Followers of this religion divide the inhabited universe into five parts, the lowest of which, adholoka, consists of seven tiers, each one darker and more torturous than the one above.
Followers of this religion divide the inhabited universe into five parts, the lowest of which, adholoka, consists of seven tiers, each one darker and more torturous than the one above. The middle part consists of a numberless amount of concentric islands separated by seas, with humans occupying the innermost three islands. Time is perceived as a wheel with 12 spokes representing ages called aras, and reality is constituted by jiva, representing the living substance, and ajiva, representing the inanimate. As the universe is filled with a limitless number of evolving, minute beings called nigodas, both the Digambara and Svetambara sects practice a strict ahimsa. FTP, what is this Indian religious system founded by Mahavira?
Followers of this religion divide the inhabited universe into five parts, the lowest of which, adholoka, consists of seven tiers, each one darker and more torturous than the one above.
Jainism