Buddhist Narakas

2 x10^12

Blister Naraka - Dark, frozen plain surrounded by icy mountains and continually swept by blizzards. Inhabitants of this world arise fully grown and abide lifelong naked and alone, while the cold raises blisters upon their bodies.

4 x10^13

Burst Blister Naraka - Even colder than Arbuda. There, the blisters burst open, leaving the beings' bodies covered with frozen blood and pus.

8 x10^14

Shivering Naraka - There, beings shiver in the cold, making an aṭ-aṭ-aṭ sound with their mouths.

1.6 x10^16

Lamentation Naraka - There, the beings lament in the cold, going haa, haa in pain

3.2 x10^17

Chattering Teeth Naraka - Where beings shiver as their teeth chatter, making the sound hu, hu.

1.62 x10^12

The Reviving Naraka - Has ground made of hot iron heated by an immense fire. Beings in this Naraka appear fully grown, already in a state of fear and misery. As soon as the being begins to fear being harmed by others, their fellows appear and attack each other with iron claws and hell guards appear and attack the being with fiery weapons.

1.296 x10^13

The Black Thread Naraka - Includes the torments of Sañjīva. In addition, black lines are drawn upon the body, which hell guards use as guides to cut the beings with fiery saws and sharp axes.

1.0368 x10^14

The Crushing Naraka - Surrounded by huge masses of rock that smash together and crush the beings to a bloody jelly. When the rocks move apart again, life is restored to the being and the process starts again.

8.2944 x10^14

The Screamimg Naraka - Where beings run wildly about, looking for refuge from the burning ground. When they find an apparent shelter, they are locked inside it as it blazes around them, while they scream inside.

6.63552 x10^15

The Great Screaming Naraka - Similar to Raurava. Punishment here is for people who maintain their own body by hurting others. In this hell, ruru animals known as kravyāda torment them and eat their flesh