[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 18.41 # 諸經要集 18.41 諸經要集 18.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.41) 又新婆沙論問諸地獄卒。為是有情數。為是非有情數耶。答若以鐵鎖繫縛初生地獄有情往琰摩王所者是有情數若以種種苦具於地獄中害有情者是非有情數。贍部洲下有大地獄。贍部洲上。亦有邊地獄及獨地獄。或在谷中。或在山上。或在曠野。或在空中。於餘三洲唯有邊地獄獨地獄。無大地獄。所以者何。唯贍部洲人造善猛利。彼作惡亦復猛利。非餘洲故。有說北拘盧洲。亦無邊地獄等。是受純淨業果處故。問若餘洲無大地獄者。彼諸有情。造無間業斷善根等。當於何處受異熟耶。答即於此贍部洲下大地獄受。問地獄有情其形云何。答其形如人。問語言云何。答彼初生時。皆作聖語。後受苦時。雖出種種受苦痛聲。乃至無有一言可了。唯有斫刺破烈之聲。 > Furthermore, the New Vibhāṣā asks: "Are the hell wardens sentient beings or non-sentient?" Answer: "If they are those who bind newly born hell beings with iron chains and take them to King Yama, they are sentient beings; if they are those who harm sentient beings in hell with various instruments of torture, they are non-sentient. Beneath Jambudvīpa there is the great hell. Above Jambudvīpa there are also marginal hells and solitary hells, located either in valleys, on mountains, in wild plains, or in the open air. In the other three continents there are only marginal hells and solitary hells, and no great hell. Why is this? It is only because the humans of Jambudvīpa perform good with great intensity, and they also commit evil with great intensity, which is not the case in the other continents. Some say that in Uttarakuru there are also no marginal hells and so forth, because it is a place where the fruits of purely wholesome karma are experienced. Question: If there are no great hells in the other continents, where do those sentient beings who commit the inexpiable karmas, sever the wholesome roots, and so on, experience their maturation? Answer: They experience it in the great hell beneath this Jambudvīpa. Question: What is the physical form of the sentient beings in hell? Answer: Their form is like that of humans. Question: What is their language like? Answer: When they are first born, they all speak the noble language. Later, when they undergo suffering, although they utter various cries of agony and suffering, not a single word can be comprehended; there are only the sounds of hacking, stabbing, splitting, and tearing." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.40) - [Next: 18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.42) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.18.41) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.sarvastivada.jnanaprasthana!mahavibhasa*zh-xuanzang.172.11) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.41) · Pramāṇa