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...s of being are easily confused. The simplest distinction is that beings in Naraka are confined to their subterranean world, while the Pretas are free to move ...n turn is derived from later Indian sources generally followed in Mahayana Buddhism.

*[[Naraka (Buddhism)|Naraka]] (also Niraya) *[[Naraka]]

===In Buddhism=== ...unhappy births (together with rebirth as an animal, a preta, or a being in Naraka). The state of an Asura reflects the mental state of a human being obsessed

===Buddhism=== As diverse as other religions, there are many beliefs about Hell in [[Buddhism]].

...beings) and the ''[[asura]]s'' (demons). The asuras live in Patala above [[Naraka]] ([[Hell]]), one of the three Lokas (worlds, dimensions of existence). The In [[Buddhism]] the word '''demon''' can refer to [[sentient]] being in either [[Hell rea