一切經音義 26.523

English (machine translation) 26.523

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26.523

One hundred and thirty-six hells (first, there are the eight hot hells: 1. Saṃjīva [Reviving], 2. Kālasūtra [Black Rope], 3. Saṃghāta [Crushing], 4. Raurava [Crying], 5. Mahāraurava [Great Crying], 6. Tapana [Burning], 7. Pratāpana [Great Burning], and 8. Avīci, the great hell. Each of these hells has four gates, and outside each gate there are four [secondary] hells: 1. glowing coals, 2. corpses and dung, 3. sharp blades, and 4. the raging river. These eight [great] hells are the root, each having sixteen as its retinue, making a total of one hundred and thirty-six).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese