In Hindu mythology, Lokaloka is an enormous mountain belt 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]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.