Gyan

Lok and Kaal

Jain cosmology: the shape of the universe, the heavens, the earth and the narak, the wheel of time, and the four gatis.

The lok stands like a person, 14 rajlok tall, with the narak below, the dweeps in the middle, the devlok above and Siddhashila at the top.

The seven narak bhumis below the madhya lok, from Ratnaprabha to Tamastamahprabha, and what leads a soul there.

The rings of dweep and samudra, Jambudweep with Meru at its centre, Bharat and Mahavideh, and the Adhai dweep where humans live.

The 12 devlok, the 9 graiveyak and the 5 anuttar vimans above the madhya lok, with Siddhashila at the top.

Avsarpini and utsarpini, the six ara of each, where the Tirthankars come, and why we are in the fifth ara.

Dev, manushya, tiryanch and narak: where each lives in the lok, why a human birth is precious, and what the swastik means.