[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.991 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.991 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.991 - **Language:** English ### [c5.991](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.991) LOKĀLOKA. ‘A world and no world,’ A fabulous belt of mountains bounding the outermost of the seven seas and dividing the visible world from the regions of darkness. It is “ten thousand yojanas in breadth, and as many in height, and beyond it perpetual darkness invests the mountains all around, which darkness is again encompassed by the shell of an egg.” It is called also Chakra-vāda or Chakra-vāla. - [Previous: c5.990](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.990) - [Next: c5.992](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.992) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.991](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.991) · Pramāṇa