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Lok

The world is amazingly gigantic. Modern science has shown that there are billions of stars in one galaxy and billions of galaxies in each universe, further billions of universes referred to as multiverse, metaverse etc.

Our holy scriptures present some cosmological perspectives. These holy scriptures state that Maya, the material energy of Brahma - Supreme God, has manifested an infinitely large material world called sansaar (संसार​). In this sansaar there are countless cosmic eggs called brahmand. Each brahmand is created by Lord Brahma, sustained by Lord Vishnu and destroyed by Lord Shankar. This brahmand has a definite life span (see Kaal-Time for more details) after which the brahmand will be destroyed. The scientists of today have also come to believe that the world will one day be destroyed.

The Atharva Ved and Puranas further depict that there are fourteen major lok altogether in a brahmand. These lok could be divided into three different categories of lokas (लोक) i.e.
  1. Urdhva Lok (उर्ध्वलोक) means Upper Planets,   
  2. Madhya Lok (मध्यलोक​) means Middle Planets. The earth or Bhoo lok is also known as Madhya lok (middle planet) and is included in both Urdhva lok and Adho lok.
  3. Adho Lok (अधोलोक​) means Lower Planets

The entire structure of all these 14 planets makes one Brahmand (cosmic egg). Lord Krishna revealed them in His being for Arjun as His Virat Swaroop before the battle Mahabharat commenced in Kurukshetra.

Suggested Further Reading

Lower Planets

Upper Planets

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