Lokaloka
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Lokaloka (लोकालोक) is an enormous mountain belt, in Hindu mythology, believed to be ten thousand yojanas in breadth, and as many in height. Its name means "a world and no world".[1] It features in Puranic cosmography as the dividing line between the known world, consisting of seven concentric island continents or dvipas and seven encircling oceans, and the dark void of nothingness.[2]
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Source: Wisdom Library: Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam
Lokāloka (लोकालोक):—There is a land, all of pure gold (beyond this ocean of pure water) for a space equal to the distance between Mānasottara and Meru. This land is like a mirror; there are no beings here; the reason is, any substance placed on it would at once be converted into gold and nothing can be obtained out of it. No living beings can live there and therefore it is named Lokāloka. This is established always between the Loka and Aloka. The God himself has made this as the boundary of the three Lokas. The rays of the Sun, the Polar Star and all the planets are confined to this sphere; rather passing through its middle, the luminaries shed their lustre on the three Lokas.
Beyond the mountain Lokāloka, is said to lie the pure path leading to Yogeśvara within the egg-shaped ellipsoid formed by the Heaven and Earth. The inner dimension of this ellipsoid is twenty five Koṭi Yoyanas. When this egg becomes unconscious (lifeless), the Sun enters within it in the form of Vairāja. Hence the Sun is called Mārtaṇḍa. He is Hiraṇyagarbha, when He is born from this Golden Egg. (See the Śrīmad-devī-bhāgavatam 8.14)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia
Lokāloka (लोकालोक).—There is a mountain between Loka and Aloka. This is called Lokālokaparvata and the land beside it is called Lokāloka. The mountain is as long as the distance between Mānasottara and Mahāmeru. This place is golden in colour and as smooth as glass. Not a single being lives there. God has created this as a boundary to the three worlds. All the planets like the Sun get light from the brilliance of this mountain. Brahmā has posted four diggajas named Vṛṣabha, Puṣpacūḍa, Vāmana and Aparājita in the four corners of this mountain. (8th Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
1a) Lokāloka (लोकालोक).—The mountain forming the boundary of the earth.*
1b) (Mt.) a chain of hills beyond the Svādūdaka, between the Loka where the sun shines and Aloka where he does not. The regions lighted by the sun are said to cover 50 crores of yojanas. The chain of the Lokāloka is said to occupy a fourth of the area of the globe. In the Aloka Yogeśvara-Kṛṣṇa travels.1 Crossed by Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa on their way to Vaikuṇṭha in search of the dead child of the Brāhmaṇa of Dvārakā.2 A. mythical mountainous belt in the south separating the visible world from the world of darkness.3 10,000 yojanas in height and breadth; protected by four guardians, Sudhāman and others on the four directions.
Ref - https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/lokaloka
लोकालोक
लोकालोक (AS, p.822): पुराण वर्णित एक पर्वत है। पौराणिक भूगोल के अनुसार यह पर्वत सबसे विशाल महाद्वीप पुष्कर के आगे स्थित है। [3]
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- ↑ Dowson, John (1888). A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Robarts - University of Toronto. London : Trübner.
- ↑ Dallapiccola, A. L. (November 2003). Hindu Myths. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292702332.
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.822