निरय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিৰয় (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬭᬬ (Balinese script)
• নিরয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰨𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀭𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• နိရယ (Burmese script)
• નિરય (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਰਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦫꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂩𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿರಯ (Kannada script)
• និរយ (Khmer script)
• ນິຣຍ (Lao script)
• നിരയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡵᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘨𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧈𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐬𑐫 (Newa script)
• ନିରଯ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢬꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆫𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖨𑖧 (Siddham script)
• නිරය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩼𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚤𑚣 (Takri script)
• நிரய (Tamil script)
• నిరయ (Telugu script)
• นิรย (Thai script)
• ནི་ར་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒩𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨫𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

निस् (nis, “out”) +‎ अय (aya, “going [towards destruction]”), the second part from इ (i, “to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪i.ɾɐ.jɐ/

Noun

निरय • (niraya) stem, m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) hell

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of निरय (niraya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	निरयः nirayaḥ	निरयौ nirayau	निरयाः nirayāḥ
Vocative	निरय niraya	निरयौ nirayau	निरयाः nirayāḥ
Accusative	निरयम् nirayam	निरयौ nirayau	निरयान् nirayān
Instrumental	निरयेण nirayeṇa	निरयाभ्याम् nirayābhyām	निरयैः nirayaiḥ
Dative	निरयाय nirayāya	निरयाभ्याम् nirayābhyām	निरयेभ्यः nirayebhyaḥ
Ablative	निरयात् nirayāt	निरयाभ्याम् nirayābhyām	निरयेभ्यः nirayebhyaḥ
Genitive	निरयस्य nirayasya	निरययोः nirayayoḥ	निरयाणाम् nirayāṇām
Locative	निरये niraye	निरययोः nirayayoḥ	निरयेषु nirayeṣu

Derived terms

• निरयमृच्छति (nirayamṛcchati, “to go to hell after death”)

Descendants

• Pali: niraya
  • → Burmese: ငရဲ (nga.rai:)
  • → Khmer: និរៃ (nirɨy)
  • → Sinhalese: නිරය (niraya)
  • → Thai: นิรยะ (ní-rá-yá)

Further reading

• "Niraya" in wisdomlib.org