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Kalasutta

From Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia
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Kalasutta: It is explained that the beings born in this hell are placed on a floor of heated iron, marked with a black thread, and made red hot.

The guardians of hell then plane them with adzes along the markings and hence the name Kalasutta—”the black thread.”