saṃjīva

Tibetan: ཡང་སོས་
Tibetan (Wylie): yang sos
Tibetan (phonetics): yang so
English term: Reviving Hell
English definition: The first of the eight Hot Hells. This is a place of birth where the ground of burning iron is pervaded by a greatly blazing fire. The hell being, upon whom the result of his own former deeds has befallen, has a miraculously born, large, full-sized body, with a low endurance for heat and fear. Being here are tormented by very powerful and fearful attendants of the Lord of Death, carrying various weapons, come from all possible directions. Just as hunters corner and kill a deer, so the hell being is tormented by the hell-attendants by being simultaneously beaten, cut and pierced many times with weapons. Finally, one experiences a short death or unconsciousness. However, due to the power of one’s previous deeds of karma, the sound “Revive!” is heard from the sky, and a wind strikes the body which causes one to be restored as before.