noun
Sañjīva; the Reviving Hell
One of the Eight Great Hells in Buddhist cosmology, where beings are torn apart and repeatedly revived to suffer again.
See also: 八大地獄 (はちだいじごく)
等活地獄は八大地獄の一つで、生き返っては苦しみを繰り返すとされる。
The Reviving Hell is one of the Eight Great Hells, where beings are said to repeatedly revive and suffer.
The Eight Great Hells as a group; 等活地獄 is the first of these.
From Buddhist terminology; the kanji 等活 literally mean 'equal life' or 'revival', referring to the repeated revival of beings in this hell.