等活地獄

Reading

Kana: とうかつじごく

Romaji: toukatsujigoku

Definition

noun

1

Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over

(Buddhist term)

See also: 八大地獄 (reading はちだいじごく)

Kanji

等

Readings: トウ、 ひと.しい、 など、 -ら

Meanings: etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar

活

Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける

Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living

地

Readings: チ、 ジ

Meanings: ground, earth

獄

Reading: ゴク

Meanings: prison, jail