The heavens of the Dharmic traditions: Svarga and Vaikuntha of Hinduism, the Pure Land of Sukhavati, Tushita and Trayastrimsa of Buddhism, Siddhashila of Jainism and Sach Khand and Vyraj of Sikhism. A realm belongs here when its cited article describes a heaven or liberated realm of an Indian religion. It excludes Abrahamic heavens. Examples in the atlas include Svarga and Sukhavati (The Pure Land).
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Siddhashila (Wikipedia)
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Siddhashila is an area in Jain cosmology at the apex of the universe, which is where the Jains believe people who have become arihants and tirthankaras go after they die and attain moksha.
Svarga (Wikipedia)
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Svarga (Sanskrit: स्वर्गः, lit. 'abode of light', IAST: Svargaḥ), also known as Swarga, Indraloka and Svargaloka, is the celestial abode of the devas (deities) in Hinduism.
Trāyastriṃśa (Wikipedia)
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Trāyastriṃśa (Sanskrit: त्रायस्त्रिंश, pronounced [t̪ɾɑː.jɐs̪.t̪ɾĩ.ɕɐ], romanized: trāyastriṃśa; Pali: tāvatiṁsa; lit. 'of the thirty-three [heavenly beings]') is a celestial realm of the devas in Buddhist cosmology and constitutes the second of the six heavens of the desire realm (kāmadhātu).
Tushita (Wikipedia)
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Tuṣita (Sanskrit, Pāli Tusita) or Tushita is one of the six deva-worlds of the Buddhist Desire realm (Kāmadhātu), located between the Yāma heaven and the Nirmāṇarati heaven.
Vaikuntha (Wikipedia)
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Vaikuntha (Sanskrit: वैकुण्ठ, romanized: Vaikuṇṭha, lit. 'without anxiety / imperfections'), also called Vishnuloka (Viṣṇuloka), is the abode of Vishnu, the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, and his consort, Lakshmi, the supreme goddess of the sect.
Sukhavati (Wikipedia)
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Sukhavati (Sanskrit: सुखावती, IAST: Sukhāvatī; "Blissful"; Chinese: 極樂世界, lit. "realm of ultimate bliss") is the Pure Land (or Buddhafield) of the Buddha Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism.
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