Saṃghāta
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saṃghāta. (P. saṅghāta; T. bsdus 'joms; C. zhonghe [diyu] 衆合[地獄]). In Sanskrit, lit. “crushing”.[1] Third of the eight hot hells (naraka) of Buddhist cosmology. It is commonly known as the "crushing hell".[2] The guardians of the Crushing Hell repeatedly crush its inhabitants between mountains.[2]
Dudjom Rinpoche states:
- The Crushing Hell. Those born in this hell suffer from having their bodies piled together by the guardians of hell and pushed between iron mountains shaped like the heads of goats, sheep, lions, tigers, and other animals, where they are then pressed, causing blood to flow out of all their openings. Again they are bunched together and pounded like sesame with huge steel hammers and pestles, and struck and crushed by a hail of burning iron boulders.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. saṃghāta.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
yang gsos, 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