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अध्याय-३
Fig.-1 - The universe (loka) and the non-universe (aloka)
alokākāśa THE INFINITE SPACE
BEYOND THE UNIVERSE IS CALLED THE NON-UNIVERSE (316 )
UPPER WORLD ऊर्ध्वलोक
THE
lokākāśa
THE THREE
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THE UNIVERSE WORLD मध्यलोक
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THE LOWER WORLD अधोलोक
lokākāśa
alokākāśa
called 'mrdanga'. The universe-space has three parts: the loweruniverse (adholoka), the middle-universe (madhyaloka), and the upper-universe (ürdhvaloka). Mount Meru is in the centre of the middle-universe (madhyaloka). The height of Mount Meru is one hundred thousand and forty yojana. The part below Mount Meru is the lower-universe (adholoka), the part above is the upper-universe (ūrdhvaloka), and the transverse region is the middle-universe (madhyaloka). Its expanse being transverse, the middle-universe (madhyaloka) is also called the transverse-universe (tiryagloka). The lower-universe (adholoka) is the subject matter of the present sūtra.
Where are the abodes of infernal beings on these earths? Are these everywhere or in some places only?
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