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[218] [Prajñāyanasūtra First: Chapter on Cold, etc., Pains 2055. How many kinds of pain are there, Bhagavan? Gautama! There are three kinds of pain. Namely: (1) Cold pain, (2) Hot pain, and (3) Cold-hot pain. [2055 Q.] Bhagavan! How many kinds of pain are there? [2055 A.] Gautama! There are three kinds of pain. Namely: (1) Cold pain, (2) Hot pain, and (3) Cold-hot pain. 2056. Do the hell-beings experience cold pain, Bhagavan? Or hot pain? Or cold-hot pain? Gautama! They experience both cold pain and hot pain, but not cold-hot pain. [2056 Q.] Bhagavan! Do the hell-beings experience cold pain, Bhagavan? Or hot pain? Or cold-hot pain? [2056 A.] Gautama! They experience both cold pain and hot pain, but not cold-hot pain. 2057. [1] Some say that there are pains in each (hell-)earth. [2057-1] Do the hell-beings of the Ratnaprabhā earth experience cold pain, Bhagavan? Gautama! They do not experience cold pain or cold-hot pain, but they do experience hot pain. [2057-2 Q.] Bhagavan! Do the hell-beings of the Ratnaprabhā earth experience cold pain? And so on, as before. [2057-2 A.] Gautama! They do not experience cold pain or cold-hot pain, but they do experience hot pain. And so on, up to the hell-beings of the Valukāprabhā (third hell-earth). [3] Do the hell-beings of the Pankaprabhā earth experience cold pain, Bhagavan? Gautama! They experience both cold pain and hot pain, but not cold-hot pain. There are many hell-beings who experience hot pain, and there are few who experience cold pain. [2057-3 Q.] Bhagavan! Do the hell-beings of the Pankaprabhā earth experience cold pain? And so on, as before. [2057-3 A.] Gautama! They experience both cold pain and hot pain, but not cold-hot pain. There are many hell-beings who experience hot pain, and there are few who experience cold pain.