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Definition[1]
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The first of the eight hot hells, in which the denizens are chopped, stabbed, ground, and pounded, but by a cool wind are brought back to life, to undergo renewed torment. Also 更活.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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等活地獄 [py] děnghuódìyù [wg] teng-huo-ti-yü [ko] 등활지옥 tŭnghwalchiok [ja]トウカツジゴク tōkatsujigoku ||| Saṃjīva-naraka, the hell of the repetition of painful life, in which beings are tortured, killed, and reborn again into the same conditions. The first of the eight burning hells 八熱地獄.
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[Dictionary References]Naka1003c Iwa604 JE319a/355 FKS5173 DFB BCS0919 [Credit] cmuller(entry)
Definition[3]
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八熱地獄之第一。見八熱地獄條。
Source
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陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》