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THE SEVEN HELLS IN THE LOWER WORLD
In this fourteen Rajju high Loka the lower seven Rajju area is called lower world. Here, above and below the Ratnaprabha hell, leaving a gap of one thousand yojans there are millions of abodes of Bhavan-vasi gods. It is called Ratnaprabha because it is radiant with the glow of a variety of gems (ratna). Below this is a layer of frozen water (ghanodadhi) below which there is a layer of dense air (ghanovat) followed by that of thin air (tanuvat). After this there is hollow space. Under this are Sharkaraprabha and other hells.
Starting from Ratnaprabha, arranging hells named Sharkaraprabha, Balukaprabha, Pankaprabha, Dhoomprabha, Tamah-prabha, and Tamastaṁah-prabha in ascending sequential order is called Adholoka kshetra-purvanupurvi, Arranging hells from Tamastamahprabha to Ratnaprabha in reverse order is called Adholoka kshetra-parshchanupurvi.
-Anuyog-dvar Sutra-164
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