Kids - Please watch this 3 minute segment on YouTube and come prepared with questions to Balavihar session today.
The concept of a loka or lokas develops in the Vedic literature. Influenced by the special connotations that a word for space might have for a nomadic people, loka in the Veda did not simply mean place or world, but had a positive valuation: it was a place or position of religious or psychological interest with a special value of function of its own.
Hence, inherent in the 'loka' concept in the earliest literature was a double aspect; that is, coexistent with spatiality was a religious or soteriological meaning, which could exist independent of a spatial notion, an 'immaterial' significance.
The most common cosmological conception of lokas in the Veda was that of the trailokya or triple world: three worlds consisting of earth, atmosphere or sky, and heaven, making up the universe.
Here's a quick reference to the 7 lokas (6 above us)
| # | Planetary system name |
|---|---|
| 01 | Satya-loka |
| 02 | Tapa-loka |
| 03 | Jana-loka |
| 04 | Mahar-loka |
| 05 | Svar-loka |
| 06 | Bhuvar-loka |
| 07 | Bhu-loka |
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