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  2. Naraka (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Another hell that can be found here is the Place of Painful Hair. Women who have attempted to beguile monks into sexual temptation. Such women are made to suffer by having their skin pared off by demons until only her bones remain. The skin recovers again and this is repeated. Sometimes the demons peel only peel off small parts and then roast them.

  3. Jahannam - Wikipedia

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    In A. F. Klein's list, it is the names of the levels that's not included, and instead of a level for Zoroastrians there is one for "witches and fortunetellers". [13] Note 7 ] Another description of the layers of hell comes from "models such as that recorded by al-Thalabi (died 427/1035)" corresponding to "the seven earths of medieval Islamic ...

  4. Naraka (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    The number and names of hells, as well as the type of sinners sent to a particular hell, varies from text to text; however, many scriptures describe 28 hells. [1] After death, messengers of Yama called Yamadutas bring all beings to the court of Yama, where he weighs the virtues and the vices of the being and passes a judgement, sending the ...

  5. List of angels in theology - Wikipedia

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    A list of 72 angels of the 9 choir orders, with esoteric meaning related to the names of God Selaphiel: Sealtiel, Selatiel Christianity Archangel Patron saint of prayer and worship Seraph (type) [note 1] Seraphim (plural) Christianity, Islam, Judaism (type) Seraphiel [19] Christianity, Judaism Seraph Protector of Metatron, chief of seraphim ...

  6. Hell - Wikipedia

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    The stages of hell get their names by seven different terms used for hell throughout the Quran. Each is assigned for a different type of sinners. The concept later accepted by Sunni authorities list the levels of hell as follows, although some stages may vary: [120] [121] Jahannam (جهنم Gehenna) Laza (لظى fierce blaze)

  7. Naraka - Wikipedia

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    After the period of punishment is complete, they are reborn on earth [17] in human or bestial bodies. [18] Therefore, Naraka is not an abode of everlasting punishment. Yama Loka is the abode of Yama. Yama is also referred to as the Dharmaraja, or the king of dharma; Yama Loka may be compared to a temporary purgatorium for sinners (papi).

  8. List of demons in the Ars Goetia - Wikipedia

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    The title "President" of Hell would suggest a parallel with the presiding officer of a college or convocation, which are the only pre-modern uses of the term. Camio's name seems to be taken from the biblical first murderer, Cain. Ose (also Osé, Oze, Oso, Voso) is a Great President of Hell, ruling three legions of demons.

  9. Naraka (Jainism) - Wikipedia

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    The prisoners in hell come to the dreadful place called Santakshana (i.e. cutting), where the cruel punishers tie their hands and feet, and with axes in their hands cut them like wooden planks. And they turn the writhing victims round, and stew them, like living fishes, in an iron caldron filled with their own blood, their limbs covered with ...