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tion. They control the elements (Bhutas) and the senses. The next higher Brahmaloka is called Tapaloka.
The inhabitants of Tapaloka also live on meditation. This is plane characterised by the activities of Yogins who are described as Urdhvaretas i. e, unless there is a stability in this state of sublimation ( Urdhvaretastā ) one cannot enter into Samādhi even of the lowest type.
The sex impulse has been totally sublimated in such cases. The spiritual current being upward means that the lower world is uncovered. But the higher world is not so. It is covered with ( Āvsta ) indeed but the coating disappears as soon as the Yogi seeks to enter it. From Savitarka samadhi the Satyaloka begins. From that plane is to be seen only one human figure representing all merged in Asmitā--the central point of samprajāñta Samādhi. There is one being ( sattā )—those who have sublimated their vital forces.
HELLS The names of hells as given by Vyása may be thus statedMahākāla, Ambarışa, Raurava, Mahāraurava, Kalasūtra and Andhatāmisra.
The names of hells as found in the Dharmaśāstras are given below
1. Tämisra 2. Andhatamisra 3. Mahāraurava 4. Raurava 5. Kalasūtra 6. Mahānaraka 7. Sañjīvana.
These are so called because here a man is revived into life and then killed.
