adjective belonging to niraya or purgatory, hellish; one doomed to suffering in purgatory (n. satta = inhabitant of n. Vin.ii.205 (āpāyiko n. kappaṭṭho); Vin.iv.7; DN.iii.6, DN.iii.9, DN.iii.12; AN.i.265; AN.ii.231 (vedanaṃ vediyati… seyyathā pi sattā nerayikā); AN.iii.402 sq.; Snp.664; Mnd.97 (gati) Vv.52#1, Ja.iv.3 (sattā); Pp.51; Vb.412 sq.; Vism.415 (˚sattā), Vism.424; Mil.148 (sattā); Pv-a.27 (id.), Pv-a.52 (˚bhāva) Pv-a.255; Vv-a.23; Sdhp.193, Sdhp.198.
fr. niraya, cp. BSk. nairayika Divy.165