Section · 159 places
The Cosmos
लोक
A universe made by no one, measured to the last yojana — and mapped, place by place, exactly as the texts give it.
Every named place in the Jain cosmos, from the seven hells to the crystal slab at the crown of the universe where liberated souls rest. Each entry carries its Devanāgarī name, its measurements as scripture records them, and links to everything it touches. Follows the Śvetāmbara reckoning throughout.
All of it is also walkable as an interactive atlas of nested maps.
The universe, storey by storey 39
- Acyuta अच्युत
Kalpa heaven 12 of 12 - Adho Loka अधोलोक
The lower world - Ānata आनत
Kalpa heaven 9 of 12 - Aparājita अपराजित
Anuttara 5 of 5 - Āraṇa आरण
Kalpa heaven 11 of 12 - Bhavanavāsī and Vyantara भवनवासी · व्यन्तर
Gods of the lower world - Brahmaloka ब्रह्मलोक
Kalpa heaven 5 of 12 - Dhūmaprabhā धूमप्रभा
Hell 5 of 7 - Īśāna ईशान
Kalpa heaven 2 of 12 - Jayanta जयन्त
Anuttara 4 of 5 - Lāntaka लान्तक
Kalpa heaven 6 of 12 - Loka लोक
The universe - Lower Graiveyaka अधस्तन ग्रैवेयक
Graiveyaka triad - Mahāśukra महाशुक्र
Kalpa heaven 7 of 12 - Mahātamaḥprabhā महातमःप्रभा
Hell 7 of 7 - Māhendra माहेन्द्र
Kalpa heaven 4 of 12 - Middle Graiveyaka मध्यम ग्रैवेयक
Graiveyaka triad - Mokṣa मोक्ष
Liberation - Paṅkaprabhā पङ्कप्रभा
Hell 4 of 7 - Prāṇata प्राणत
Kalpa heaven 10 of 12 - Ratnaprabhā रत्नप्रभा
Hell 1 of 7 - Sahasrāra सहस्रार
Kalpa heaven 8 of 12 - Sanatkumāra सनत्कुमार
Kalpa heaven 3 of 12 - Śarkarāprabhā शर्कराप्रभा
Hell 2 of 7 - Sarvārthasiddhi सर्वार्थसिद्धि
Anuttara 1 of 5 - Saudharma सौधर्म
Kalpa heaven 1 of 12 - Siddhaśilā सिद्धशिला
Where liberated souls rest - Tamaḥprabhā तमःप्रभा
Hell 6 of 7 - The five Anuttara अनुत्तर
The highest heavens - The nine Anudiśa अनुदिश
Counted only by Digambara texts - The nine Graiveyaka ग्रैवेयक
Above the kalpas - The rajju रज्जु
Unit of cosmic distance - The Śvetāmbara reckoning श्वेताम्बर गणना
What this atlas follows - Trasa-nāḍī त्रसनाडी
The mobile channel - Upper Graiveyaka उपरिम ग्रैवेयक
Graiveyaka triad - Ūrdhva Loka ऊर्ध्वलोक
The upper world - Vaijayanta वैजयन्त
Anuttara 3 of 5 - Vālukāprabhā वालुकाप्रभा
Hell 3 of 7 - Vijaya विजय
Anuttara 2 of 5
The human world 13
- Aḍhāī-dvīpa अढ़ाईद्वीप
The two and a half continents - Antardvīpas अन्तर्द्वीप
The 56 islands - Dhātakīkhaṇḍa धातकीखण्ड
Continent - Iṣvākāra इष्वाकार
The arrow mountains - Kālodadhi कालोदधि
Ocean - Karmabhūmi कर्मभूमि
Lands of action - Lavaṇa Samudra लवण समुद्र
Ocean - Mānuṣottara मानुषोत्तर
The mountain past humanity - Puṣkarārdha पुष्करार्ध
Continent - Suns and moons ज्योतिष्क
The celestial bodies - The four directions पूर्व · दक्षिण · पश्चिम · उत्तर
Orientation - The yojana योजन
Unit of distance - Tīrthaṅkara तीर्थङ्कर
Ford-maker
Jambūdvīpa 36
- Airāvat Kṣetra ऐरावत क्षेत्र
Region - Bhogabhūmi भोगभूमि
Lands of enjoyment - Gaṅgā गङ्गा
Great river - Haimavat Kṣetra हैमवत क्षेत्र
Region - Hairaṇyavat Kṣetra हैरण्यवत क्षेत्र
Region - Hari Kṣetra हरि क्षेत्र
Region - Harikāntā हरिकान्ता
Great river - Harit हरित्
Great river - Himavān हिमवान्
Boundary mountain - Jagatī जगती
The rim wall - Jambūdvīpa जम्बूद्वीप
Continent - Kesarī Draha केसरी द्रह
Lake - Mahāhimavān महाहिमवान्
Boundary mountain - Mahāpadma Draha महापद्म द्रह
Lake - Mahāpuṇḍarīka Draha महापुण्डरीक द्रह
Lake - Narakāntā नरकान्ता
Great river - Narīkāntā नरीकान्ता
Great river - Nīla नील
Boundary mountain - Niṣadha निषध
