of agonized cries.
Standard kanji spelling for the Buddhist term.
From the Sanskrit 'Avīci', meaning 'without waves' or 'uninterrupted', referring to the continuous suffering in this hell. The kanji 阿鼻 are phonetic ateji.