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XLIII.
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1. Now follow the hells. (They are called:)
2. Tāmisra (darkness);
3. Andhatāmisra (complete darkness);
4. Raurava (place of howling);
5. Mahāraurava (place of much howling);
6. Kālasūtra (thread of time or death);
7. Mahānaraka (great hell);
8. Sańgīvana (restoring to life);
9. Avīki (waveless);
[XLIII. 1-22. M. IV, 88-90; Y. III, 222-224.--34. M. XII, 76.
4. Nand. derives the term Raurava from 'ruru, a kind of serpent.' But it seems preferable to connect it with the root ru, 'to howl.'
6. This hell is defined by Nand. as a kind of threshing-place, made of copper, burning hot, and measuring ten thousand Yoganas.
8. In this hell those who have perished in consequence of the tortures which they had to undergo are restored to life and tortured anew. (Nand.)]
10. Tāpana (burning);
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