Taptaloha
nature_spirit underworld Hindu single tradition · 1
Taptaloha, meaning 'hot iron', is a hell realm in Hindu cosmology where wife-sellers, jailers, and those who abandon their followers are tortured. The realm is characterized by punishment through heated metal.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mahajwala, Lavana, Vimohana, Krimisha, Vedhaka, Adhomukha, Púyaváha, Rudhirándha, Vahnijwala, Shwabhojana, Krishna, Tala, Sukara, Taptakumbha
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Sources
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Source passages
“Taptaloha (hot iron): A wife-seller, a jailer and one who abandons his followers is tortured here.”
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