八大地狱

(八大) The eight great naraka, or hot hells:

(1) sañjīva 等活 hell of rebirth into

(2) kāla-sūtra 黑繩, i.e. the hell of black cords or chains;

(3) saṅghāta 衆合, in which all are squeezed into a mass between two mountains falling together;

(4) raurava 號呌; hell of crying and wailing;

(5) mahāraurava 大號呌 hell of great crying;

(6) tapana 炎熱　hell of burning;

(7) pratāpana 大熱 hell of fierce heat;

(8) avīci 無間 unintermitted rebirth into its sufferings with no respite. v.　地獄 and 八寒地獄.