Apaya-bhumi

See also  : Chart of the Planes of Existance in Theravada Buddhism

Apaya-Bhumi apaaya-bhuumi: State of deprivation; the four lower levels of existence into which one might be reborn as a result of past unskillful actions (see Kamma):

Rebirth in Hell, as a hungry Ghost (see peta), as an angry demon (see Asura), or as a common animal. None of these states is permanent.