Transliteration: so tham tham pa
<noun> "Gritted Teeth". Translation of the Sanskrit [NDS] "aṭaṭaḥ". The name of the third of the གྲང་བའི་དམྱལ་བ་བརྒྱད་ eight cold hells. It is so cold in this hell that the hell-beings shiver with the cold, gritting or clenching (same meaning) their teeth together in an attempt to withstand the cold. This does not only mean "teeth chattering" but the whole range of expression that happens in the cold from the teeth gritting together as the breath whistles in and out all the way up to the teeth chattering violently; see ཐམ་ཐམ་ and འཐམ་པ་ q.v.
