佛說佛名經 18.25

18.25

A short while before, Baoda entered a Hell of Raining Fire. What is called the Hell of Raining Fire? That hell is eight thousand yojanas in length and breadth, enclosed all around by iron walls, with blazing fires flaring up together. Below are iron blades with their edges pointing straight upward. From the four corners of that citadel winds arise and blow upon the citadel, causing the citadel's fire to flare furiously. At the four corners are copper dogs whose fangs stick out upward and whose mouths and eyes emit fire; they are swift as the wind. From the mouths of the copper dogs arise clouds, dense and oppressive; from their noses water shoots out like rain from the heavens, and within those drops flames arise together. From the air fire falls like chariot wheels; striking the bodies of the sinners, their entire bodies catch fire and burn. Through a single day and night they endure immeasurable punishments, dying a thousand times and being born a thousand times, dying ten thousand times and being born ten thousand times.