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Latest revision as of 11:08, 22 April 2014
The sixteen hells are the Eight Hot Hells and the Eight Cold Hells.
Eight Hot Hells
Eight Hot Hells (Skt. aṣṭa uṣṇa naraka; Tib. ཚ་དམྱལ་བརྒྱད། Wyl. tsha dmyal brgyad)
- Reviving Hell (Skt. saṃjīva; Wyl. yang sos)
- Black Line Hell (Skt. kālasūtra; Wyl. thig nag)
- Rounding Up and Crushing Hell (Skt. saṃghāta; Wyl. bsdus ‘joms)
- Howling Hell (Skt. rāurava; Wyl. ngu ‘bod)
- Great Howling Hell (Skt. mahāraurava; Wyl. ngu ‘bod che ba)
- Heating Hell (Skt. tāpana; Wyl. tsha ba)
- Intense Heating Hell (Skt. pratāpana; Wyl. rab tu tsha ba)
- Hell of Ultimate Torment (Skt. avīci; Wyl. mnar med)
Eight Cold Hells
The Eight Cold Hells (Wyl. grang dmyal brgyad) are the:
- Hell of Blisters (chu bur can)
- Hell of Burst Blisters (chu bur rdol ba)
- Hell of Clenched/Chattering Teeth (so tham pa)
- Hell of Lamentations (a chu zer ba)
- Hell of Groans (kyi hud zer ba)
- Hell of Utpala-like Cracks (utpala ltar gas pa)
- Hell of Lotus-like Cracks (padma ltar gas pa)
- Hell of Great Lotus-like Cracks (padma chen po ltar gas pa)