惡趣

apāya: The 4 'lower worlds'. are: the animal world, ghost world, demon-world, hell. See Vis.M. XIII, 92f.

Buddhist Dictionary, Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, by NYANATILOKA MAHATHERA

apāya

(Sanskrit). Collective name for the four unfortunate realms of rebirth, namely those of animals, hungry ghosts (preta), demons, and hell-beings. See also six realms of rebirth.

A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)

Apāya [Sk. apāya, fr. apa + i, cp. apeti] "going away" viz. -- 1. separation, loss Dh 211 (piya˚ = viyoga DhA iii.276). -- 2. loss (of property) D iii.181, 182; A ii. 166; iv.283; J iii.387 (atth˚). -- 3. leakage, out flow (of water) D i.74; A ii.166; iv.287. -- 4. lapse, falling away (in conduct) D i.100. -- 5. a transient state of loss and woe after death. Four such states are specified purgatory (niraya), rebirth as an animal, or as a ghost, or as a Titan (Asura). Analogous expressions are vinipāta & duggati. All combined at D i.82; iii.111; A i.55; It 12, 73; Nd2 under kāya; & freq. elsewhere. -- apāyaduggativinipāta as attr. of saŋsāra S ii.92, 232; iv.158, 313; v.342; opp. to khīṇâpāya -- duggati -- vinipāta of an Arahant A iv.405; v.182 sq. -- See also foll. pass.: M iii.25 (anapāya); Sn 231; Th 2, 63; J iv.299; Pug 51; VvA 118 (opp. sugati); PvA 103; Sdhp 43, 75 & cp. niraya, duggati, vinipāta.
   -- gāmin going to ruin or leading to a state of suffering DhA iii.175; cp. ˚gamanīya id. Ps. i.94, ˚gamanīyatā J iv.499. -- mukha "facing ruin", leading to destruction (= vināsa -- mukha DA i.268), usually as nt. "cause of ruin" D i.101 (cattāri apāya mukhāni); iii.181, 182 (cha bhogānaŋ a˚ -- mukhāni, i. e. causes of the loss of one's possessions); A ii.166; iv.283, 287. -- samudda the ocean of distress DhA iii 432. -- sahāya a spendthrift companion D iii.185.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

apāya: m. 1.苦界 2.離去

巴漢辭典 編者：(斗六) 廖文燦

apâya apê

apâya m. going away, departure
• destruction, death, annihilation
• injury, loss
• misfortune, evil, calamity
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William