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each praster has 1 Narkendra. Its area is 1 lakh 28 thousand yojans in thickness. There are 15 lakh Hell dwelling places within one lakh 26 thousand yojans after excluding 1 thousand yojans at the top and 1 thousand yojans at the bottom respectively.
4th Hell:- Pank prabhã, also known as Anjanã. It is full of mud on its surface, therefore it is called as Pank prabhã. Its breadth is 5 Raj. Its thickness is 1 lakh 20 1 thousand yojans. There are 10 lakh Hell dwelling places in the seven prasters within 1 lakh 18 thousand yojans, excluding 1 thousand yojans at the top and bottom respectively.
5th Hell:- Dhum prabhã, also known as Ristã. The entire atmosphere is full of smoke / fog. Its breadth is 6 Rāj. There are 3 lakh Hell dwelling places. Its area is 1 lakh 16 thousand yojans, and for the purpose for birth of the lives in hell, there are 5 prasters.
6th Hell:- Tama prabhã, also known as Maghã. There is darkness all over. Its breadth is 6.5 Raj. Its' area is 1 lakh 16 thousand yojans thick. There are 99, 995 Hell - dwelling places within 1 lakh 14 thousand yojan thickness excluding 1 thousand yojans at the top and 1 thousand yojans at bottom respectively. It has 3 prasters.
7th Hell:- Tamastam prabhã, also known as Māghavati. There is pitch darkness all over, one cannot see even his own finger. Its' breadth is 7 Räj. Its area is 1 lakh 8 thousand yojans. It has 1 prasterAprathisthãn of 3 thousand yojans in height. There are 5 dwelling places within the area of 1 lakh yojans. Amidst situate is - Aprathisthãn dwelling places. In all the 4 directions, there are Käl, Mahakal, SherMahãsher, Hell dwelling places, where the lives are produced/ born. [59] KSHETRA VEDNA (PAIN DUE TO GEOGRAPHICAL REASONS] IN HELL :
Ratnaprabhã, Sharkaraprabhã and Valukaprabhã all these 3 Hells contain only the pains of Hot conditions. [cold and cold hot conditions are some what luxuries, therefore it is not present.]
4th Hell Pankprabhã:- Cold and Hot climate conditions of pain are present but cold hot condition pains are not present. The lives suffering from pains of Hot conditions are in abundance. The lives suffering from pains of cold conditions are less.
5th Hell DhumprabhÃ:- Cold and Hot conditions of pain are present The lives suffering from
Hot pains conditions are less than the lives suffering from cold pains conditions.
6th Hell Tamaprabhã:- Here the lives only suffer from cold pain conditions. There is lack of Hot climate pain.
7th Hell Tamastamprabhà :-Here the lives suffer from the extreme cold conditions of pains.
Fright/ Terror in Hell:- Darkness always persists in Hell. Much fear too, prevails. The lives in Hell, are always in constant terror of the Paramãdhāmees who torture them. The lives are always surrounded with pains and sorrows. They are extremely inauspicious & unfortunate. In Hell, they suffer the fear of terror continuously and constantly for a long time, and without an early end to it. [60] THE INTENSITY OF PAINS OF HOT- CLIMATE IN HELL:
The scriptures have explained the Hot pains conditions in a very simple manner and by a unique simily. For instance, in the month of May, when the sky is clear without any cloud at noon and when the sun is exactly in the centre of the sky, at this moment if a person suffering from abnormality in gall bladder / indigestion, stands beneath the Sun without an umbrella, such person suffers tremendous pains of the extreme heat of Sun. While pains of the lives in Hell, are infinite times more than such sufferings to such person by extreme heat. If from such a hot-climate condition, a life from Hell is transferred to the earth [ at the place mentioned above in the example given), he would experience great relief and would sleep in luxury as if there is a cool breeze without any heat.
There are pains of hot climate conditions in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Hell. In the 4th Hell most of the lives suffer pains of hot climate conditions and few of the lives suffer pains of cold climate conditions. In the 5th Hell most of the lives suffer pains of cold climate conditions and few of the lives suffer pains of hot climate conditions. There are 2 types of pains [ hot and cold) in 4th and 5th Hell. In 6th and 7th Hell there are only pains of cold climate conditions.
For instance, the son of a blacksmith having a very strong physic, keeps on striking the red hot iron and put the same in fire for fifteen days till it comes to the round shape and after it gets the round shape, he lets it to cool. Now, in such a situation, if that iron piece / is thrown with help of pincers in the Hell having
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Oh God! Hell for me?!... I dare not even think of..