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[[File:Indra, Chief of the Gods LACMA M.69.13.4 (1 of 5).jpg|thumb|Indra, the king of Devas, who are [[supernatural beings]] residing in Dyuloka]]<br />
'''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.<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/mw/0500/mw__0533.html Dyuloka], Monier Monier-Williams, English Sanskrit Dictionary with Etymology, Oxford University Press, page 500</ref> Its root is ''Dyu'' (द्यु) which in the ''[[Rigveda]]'' means "heaven, shining, sky".<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/mw/0500/mw__0532.html Dyu], Monier Monier-Williams, English Sanskrit Dictionary with Etymology, Oxford University Press, page 499</ref><ref>[https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/ऋग्वेद:_सूक्तं_६.५१ 6.51.5], Rigveda, Wikisource</ref><br />
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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.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/PrincipalUpanishads/129481965-The-Principal-Upanishads-by-S-Radhakrishnan#page/n315/mode/2up/search/yonder Brihadaranyaka Upanishad], S. Radhakrishnan, George Allen & Unwin, verse VI.2.9, page 312</ref><br />
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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]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/srimaddevibhagav26vijnuoft/srimaddevibhagav26vijnuoft_djvu.txt|title=Archived: Full text of "Srimad Devi Bhagavatam". Translated by Swami Vijnanananda|accessdate= 21 May 2017|work=Swami Vijnanananda}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Vaikuntha]]<br />
*[[Deva (Hinduism)]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*Derret, Duncan and Smith, Daniel, "The Adyar Library bulletin, Volume 30", 1966, Adyar Library, [https://books.google.ae/books?id=WTU4AAAAIAAJ google books]<br />
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