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'''Loka''' is a [[Sanskrit]] word for "world", "locality", or "plane".
'''Loka''' is a [[Sanskrit]] word for "world", "locality", or "plane".


In [[Hinduism|Hindu cosmology]] this term is applied to fourteen worlds, or planes, seven of which are higher (''vyahrtis'') and seven lower (''[[patala]]s''). . They are ''bhur'', ''bhuvar'', ''svar'', ''mahar'', ''jana'', ''tapa'', and ''satya'' above; and  ''atala'', ''vitala'', ''sutala'', ''talatala'', ''mahatala'', ''rasatala'', and ''patala'' below.
In [[Hinduism|Hindu cosmology]] this term is applied in a more specific way to denominate the fourteen worlds that exists, seven of which are higher (''vyahrtis'') and seven lower (''[[patala]]s''). . They are ''bhur'', ''bhuvar'', ''svar'', ''mahar'', ''jana'', ''tapa'', and ''satya'' above; and  ''atala'', ''vitala'', ''sutala'', ''talatala'', ''mahatala'', ''rasatala'', and ''patala'' below.




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[[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
[[Category:Hindu terms]]
[[Category:Hindu terms]]

Revision as of 19:30, 19 March 2012

Loka is a Sanskrit word for "world", "locality", or "plane".

In Hindu cosmology this term is applied in a more specific way to denominate the fourteen worlds that exists, seven of which are higher (vyahrtis) and seven lower (patalas). . They are bhur, bhuvar, svar, mahar, jana, tapa, and satya above; and atala, vitala, sutala, talatala, mahatala, rasatala, and patala below.