avici (English spelling) avici

According to the Kusha-ron, there are first eight hot hells, which are (1) Equal Bliss, (2) Black Rope, (3) All Together, (4) Shouting, (5) Loud Shouting, (6) Burning Heat, (7) Extreme Heat, and (8) Hell. (1) is a hell in which one is tortured to the point of dying, only to come back to life and be tortured again. (2) is a hell in which lines are drawn on one's body with a carpenter's ink thread and one is cut according to those lines. (8) is a hell in which one is tortured without ceasing, and is also called abi, a transliteration of the original word avici. Next are the secondary hells.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "avīci" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…俱舎論によれば，まず八熱地獄があり，上から(1)等活，(2)黒縄（こくじよう），(3)衆合（しゆごう），(4)号叫，(5)大叫，(6)炎熱，(7)大熱，(8)無間（むげん）と重なっている。(1)は責苦をうけて息たえても息を吹きかえして再び責苦をうける地獄，(2)は大工の墨糸でからだに線をひかれ，そのとおりに切られる地獄，(8)は間断なくさいなまれる地獄で，原語アビーチavīciの音訳語〈阿鼻（あび）〉でもよばれる。　次に副地獄がある。…

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