Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s5.7
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²² Cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. xxxii, p. 260 ; Vol. xxxiii, p. 127 : etc. The 14 worlds are sometimes enumerated as 1. Bhūr-loka (our earth), 2. Bhuvar-loka, 3. Svar-loka, 4. Mahar-loka, 5. Janar-loka, 6. Tapar-loka, 7. Satya-loka or Brahma-loka, 8. Atala, 9. Vitala, 10. Sutala, 11. Rasātala, 12. Talātala, 13. Mahātala and 14. Pātāla, Nos. 2-7 being higher regions rising from the earth (No. 1) one above the other and Nos. 8-14 lower regions descending from the earth one below the other. See Apte, Sans. Eng. Dict., s.v. loka.