Boundary mountain - Padma Draha पद्म द्रह
Lake - Puṇḍarīka Draha पुण्डरीक द्रह
Lake - Raktā रक्ता
Great river - Raktodā रक्तोदा
Great river - Ramyak Kṣetra रम्यक क्षेत्र
Region - Rohitā रोहिता
Great river - Rohitāsyā रोहितास्या
Great river - Rukmī रुक्मी
Boundary mountain - Rūpyakūlā रूप्यकूला
Great river - Śikharī शिखरी
Boundary mountain - Sindhu सिन्धु
Great river - Śrī, Hrī, Dhṛti, Kīrti, Buddhi, Lakṣmī श्री ह्री धृति कीर्ति बुद्धि लक्ष्मी
The six lake goddesses - Suvarṇakūlā सुवर्णकूला
Great river - The fourteen rivers चतुर्दश महानदी
Great rivers - The six Kulācala कुलाचल
Boundary mountains - The six lakes षट् द्रह
Summit lakes - Tigiñcha Draha तिगिञ्छ द्रह
Lake
Mahāvideha 42
- Antaranadī अन्तरनदी
The inner rivers of Mahāvideha - Āvarta आवर्त
Vijaya 5 of 32 - Devakuru देवकुरु
Land of enjoyment - Gandhila गन्धिल
Vijaya 31 of 32 - Gandhilāvatī गन्धिलावती
Vijaya 32 of 32 - Kaccha कच्छ
Vijaya 1 of 32 - Kacchakāvatī कच्छकावती
Vijaya 4 of 32 - Kumuda कुमुद
Vijaya 22 of 32 - Mahākaccha महाकच्छ
Vijaya 3 of 32 - Mahāpadma महापद्म
Vijaya 19 of 32 - Mahāvapra महावप्र
Vijaya 27 of 32 - Mahāvatsa महावत्स
Vijaya 11 of 32 - Mahāvideha Kṣetra महाविदेह क्षेत्र
Region - Maṅgalāvarta मङ्गलावर्त
Vijaya 6 of 32 - Maṅgalāvatī मङ्गलावती
Vijaya 16 of 32 - Nalina नलिन
Vijaya 23 of 32 - Nalināvatī नलिनावती
Vijaya 24 of 32 - Padma पद्म
Vijaya 17 of 32 - Padmakāvatī पद्मकावती
Vijaya 20 of 32 - Puṣkala पुष्कल
Vijaya 7 of 32 - Puṣkalāvatī पुष्कलावती
Vijaya 8 of 32 - Ramaṇīya रमणीय
Vijaya 15 of 32 - Ramya रम्य
Vijaya 13 of 32 - Śaṅkha शङ्ख
Vijaya 21 of 32 - Sīmandhar Svāmī सीमन्धर स्वामी
Living Tīrthaṅkara - Sītā सीता
Great river - Sītodā सीतोदा
Great river - Sukaccha सुकच्छ
Vijaya 2 of 32 - Supadma सुपद्म
Vijaya 18 of 32 - Suramya सुरम्य
Vijaya 14 of 32 - Suvalgu सुवल्गु
Vijaya 30 of 32 - Suvapra सुवप्र
Vijaya 26 of 32 - Suvatsa सुवत्स
Vijaya 10 of 32 - The 32 Vijayas विजय
Provinces of Mahāvideha - The four Gajadanta गजदन्त
The elephant-tusk mountains - Uttarakuru उत्तरकुरु
Land of enjoyment - Vakṣaskāra mountains वक्षस्कार पर्वत
The dividing ranges of Mahāvideha - Valgu वल्गु
Vijaya 29 of 32 - Vapra वप्र
Vijaya 25 of 32 - Vaprakāvatī वप्रकावती
Vijaya 28 of 32 - Vatsa वत्स
Vijaya 9 of 32 - Vatsakāvatī वत्सकावती
Vijaya 12 of 32
Bharat Kṣetra 9
- Ārya Khaṇḍa आर्य खण्ड
One of Bharat's six divisions - Bharat Kṣetra भरत क्षेत्र
Region - Bharata Cakravartī भरत चक्रवर्ती
The first emperor of this cycle - Cakravartī चक्रवर्ती
Universal emperor - Ṛṣabhakūṭa ऋषभकूट
The name-peak - Tamisrā and Khaṇḍaprapātā तमिस्रा · खण्डप्रपाता
The two tunnels - The five Mleccha Khaṇḍas म्लेच्छ खण्ड
Bharat's outer divisions - Vaitāḍhya वैताढ्य
The silver range across Bharat - Vidyādharas विद्याधर
The people of Vaitāḍhya
Mount Meru 7
- Bhadraśāla Vana भद्रशाल वन
Meru - Cūlikā चूलिका
Meru - Mount Meru मेरु / सुदर्शन
The axis mountain - Nandana Vana नन्दन वन
Meru - Pāṇḍaka Vana पाण्डक वन
Meru - Saumanasa Vana सौमनस वन
Meru - The four abhiṣeka śilās अभिषेक शिला
Meru
The rings of the middle world 13
- Ghṛtavara घृतवर
Continent - Ghṛtoda घृतोद
Ocean - Ikṣuvara इक्षुवर
Continent - Ikṣuvaroda इक्षुवरोद
Ocean - Kṣīravara क्षीरवर
Continent - Kṣīroda क्षीरोद
Ocean - Madhya Loka मध्यलोक
The middle world - Nandīśvaroda नन्दीश्वरोद
Ocean - Puṣkaravara पुष्करवर
Continent - Puṣkaroda पुष्करोद
Ocean - Svayambhūramaṇa स्वयम्भूरमण
The last continent and the last ocean - Vāruṇīvara वारुणीवर
Continent - Vāruṇoda वारुणोद
Ocean