• འཇིག་རྟེན་བདུན་པོ།
  • ’jig rten bdun po
  • saptaloka
  • saptavyāhṛti
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  • seven worlds
  • འཇིག་རྟེན་བདུན་པོ།
  • ’jig rten bdun po
  • saptaloka
  • saptavyāhṛti
Definition in this text:

According to various purāṇas and the Atharvaveda, our world system is divided into fourteen worlds: the seven (higher) worlds consist of the earth and the heavenly realms above, and the seven netherworlds are subterranean realms.