Cakravada
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Cakravada in the east of Jambudvipa there is a mountain known as Cakravada (Iron-Enclosed).
This mountain is dark and deep and receives no light from the sun or the moon.
Here there is a major hell named Avici and another hell named Mahavici.
There is another hell named 'Four-Cornered'.
There is another hell named 'Flying-Sword'.
There is another hell 'named Fire-Arrows'.
There is another hell named 'Pitching-Mountains'.
There is another hell named 'Piercing-Spears'.
There is another hell named 'Iron-Cart'.
There is another hell named 'Iron-Rack'.
There is another hell named 'Iron-Cattle'.
There is another hell named 'Thousand-Knives'.
There is another hell named 'Iron-Mule'.
There is another hell named 'Molten-Copper'.
There is another hell named 'Embrace-Pillar'.
There is another hell named 'Flowing-Fire'.
There is another hell named 'Cultivating-Tongue'.
There is another hell named 'File-Heads'.
There is another hell named 'Scorch-Feet'.
There is another hell named 'Peck-Eyes'.
There is another hell named 'Iron-Shots'.
There is another hell named 'Fight-Quarrel'.
There is another hell named 'Iron-Axe'.
There another hell named 'Much-Hate'."
Source
http://www.ymba.org/books/sutra-bodhisattva-ksitigarbhas-fundamental-vows/chapter-5-names-various-hells