Brahmaloka

[ brah-muh-loh-kuh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. the highest part of Kamaloka, where refined souls exist in blissful contemplation of Brahma.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Brahmaloka¹

< Sanskrit brahma Brahma ¹ + loka world, cognate with Latin lūcus sacred grove

Example Sentences

Svarloka or the heaven of Indra between the sun and the polar star, and the seventh Brahmaloka or the world of Brahma.

From Project Gutenberg

And the previous history of religious belief in India would tend to show that emphasis was laid on the fact, less as an explanation of the origin of evil, than as a protest against a then current pessimistic idea that salvation could not be reached on earth, and must therefore be sought for in a rebirth in heaven, in the Brahmaloka.

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Aranyaih is explained by the commentator as implying courses of conduct leading to Brahmaloka.

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The two last beliefs are the oldest, the brahmaloka belief is the next in order of time, and the first-mentioned are the latest to be adopted.

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Now you see that it depends on the man's will whether, on the one hand, he will start on the way to Moksha, the eternal bliss, passing from one Loka to another till he reaches Brahmaloka, or, on the other, owing to his sins, will be thrown back.

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