Dyuloka

Dyuloka is a Sanskrit term for "heavenly world". It appears in the Vedic text Shatapatha Brahmana, in verses 16.6.1.8–9 as well later texts.^[1] Its root is Dyu (द्यु) which in the Rigveda means "heaven, shining, sky".^[2]^[3]

The term appears in the Upanishads, where it connotes "sky or heaven", as in sun lighting it up. For example, in the commentary to the Yajnavalkya-Gargi dialogue of section 6.2 in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Radhakrishnan translates Dyuloka as heaven.^[4]

In another context, Dyuloka is the realm of existence (samsara) where souls are reborn as gods and goddesses, to live out a life based on one's karma before they die again, according to the Devi-Bhagavata Purana.^[5]

^ Dyuloka, Monier Monier-Williams, English Sanskrit Dictionary with Etymology, Oxford University Press, page 500
^ Dyu, Monier Monier-Williams, English Sanskrit Dictionary with Etymology, Oxford University Press, page 499
^ 6.51.5, Rigveda, Wikisource
^ Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, S. Radhakrishnan, George Allen & Unwin, verse VI.2.9, page 312
^ "Archived: Full text of "Srimad Devi Bhagavatam". Translated by Swami Vijnanananda". Swami Vijnanananda. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[1] Dyuloka, Monier Monier-Williams, English Sanskrit Dictionary with Etymology, Oxford University Press, page 500

[2] Dyu, Monier Monier-Williams, English Sanskrit Dictionary with Etymology, Oxford University Press, page 499

[3] 6.51.5, Rigveda, Wikisource

[4] Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, S. Radhakrishnan, George Allen & Unwin, verse VI.2.9, page 312

[5] "Archived: Full text of "Srimad Devi Bhagavatam". Translated by Swami Vijnanananda". Swami Vijnanananda. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

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