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佛說佛名經 4.159

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A horse-headed rākṣasa held a three-pronged iron fork in his hand, stamped on the ground and struck them with it. From the prongs of the fork, flames burst forth together, burning the sinners' hearts; in an instant they died, and in an instant they were revived. Furthermore, there were iron hooks that came to hook their tongues, iron clubs to strike their heads, and flying knives to flay their flesh. The horse-headed rākṣasa led the śramaṇas into a river of flowing fire; holding an iron shovel in his hand, he scooped up iron fire-pellets and poured them toward their mouths. The iron pellets entered through the mouth and exited through the back; smoke and flame flared up simultaneously from their mouths and eyes and the six faculties, the iron pellets pouring continuously without interruption.

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