ཐིག་ནག | Glossary of Terms

One of the eight hot hells.

Second of the eight hot hells. Named for the lines drawn on the bodies of its inhabitant before being cut apart.

One of the eight hot hells. The name of this hell refers to the black thread that is used to measure lines on the bodies of those reborn there so that they can be cut into pieces.

One of the eight hot hells.

One of the eight hot hells.

One of the eight hot hells.

The second of the traditional Buddhist list of eight hot hells‍—the “black cord” hell. Explanations vary as to whether these cords or wires cut through a person, burn them, or mark them for cutting up.

The second of the eight hot hells. Black lines are drawn on the bodies of the inhabitants and then they are sawed apart along those lines.

“Black Line.”

“Black Thread,” one of the hot hells.

Name of one of the great hells (Skt. mahānaraka). Elsewhere translated as “Black Line Hell.” It is so named because the beings reborn there have lines drawn on their bodies with a black thread and are then dismembered along these lines.

Second of the eight hot hells of Buddhist cosmology. The guardians of the Black Thread Hell mark the bodies of its inhabitants with a black thread before cutting and slicing them apart along those lines.

One of the eight hot hells.

One of the eight hot hells.

Name of one of the great hells; see also UT22084-072-007-152.

One of the eight hot hells, the name refers to the black thread that is used to make lines on the bodies of those reborn there so that they can be cut into pieces.

The second of the eight hot hells.