The Three Worlds
Seven earths below, twenty-six tiers above, and a figure fourteen rajju tall that the two traditions draw round and square.
The vertical universe, storey by storey. The seven earths of hell with their eighty-four lakh cells in forty-nine storeys, Ratnaprabhā in its three layers where two hold gods and only the lowest holds hell, and the three envelopes — dense water, dense wind, thin wind — on which every earth rests. The twelve kalpas with their vimāna counts, the nine Graiveyaka at the neck, the five Anuttara in plan, and Siddhaśilā twelve yojana above them. The whole figure stands up in the round as three bowls, round as the Śvetāmbara texts describe it; the Digambara loka is square in section, and that difference is why one tradition gives its volume as 239 cubic rajju and the other as 343. Follows the Śvetāmbara reckoning throughout.
All of it is also walkable as an interactive atlas of nested maps.
The heavens, tier by tier 24
- Acyuta अच्युत
Kalpa heaven 12 of 12 - Ānata आनत
Kalpa heaven 9 of 12 - Aparājita अपराजित
Anuttara 5 of 5 - Āraṇa आरण
Kalpa heaven 11 of 12 - Brahmaloka ब्रह्मलोक
Kalpa heaven 5 of 12 - Īśāna ईशान
Kalpa heaven 2 of 12 - Jayanta जयन्त
Anuttara 4 of 5 - Lāntaka लान्तक
Kalpa heaven 6 of 12 - Lower Graiveyaka अधस्तन ग्रैवेयक
Graiveyaka triad - Mahāśukra महाशुक्र
Kalpa heaven 7 of 12 - Māhendra माहेन्द्र
Kalpa heaven 4 of 12 - Middle Graiveyaka मध्यम ग्रैवेयक
Graiveyaka triad - Prāṇata प्राणत
Kalpa heaven 10 of 12 - Sahasrāra सहस्रार
Kalpa heaven 8 of 12 - Sanatkumāra सनत्कुमार
Kalpa heaven 3 of 12 - Sarvārthasiddhi सर्वार्थसिद्धि
Anuttara 1 of 5 - Saudharma सौधर्म
Kalpa heaven 1 of 12 - Siddhaśilā सिद्धशिला
Where liberated souls rest - The five Anuttara अनुत्तर
The highest heavens - The nine Graiveyaka ग्रैवेयक
Above the kalpas - Upper Graiveyaka उपरिम ग्रैवेयक
Graiveyaka triad - Ūrdhva Loka ऊर्ध्वलोक
The upper world - Vaijayanta वैजयन्त
Anuttara 3 of 5 - Vijaya विजय
Anuttara 2 of 5
The seven earths 15
- Ab-bahula-kāṇḍa अब्बहुलकाण्ड
Layer 3 of 3 - Adho Loka अधोलोक
The lower world - Bhavanavāsī and Vyantara भवनवासी · व्यन्तर
Gods of the lower world - Dhūmaprabhā धूमप्रभा
Hell 5 of 7 - Ghanavāta घनवात
Envelope 2 of 3 - Ghanodadhi घनोदधि
Envelope 1 of 3 - Khara-kāṇḍa खरकाण्ड
Layer 1 of 3 - Mahātamaḥprabhā महातमःप्रभा
Hell 7 of 7 - Paṅka-kāṇḍa पङ्ककाण्ड
Layer 2 of 3 - Paṅkaprabhā पङ्कप्रभा
Hell 4 of 7 - Ratnaprabhā रत्नप्रभा
Hell 1 of 7 - Śarkarāprabhā शर्कराप्रभा
Hell 2 of 7 - Tamaḥprabhā तमःप्रभा
Hell 6 of 7 - Tanuvāta तनुवात
Envelope 3 of 3 - Vālukāprabhā वालुकाप्रभा
Hell 3 of 7