Arbuda naraka
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arbuda naraka. (T. chu bur can; C. 頞部陀).[1] In Sanskrit, “blistering”.[2] The first of the eight cold hells of Buddhist cosmology. It is known as the "blistering hell".[2] Its inhabitants are tormented by a cold wind that causes their bodies to be covered in sores.[2]
Dudjom Rinpoche states:
- The Hell of Blisters. Beings here suffer from being blasted by icy winds and blizzards, which cause their bodies to be completely covered with blisters, making them shrivel up.[3]
Title variants
In Sankrit, the blistering hell is referred to as:
- arbuda [alt. arbudha] ("blistering")
- arbuda naraka ("blistering hell")
Note: the Sanskrit term abuda can also refer to a number.
In Tibetan, the blistering hell is referred to by the following names:[2]
- ཆུ་བུར་ཅན་ ("blistering)
- དམྱལ་བ་ཆུ་བུར་ཅན་ ("blistering hell")
- ཆུ་བུར་ཅན་གྱི་སེམས་ཅན་དམྱལ་བ་ ("hell of blistering beings")
Notes
- ↑ The Chinese translation is from Wikipedia (wikipedia:naraka (Buddhism)).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
chu bur can, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Dudjom Rinpoche 2011, Chapter 7. Reflecting on the Defects of Cyclic Existence.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Dudjom Rinpoche (2011), A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala