剣つるぎの山やま

expression, noun

mountain of swords; sword mountain in hell

Buddhist term for a hell realm where a mountain is covered with swords pointing upward, causing suffering to those who must climb it.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの地じ獄ごく絵えには、よく剣つるぎの山やまが描えがかれている。

  In Buddhist hell paintings, a mountain of swords is often depicted.