THE WORLDS
About Kalasutra
The image is unusually spatial: fire heats the ground from below, while the sun scorches it from above. Hunger and thirst add an inward form of burning. The resulting environment denies the ordinary hope that a different posture or a short movement will bring relief.
The person alternately lies down, sits, stands and runs. These actions distinguish Kalasutra’s description from a static list of torments. Its landscape is experienced through repeated attempts to find safety, each of which fails because the same hostile conditions extend throughout the copper expanse.
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A named judgement environment in Bhagavata 5.26, distinct from the other Narakas.
AT A GLANCE
Identity & Context
- Identity
- Realm
- Form
- Judgement realms
- Tradition
- Hindu cosmological traditions
- World & Associations
- Judgement realms
THE STORY
