Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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惡趣
Definition[2]
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durgati
(Sanskrit). The miserable or evil states of being into which one can be reborn. Specifically, these are the three lower modes of existence: the hells, the realm of hungry ghosts (preta), and the animal world. See also bhavacakra.
Source
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A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)
Definition[3]
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durgati: Unfortunate plane of existence.
Source
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Sarvastivada Abhidharma, Sanskrit-English Glossary, by Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti
Definition[4]
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○gati mfn. = -gata R. vii, 88, 3
• f. misfortune, distress, poverty, want of (gen.) MBh. Kāv. &c
• hell L.
• -nāśinī f. 'removing distress', N. of Durgā BrahmaP.
Source
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Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
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