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(1) World.
Another popular division, which is not mentioned in real scriptures, is Earth, Heaven and Hell. Hell is situated below the Earth and Heaven above. In some books, the Universe is divided in 8 Lok. According to Ved there are 8 Lok - (1) Bhoo (the Earth), (2) Bhuvah, (3) Swar, (4) Mahar, (5) Jav, (6) Tapo, (7) Satya - in the ascending order - Satya being the highest. Narak is the Hell and is situated below the Earth. According to Puraan, there are several Hell - Paataal, Rasaatal, Talaatal (but only seven names, as the names of seven lower Lok, are found - (1) Mahaatal, (2) Sutal, (3) Atal, (4) Tal, (5) Talaatal, (6) Sutal, and (7) Rasaatal.). There is no unanimity about the description of these.
Some Puraan describe 14 Lok - 6 Lok above Prithvi and 7 Lok below
Prithvi - Ved say - "For the 7 planes, There are 7 Rishi - Atri, Bhrigu, Kutsa, Vashishth, Gautam, Kashyap and Angiras In Padm Puraan, 2/12, Maatali tells about Lok to Yayaati - "Maatali said - "Devtaa's Lok are like feelings. Feelings have various forms, their number may go up to millions, but for Punyavaan people their number is only 28, which are located one above the other and are very large in size."
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