Hahava
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hahava. (T. ha ha zhes ’bod pa [alt. kyi hud zer ba]; C. 嘔侯侯).[1][2][3] In Sanskrit, “crying ha ha”.[1] One of the eight cold hells of Buddhist cosmology. It is also known as the "hell of lamentation" (T. kyi hud zer ba ཀྱི་ཧུད་ཟེར་བ).[2]
It is named for the sounds its inhabitants make while enduring unthinkable cold.[1][2]
Dudjom Rinpoche states:
- The Hell of Lamentation. The beings here moan, uttering just the smallest sounds of one syllable in whispers.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
ha ha zhes ’bod pa, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 kyi hud zer ba, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑
嘔侯侯, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
- ↑ Dudjom Rinpoche 2011, Chapter 7. Reflecting on the Defects of Cyclic Existence.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Dudjom Rinpoche (2011), A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala
