A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Lokaloka
This page describes Lokaloka which is located on page 249 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Lokaloka” according to 25 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: तदाति-विस्मितो विप्रो लोकालोक-गिरिं ययौ सहस्र-शिरसं देवं न ददर्श स तत्र वै tadati-vismito vipro lokaloka-girim yayau sahasra-shirasam devam na dadarsha sa tatra vai tada—then; ati-vismitah—very surprised; viprah—the brahmana; lokaloka-girim—to Lokaloka Mountain; yayau—went; sahasra-shirasam—thousand-headed; devam—the Lord; na—not; dadarsha—saw; sa—he; tatra—there; vai—indeed....
Read full contents: Verse 2.24.34
The Devi Bhagavata Purana [by Swami Vijnanananda]
On the description of the Lokaloka space. 1-29. Narayana said :-- Next to the ocean of pure water, is the mountain, called Lokaloka. It marks the sphere between the two countries Loka and Aloka. O Devarshi! There is a land, all of pure gold (beyond this ocean of pure water) for a space equal to the distance between Manasottara and Meru....
Read full contents: Chapter 14 - On the description of the Lokaloka space
The Bhagavata Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
on this side of) the Lokaloka mountain, the extent of Aloka (regions not receiving solar light) which is beyond the Lokaloka mountain, is explained. The sages say that the extremely holy region lying beyond Aloka can be travelled only by masters of Yoga (as was done by Krishna to bring back the dead son of a Brahmana—vide infra Bhagavata Purana X). 43....
Read full contents: Chapter 20 - Description of the remaining six Dvipas
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