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Loka is a Sanskrit

 word for "world". In Hindu mythology
Hindu mythology
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 it takes a specific meaning related to cosmology
Hindu cosmology
In Hindu cosmology the universe is, according to Hindu mythology and Vedic cosmology, cyclically created and destroyed.-Description:The Hindu cosmology and timeline is the closest to modern scientific timelines and even more which might indicate that the Big Bang is not the beginning of everything...


Hindu tradition

In the Puranas, and already in the Atharvaveda
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), viz. bhuu, bhuvas, svar, mahas, janas, tapas, and satya above and atala, vitala, sutala, rasaataala, talatala, mahaatala, paatala loka and naraka
Naraka is the Sanskrit word for the underworld; literally, of man. According to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, Naraka is a place of torment, or Hell...





{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Planetary system name
| 01 || Satya-loka
| 02 || Tapa-loka
| 03|| Jana-loka
| 04 || Mahar-loka
| 05 || Svar-loka
| 06 || Bhuvar-loka
| 07 || Bhur-loka
| 08 || Atala-loka
| 09 || Vitala-loka
| 10 || Sutala-loka
| 11 || Talatala-loka
| 12 || Mahatala-loka
| 13 || Rasatala-loka
| 14 || Patala-loka


Six Lokas refers to a Bönpo and Nyingma
The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism . "Nyingma" literally means "ancient," and is often referred to as Nga'gyur or the "old school" because it is founded on the first translations of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Tibetan, in the eighth century...

pa spiritual practice or discipline that works with chakra
Chakra is a concept originating in Hindu texts, featured in tantric and yogic traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Its name derives from the Sanskrit word for "wheel" or "turning" .Chakra is a concept referring to wheel-like vortices...

s and the six dimensions or classes of beings in the Bhavachakra.


The concept of Lokas was adopted by Theosophy

Astral plane
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