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THE THREE LOKAS

At the very middle of alokakasa, there exists human-like lokakasaa having a dimension of 343 rajjus and being contaminated with five types of fluids like Jiva, Pudgala, Dharma, Adharma and kāla. Beginning less and endless, it was generated by itself. It is divided into three parts as mentioned below:

1. Adholoka (v?kksyksd)-its base is similar to vetrāsana (wedge).

2. Madhyaloka (e/;yksd)-it appears like the upper portion of a standing mrdanga (trumpet),

3. Urdhva loka (m/oZ yksd)-it appears like a standing mrdanga •

The complete loka has a height of 14 rajjus (jktw) and a thickness of 7 rajjus throughout. Adholoka and tirdhvaloka have a height of 7 rajjus each (with 7 rajjus as hell and 7 rajjus as heaven) and in between them lies the madhyaloka having a height of 100040 yojanas, the height of Sumeru (lqes#) stretched over madhyaloka. The breadth at the base of hell is 7 rajjus and it reduced to 1 rajju in madhyaloka and again increases to 5 rajjus in fifth heaven and again decreases to 1 rajju in Siddhasilā (fl)flyk).

Passing through the middle of three lokas, there exists a Trasa-nali (=lukyh) (tube) having a length and breadth 1 rajju each and height a little less than 13 rajjus. It contains Trasajivas (=ltho).

The detailed description of variation of breadth from base of adholoka to the top of Siddhasila is given as under:

A. From Adholoka to Madhyaloka

Place Breadth (Rajjus)

Base of adboloka 7

Near the 7th earth (Mahatamah prabhā) 6-¹/7

Near the 6th earth (Tamah) prabhā) 5-²/7

Near the 5th earth (Dhuma prabhā) 4-3/7

Near the 4th earth (Panka prabhā) 3- 4/7

Near the 3rd earth (Bālukā prabhā) 2-5/7

14 Jaina Geography

Place Breadth (Rajjru)

Near the 2nd earth (Sarkari prabhā) 1-6/7

Near the 1st earth (Ratna prabhā) 1

B. Breadth of Madhyaloka is 1 rajju throughout.

C. Breadth of Loka ill Ordhraloka (From first heaven to Siddasila)

Place Breadth (Rajju)

In madhyaloka 1

At the end of Saudharma (lkS/keZ) Isana (bZlku) heaven ...2-5/7

At the end of Sānatkumāra, (lkuRdqekj),

Mahendr(ekgsUnz) heaven 4-3/7

At the end of Brahma (czgEkk), Brahmottara (czgksrj) heaven 5

At the end of Lāntava (ykUro), Kāpistha (dkfi"B)

Heaven 4-3/7

At the end of Sukra (’qkdz ), Mahasukra (egk’qkdz)

heaven 3-6/7

At the end of Satāra (lrkj), Sahasrāra (lgL=kj)

heaven 3-2/7

At the end of Anata (vkur), Prānata(izkur) heaven 2-5/7

At the end of Arana (vkj.k), Acyuta (vP;qr) heaven 2-1/7

In 9 Graiveyka (uo xzhod), 9 Anudisa (uo vuqfn’k),

5 Anuttara (iap vuqRrj) and till Siddhasilā. 1

The front part of dhvaja (/ot) (flag) as related to respective last Indravimāna (bUnz foeku), marks the end of a particular heaven. The end of the loka is the end of the earth. There are 8 earths in Jaina Siddhānta (fl)kar) viz. 7 earths of 7 hells and one earth of moksa (eks{k) (liberation).

DESCRIPTION OF VATAVALAYAS (okroy;) (BELTS OF WIND)

There are three stable belts of wind (unlike the unstable wind

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The Three Lokas 15

in general) in outward order round the lokākasa, (yksdkdk’k), viz. Ghanodadhivātavalaya (?kuksnf/koy;), Ghanāvatavalya (?kuokroy;) and Tanuvātavalaya (ruqokroy;) having the colour of cowurine, the colour of cubical coral (ewaxk) and multi-colours respectively. There exists Alokākāsa (vyksdkdk’k) ahead of Tanuvātavalaya (ruqokroy;)

The thickness of these vātavalayas are 20000 yojanas each from the base of 8 earths up to the height of 1 rajju. In the 7^th hell adjacent to the 'earth their heights are 7, 5 and 4 yojanas, respectively and decrease to 5, 4 and 3 yojanas in the region adjacent to Brahma heaven and again decrease to 5, 4, and 3 yojanas at the end of Ordhvaloka, respectively. At the top of loka the thick-nesses of these vātavaJayas are 2 koŚas, I kośa and 1 kośa less by 425 dhanusas (/kuq"k) respectively;

VOLUME OF LOKA

The breadth of loka is 7 rajjus at the base, 1 rajju at its middle portion, 5 rajjus in 5th heaven and I rajju at the top. Thus the total breadths add up to 14 (7+1+5+1) which when divided by 4 gives 3-1/2 which when multiplied by 7, the southnorthern thickness of loka, gives 24-1/2 as the product. Now when 24-1/2 is multiplied by 14 rajjus, the product is 343 ghana rajjus as the volume of loka.

The description of three lokas ends here.

Note:- In this book most of the words have been used from the

Prakrit Language and while copying the same there may be certain

errors in spite of our best efforts. Any mistake noticed may be brought

to our notice for making rectifications.

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