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१३. वैतरणी-ये यम पुरुष माँस, रुधिर, पीव, पिघले ताँबे - सीसे आदि अत्युष्ण पदार्थों से उबलतीउफनती वैतरणी नदी में नारकों को फेंक देते हैं और उसमें तैरने को विवश करते हैं ।
१४. खरस्वर - ये वज्रमय तीक्ष्ण कंटकों से व्याप्त शाल्मली वृक्ष पर चढ़ाकर करुण आक्रन्दन करते नारकों को इधर-उधर खींचते हैं।
१५. महाघोष - ये भयभीत होकर अथवा दुस्सह यातना से बचने से भागते हुए नारक जीवों को बाड़े में बन्द कर देते हैं और भयानक गर्जना करते हुए उन्हें रोक देते हैं।
Elaboration-The hells are huge in length and breadth. Even from the point of view of life-span of hellish beings, they are extensive. No hellish beings has a life less than ten thousand years. The maximum life of a living being in hell is thirty three Sagaropam. The table below indicates in brief the data about seven hells.
Seven Hells
Name
1. Dhamma
2. Vansha
3. Sheela
4. Anjana
5. Rittha
6. Magha
7. Maaghavai
Class
Ratnaprabha
Thickness of Hell in yojan
1.8 Lakhs
Min. life
10000
years Sharkaraprabha 1.32 Lakhs 1 Sagar Balukaprabha 1.28 Lakhs 3 Sagar 1.2 Lakhs 7 Sagar
Pankprabha
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Dhoomprabha 1.18 Lakhs 10 Sagar Tamprabha 1.16 Lakhs 17 Sagar Mahatamprabha 1.08 Lakhs 22 Sagar
Type of Pain
Hellish Abodes 1 Sagar 30 Lakhs area specific, by others, by demons
Max. life
3 Sagar 7 Sagar 10 Sagar
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25 Lakhs -do
15 Lakhs -do
10 Lakhs
17 Sagar 3 Lakhs 22 Sagar 99,995 33 Sagar 5
The land of the hell is extremely hard, sharp and undulating. The touch of that land is as painful as a thousand scorpions biting simultaneously.
Pain in Hells
The evil beings taking birth in hell face three types of feeling of pain (1) Pain caused by the land, (2) Pain caused mutually, and (3) Pain caused by demons (Paramadhami gods).
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The pain caused by the land is of ten types (1) extreme cold, (2) extreme heat, (3) extreme hunger, (4) extreme thirst, (5) extreme itching, (6) slavery, (7) continuous high fever, (8) extreme burning sensation, (9) sadness, (10) fear. All the said ten feelings of pain are of extremely dreadful type and unbearable.
श्रु. १, प्रथम अध्ययन : हिंसा आश्रव
Sh.1, First Chapter: Violence Aasrava
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