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'''Neighbouring Hells''' (Skt. ''pratyekanakara''; Tib. [[ཉེ་འཁོར་]], [[Wyl.]] ''nye 'khor dmyal ba'') — one of the [[eighteen hells]].

[[Chökyi Drakpa]] writes:
:In each of the four directions surrounding the [[avichi hell|Hell of Ultimate Torment]] (Skt. ''avīci''), there are four neighbouring hells, such as the ‘Plain of Razor Blades’ (Skt. ''ksuradhāraḥ''; Wyl. ''spu gri'i gtams pa'i lam''). When the [[karma]] that led you there is exhausted, you leave the Avichi Hell and see an attractive plain. You walk towards it, but when you reach it, it turns into a plain of weapons, cutting your feet to ribbons. Similarly, you see what appears to be a pleasant forest, but once you arrive there it becomes a ‘Forest of Sword Blades’ (Skt. ''asidhāraḥ''; Wyl. ''ral gri lo ma'i nags tshal'') where your body is gashed and chopped. Then you see a river and go towards it to have a drink, but it transforms into a ‘Swamp of Putrefying Corpses’ (Skt. ''kuṇapam''; Wyl. ''ro myag dam''). You become submerged in it up to your head and worms with metal beaks eat away at your flesh. Alternatively, you may see a shady trench, but once you arrive there it changes into a ‘Pit of Hot Embers’ (Skt. ''kukutam''; Wyl. ''me ma mur'') and sinking inside it, you suffer as your flesh and bones are burnt away. These are the sixteen Neighbouring Hells that ring the Hell of Ultimate Torment.<ref>In ''[[A Torch for the Path to Omniscience]]''.</ref>

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