Brahmaloka

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Brahmaloka is the highest heavenly realm in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, associated with the creator deity Brahma and characterized as a plane of great spiritual purity and bliss.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Brahma-loka 1
Brahmaloka canonical 1
Satyaloka 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist cosmological realm
Hindu cosmological realm
cosmological realm
heavenly realm
spiritual realm
associatedConcept refined states of consciousness
transcendence of sensual desire
associatedWith Brahma
liberation from gross desires
meditative absorption
spiritual attainment
subtle form existence
characterizedBy bliss
great spiritual purity
contrastedWith lower heavenly realms
material world
cosmologicalFunction abode of the creator deity in many Hindu traditions
high rebirth destination in Buddhism
cosmologicalLevel beyond ordinary heaven (Svarga) in Hinduism
form realm (Rupa-loka) in Buddhism
describedAs highest heavenly realm
describedIn Buddhist scriptures
Hindu scriptures
Tripitaka
surface form: Pali Canon

various Puranas
distinguishedFrom Moksha
Nirvana
etymologyFrom Brahma
loka
hasAlternativeName Brahma world
Brahmaloka
surface form: Brahma-loka
inhabitedBy Brahma
advanced spiritual practitioners after death
high celestial beings
languageOfName Sanskrit
locatedIn upper cosmos
meaning world of Brahma
moralRequirement highly meritorious karma
partOf Buddhist cosmology
Hindu cosmology
perceivedAs plane of great luminosity
plane of great peace
rankInCosmos highest of the heavenly worlds
religion Buddhism
Hinduism
spiritualRequirement advanced meditation
temporalNature extremely long lifespans of inhabitants
viewedAs goal for some devotional practitioners

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brahma abode Brahmaloka
Brahma abode Brahmaloka
this entity surface form: Satyaloka
Brahmaloka hasAlternativeName Brahmaloka
this entity surface form: Brahma-loka