222 ON THE RELIGION AND 



" Wily. Parricides, matricides, and fuch as have 

 " the heavy lot, will be punifhed for the whole dura- 

 *' tion of a world in the terrible of all hells Mahaviri, 

 " the pavement of which nine juzana in thicknefs is of 

 " red hot iron, and emits the moil horrible fmoke, 

 " and the moll piercing flames." 



" XXVIII. Of the fmaller hells, which furround 

 *' the eight great ones, and which are called by one 

 " common name UJJantrtk^ fome are mentioned by 

 " particular names. In the excrementitious hell, for 

 " inftance, there are worms as large as elephants, 

 " which bite the damned while they are floating in 

 " excrement. There is aHo a hell of burning allies. 

 " In the hell of fwords the damned are torn in pieces 

 " by the knives, fwords, and other fharp inftruments, 

 " among which they are rolling. The damned in the 

 " hell of hooks have their lungs, livers and bowels 

 " torn out by thefe cruel inftruments : and in the 

 " hell of hammers they are miferably beaten with red 

 " hot implem.ents of that kind. There is a hell of 

 " thorns and prickles, a hell of biting dogs, a hell of 

 " crows and vultures, which with their beaks and 

 " claws tear afunder the flefh of the damned. There 

 " is a hell in which the damned are obliged conftantly 

 " to afcend and defcend a tree named Iccppan, and 

 " armed with the fharpeft thorns : another in which 

 " they are forced to drink putrid gore ; and ftill another, 

 '• where fiends beat, whip, and torment the damned. 



" In the fmaller hells are punifiied thofe who did 

 " not honour their parents, magiftrates, and old age; 

 " who took wine or inebriating drugs; who corrupted 

 " the waters oflakes or wells; whodeftroyed highways; 

 " who were fraudulent and deceitful; who fpoke roughly 

 " and angrily; who ftruck others with their hands or 

 " flicks; who paid little attention tr the words of pious 

 '• men; who a{iii6lcd others; who were I'peakers of fcan- 



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