The great hells are also often called hot hells in secondary literature because beings there suffer from heat and being burned. The eight great hells are Wailing, Loud Wailing, Black Thread, Crushing, Reviving, Burning, Intense Heat, and Incessant Torture.

The great hells are also often called hot hells in secondary literature because beings there suffer from heat and being burned. They are Wailing, Loud Wailing, Black Thread, Crushing, Revival, Heat, Intense Heat, and Incessant Torture. Within in the Kangyur, one elaborate description of the eight hells is found in The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma (Toh 287), 2.294–2.1280.

A particular hell.

Also called the hot hells because beings born there suffer from heat and burning.