[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.148 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.148 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.148 - **Language:** English ### [c8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.148) MAHĀRLOKA. A world which was believed by the ancient people to be situated one crore yojanas above the "Dhruvapada". Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part II, Chapter 7 says that it is there that sages like Bhṛgu live till the end of Kalpa. - [Previous: c8.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.147) - [Next: c8.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.149) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.148) · Pramāṇa