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					Lohakumbha:A Niraya.Beings born there suffer from excessive heat (SNA.i.59; J.iii.22; v.269).The Niraya extends under the whole of the earth and is four nahutas and one hundred thousand yojanas in depth.It is like a cauldron filled up to the brim with molten metal (SNA.ii.480).
It is said (Mhv.iv.38) that when Kālāsoka attempted to extend his patronage to the Vajjiputtaka monks,the devas frightened him with a dream that be had been cast into Lohakumbhī.See also the Lohakumbhi Jātaka.