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Seven Lower Lokas.

The seven subterranean worlds; distinct from Narakas.

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Realms & Cosmic Worlds

The Cosmic Ocean Reveals Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, style of Sajnu, Mandi, Panjab Hills, North India, 1835; opaque watercolor and gold on paper, San Diego Museum of Art 1990.136 (source-page catalog metadata).Archival contextRealm

Lower lokas

Atala

The first of the seven subterranean worlds in the Bhagavata arrangement, associated with Bala, son of Maya.

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The Cosmic Ocean Reveals Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, style of Sajnu, Mandi, Panjab Hills, North India, 1835; opaque watercolor and gold on paper, San Diego Museum of Art 1990.136 (source-page catalog metadata).Archival contextRealm

Lower lokas

Mahatala

A subterranean realm inhabited by many-hooded serpent lineages in Bhagavata 5.24.

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The Cosmic Ocean Reveals Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, style of Sajnu, Mandi, Panjab Hills, North India, 1835; opaque watercolor and gold on paper, San Diego Museum of Art 1990.136 (source-page catalog metadata).Archival contextRealm

Lower lokas

Patala

A jewel-lit Naga world with rich dwellings in Puranic accounts. It is not synonymous with Naraka or a place of punishment.

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The Cosmic Ocean Reveals Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, style of Sajnu, Mandi, Panjab Hills, North India, 1835; opaque watercolor and gold on paper, San Diego Museum of Art 1990.136 (source-page catalog metadata).Archival contextRealm

Lower lokas

Rasatala

A subterranean realm associated with Daityas and Danavas in the Bhagavata’s lower-world description.

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The Cosmic Ocean Reveals Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, style of Sajnu, Mandi, Panjab Hills, North India, 1835; opaque watercolor and gold on paper, San Diego Museum of Art 1990.136 (source-page catalog metadata).Archival contextRealm

Lower lokas

Sutala

Mahabali’s blessed realm, where Vishnu protects him after Vamana’s three strides.

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The Cosmic Ocean Reveals Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, style of Sajnu, Mandi, Panjab Hills, North India, 1835; opaque watercolor and gold on paper, San Diego Museum of Art 1990.136 (source-page catalog metadata).Archival contextRealm

Lower lokas

Talatala

A lower world associated with Maya and his protection by Shiva in the Bhagavata account.

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The Cosmic Ocean Reveals Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, style of Sajnu, Mandi, Panjab Hills, North India, 1835; opaque watercolor and gold on paper, San Diego Museum of Art 1990.136 (source-page catalog metadata).Archival contextRealm

Lower lokas

Vitala

A subterranean world associated with Hatakeshvara-Shiva and Gauri in Bhagavata 5.24.

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