asipatravana

asipatravana n. (-naṃ) A hell where the trees have leaves as sharp as swords.

E. asi and patra a leaf, vana a wood.

asi-patravana (naṃ) 1. n. A hell where
the leaves are sharp swords.

asipatravana

n. (-naṃ) A hell where the trees have leaves as sharp as swords.
E. asi and patra a leaf, vana a wood.

asipatravana (2. a° 2,a. + vana) n. Sch. zu P. 6, 3, 117 und 8, 4, 4. eine bes. Hölle M. 4, 90. 12, 75. YĀJÑ. 3, 224. MBH. 12, 12075. VP. 207. 209.

asipatravana R. 7, 21, 15. MĀRK. P. 12, 24.

asipatravana na0 asiriva patramasya tādṛśaṃ vanam .
asipatravane narakabhede tatsvarūpādi bhāga0 5 ska0 . andha-
tāmisrādikamupakramya “kālasūtramasipatravanaṃ sūkaramukha” mityā-
dinā narakabhedān darśayitvā tatsvarūpaṃ kāraṇañcoktaṃ tatraiva
“yastviha vai nijapathādanāpadyapagataḥ pāṣaṇḍañcopagatasta-
masipatravanaṃ praveśya kaśayā praharanti tatrāsāvitastato
dhākamāna ubhayatodhāraistālavanāsipatraicchidyamānasarvā-
ṅgohāhatosmītiparamayā vedanayā mūrcchitaḥ padepade
nipatati svadharmmahā pāṣaṇḍānugamanaphalaṃ bhuṅkte” “asi-
patravanaṃ nāma narakam śṛṇu cāparam yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ
vaijvaladagnyāstṛtāvaniḥ . taptāsūryyakaraiścaṇḍaiḥ kalpakālāgni
dāruṇaiḥ . prapatanti sadā tatra prāṇino narakaukasaḥ .
tanmadhye ca vanaṃ śītaṃ snigdhapatraṃ vibhāvyate . patrāṇi yatra
khaḍgāni phalāni dvijasattama! . śvānaśca tatra śavalāścara-
ntyāmiṣalobhinaḥ . mahāvaktrā mahādaṃṣṭrā vyāghrā iva
mahānakhāḥ . tatastadvanamālokya śiśiracchāyamagrataḥ .
prayānti prāṇinastatra tṛṭtāpaparipīḍitāḥ . hā tāta!
hā mātariti krandanto'tīva duḥkhitāḥ . dahyamāgāṅghriyuga-
lādharaṇisthena vahninā . teṣāṃ gatānāṃ tatrāsipatravyāpi
samīraṇaḥ . pravāti tena pātyante teṣāṃ khaḍgāstatho-
pari . chinnāḥ patanti te bhūmau jvalatpāvakasañcaye . leli-
hyamāne cātīva vyāptāśeṣamahītale . sārameyāstataḥ śīghraṃ
śātayanti śarīrataḥ . teṣāṃ khaṇḍāni rudatāmadantyāna
nabhīṣaṇāḥ . asipatravanaṃ tāta! mayaitat parikīrttitam”
iti mārka0 pu0 . “asipatravanaṃ caiva lohadārakameva
ca” manuḥ .

Asipatravana (“the forest where the leaves of the trees

are like swords,” a locality in hell). § 710 (Mokṣadh.):

XII, 322, 12075.—§ 795 (Svargāroh.): XVIII, 2, 49.

Asipatravana — one of 28 hells. Intended for those

who leave the Vedic path to that of the Pākhaṇḍas; here

their bodies are torn to pieces by the sharp edges of asipatra

leaves (lit. forest where leaves are swords);¹ in it fall those

who cut and deal in camels and hunters who cut off animals,

besides those fallen from karma.² Those that cut trees for

no reason also fall into this.³ [Footnote] 1) Bhā. V. 26. 7 & 15; Br. II. 28. 84; IV. 2. 149 and 173; 33. 61;

M. 141. 71; Vā. 101. 170; Vi. I. 6. 41; II. 6. 3. [Footnote] 2) Vā. 56. 79;

110. 43. [Footnote] 3) Vi. II. 6. 3 and 26.

ASIPATRAVANA . One of the notorious twentyeight

hells. If you destroy forests without purpose you will go

to this hell. (Chapter 6, Anuśāsana Parva 2, Viṣṇu

Purāṇa). The Devī Bhāgavata describes Asipatravana

like this: “Those who forsake their own natural duty

and go in for that of others are thrown into this hell;

they die by the orderlies of Yama, the King of Death.

There they will be whipped by a whip made of thorny

herbs and as they run about with pain they will be

followed and whipped. Crashing against the big stones

there they will fall fainting and the moment they wake

up from the faint they will be stabbed again. This

will be repeated. (Aṣṭama Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata).

Asipatravana nt.: Name of a forest (?)

Yudhiṣṭhira while going in the company

of the Devadūta to see his brothers after

their death passed through Asipatravana (lit.

‘a forest having leaves as sharp as the blade

of a sword’) which was covered with sharp

razors (niṣitakṣurasaṃvṛta) 18. 2. 23; a

wicked king, after death, before going to

hell is merged in the hot Vaitaraṇī river

and then gets his body pricked in the Asi-

patravana (asipatravanabhinnagātraḥ) 12.

309. 31.