Questions tagged [lokas]
loka, (Sanskrit: "world"; "realm"; "abode"; "dimension"; or "plane of existence") from loc, "to shine, be bright, visible." — the universe or any particular division of it. A dimension of manifest existence; cosmic region. Each loka reflects or involves a particular range of consciousness.
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How to travel to other lokas?
In the Hindu scriptures, there are many stories of people travelling to other lokas like the Patalas, Svarga, Naraka, Gandharva loka etc. and meeting various supernatural creatures. But the stories do ...
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Mythology geographic location of Indraloka.. Ravana and Mandodari nativity
I find it fascinating that the Indraloka been referred to in very many puranic episodes.
I for one believe it is quite a terrestrial place, not so high up in the skies as picturized in so many old ...
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Why do the Vedas give multiple figures for the distance between Earth and Devaloka?
The distance from the Earth to various heavenly bodies is mainly a subject discussed in the Puranas. In this answer, I discuss how the distance from the Earth to Devaloka is given as 100,000 Yojanas ...
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What is the Loka higher than Brahmaloka, where the Rathantara hymn is sung?
In the Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata, just like in the Shanti Parva, Bhishma gives advice to Yudishthira and concerning how to be a good king and how to be good person, while he is lying on a ...
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How to understand the dead person's future based on the life energy left through nava randhra marg?
I heard, for a person based on his karma leaves the physical body through one of the nava randhra marg. It is said that if life energy/atma left the body through bramha randra then the person may ...
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Which scripture mention about sexual relationships in heavenly lokas?
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The phenomenon of urdhwa reta When one reaches to this state, Vital
energy has enormous potential energy. It rises up like steam does and
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Clarification regarding a verse in Valmiki Ramayana.?
How did Lord Hanuman see the abode of Lord Brahma,Indra and other below mentioned Gods in the Himalayas.?
स ब्रह्मकोशं रजतालयं च | शक्रालयं रुद्रशरप्रमोक्षम् | हयाननं
ब्रह्मशिरश्च दीप्तं | ददर्श ...
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Passage of time in Patala loka
It is known from Bhagavatha Purana that passage of time is different in different worlds. Examples are Brahma kidnapping cows and friends of Krishna as described here. Do our puranas also state that ...
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Different Brahmalokas?
The Earth is situated in the middle of the 'fourteen planes of existence', of which 'Brahmaloka' is the highest plane.
But on the earth, atop the Mountain Meru, there is a city of Brahma, called '...
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Is the velocity of time ultimately dependent on 'manas' alone?
It is well-known that different lokas have different velocities of time. For example
A month of human beings is equal to a day and night of the Pitris.
A year (of human beings) is equal to a day and ...
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What is the fundamental difference between 'lok' and 'jagat'?
We generally refer Jagat to our physical universe. I think there is no ambiguity about it. Hence, Jagat is the same for all living beings living in the same physical universe with a physical body.
But,...
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Do we take Birth with Physical Body in Hell/Heaven?
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People living in Heaven have Childhood and also Marry and Fight with Humans,Vanaras,etc,.this clears that they have Physical Body.
I didn't know whether we take Birth in Hell/Heaven as ...
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Where do the Puranas say the Earth goes above Devaloka?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage Vyasa ...
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Did Krishna's devotee Uttanka ever attain Moksha?
I am currently visiting India, and I just went to the Adi Keshava Perumal Vishnu Temple in Sri Perumbudur, the birthplace of the famous Sri Vaishnava Acharya Ramanujacharya. On the walls of this ...
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Are there any instances in scriptures where a human reached other lokas beyond Swarga with their physical bodies?
In Hinduism, there are several lokas, such as Satya (Brahma), Tapa, Jana, Mahar, Svar (Svarga), Bhuvar, Bhu, Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala, and Patala. It is known that human ...
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Is 'yoga' the sole means to experience colossal time dilation?
Within the vast knowledge presented in Hindu scriptures, there are instances of individuals transitioning into the future. These transitions often occur when these individuals traverse to different '...
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How could Arjuna entered heaven with his physical body during exile?
As we all know Arjuna entered heaven at the Time of their Vanavas, how could he able to do that?
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Where are the cities of the of the gods?
Chapter 124 from Matsya Purana describes the cities of Indra, Varuna, Yama and Chandra surrounding Mount Meru and the Lokaloka mountains where the four guardians of the directions stay.
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Shouldn't there be time dilation when Riksharaja took Vali and Sugriva to Brahma lok?
We know at least two incidents where individuals experienced time dilation as per our scriptures - 1) King Kakudmi traveling to Brahma lok with his daughter Princess Revati 2) King Muchukunda fighting ...
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Where are the Vyuha lokas located?
Vyuha refers to emanations of Lord Vishnu. There are 4 vyuha forms of Lord Vishnu:
Vasudeva
Sankarshana
Aniruddha
Pradyumna
Now, I have heard that each of these Vyuha forms of Lord Vishnu have ...
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Do any scriptures prohibit charitable giving in Devaloka?
As I discuss in this answer, the Kedara Kanda of the Skanda Purana describes Mahabali's previous birth as a gambler who was a sinner all his life. Before he dies, the gambler accidentally makes an ...
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