In addition, black lines are drawn upon the body, which hell guards use as guides to cut the beings with fiery saws and sharp axes. Kālasūtra ( 黒縄), the "black thread" Naraka, includes the torments of Sañjīva.It is said to be 1,000 yojanas beneath Jambudvīpa and 10,000 yojanas in each direction (a yojana being 7 miles, or 11 kilometres). Other tortures experienced in this Naraka include: having molten metal dropped upon them, being sliced into pieces, and suffering from the heat of the iron ground. As soon as the being experiences an unconsciousness like death, they are suddenly restored to full health and the attacks begin again. As soon as the being begins to fear being harmed by others, their fellows appear and attack each other with iron claws and hell guards appear and attack the being with fiery weapons. Beings in this Naraka appear fully grown, already in a state of fear and misery. Sañjīva ( 等活), the "reviving" Naraka, has ground made of hot iron heated by an immense fire.There are eight great hot hells located on one Cakkavāla in Buddhist sutras. The entire body cracks into pieces and the internal organs are exposed to the cold, also cracking. Mahāpadma ( 摩訶鉢特摩) is the "great lotus" Naraka.Padma ( 鉢特摩), the " lotus" Naraka, has blizzards that crack open frozen skin, leaving one raw and bloody. ![]() ![]() The intense cold there makes the skin turn blue like the colour of an utpala waterlily.
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