Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2712

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2712

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c8.2712

(iii) Pāpopāsana. The jīvātmā of one who does not follow the injunctions of śāstras correctly does not attain Candraloka. It is born again as pests and insects attaining a place called Tṛtīya. There is no evidence in the Purāṇas of their attaining mokṣa. How a soul subjected to rebirths attains mokṣa is described under 'Mokṣa'. (Chāndogya Upaniṣad, Gītā, Bhāgavata, Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad).

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Chāndogyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Bhagavadgītā — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Śvetāśvataropaniṣad — Śvetāśvatara, Sanskrit