Mahāraurava
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mahāraurava. (P. mahāroruva; T. ngu 'bod chen po; C. dajiaohuan [diyu] 大叫喚[地獄]). In Sanskrit, “great screaming”.[1] Fifth of the eight hot hells (naraka) of Buddhist cosmology. It is known as the "great crying hell", "great wailing hell", "great screaming hell", etc.[2]
An even larger version of the Howling Hell (raurava), likewise named for the cries of its inhabitants.[2]
Dudjom Rinpoche states:
- The Great Screaming Hell. The beings here are burned in the same way as in the [sreaming hell], but in this case in a double iron house, one inside the other, so that the suffering they go through is all the more intense.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. saṃghāta.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
[ ngu 'bod chen po], 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