"Naraka is abode of darkness. Literally, “pertaining to man”. The nether world, equivalent to the Western term hell, a gross region of Antarloka. Naraka is a congested, distressful area where demonic beings and young souls may sojourn until they resolve the darksome karmas they have created. Here being suffer the consequences of their own misdeeds in previous lives. Naraka is understood as having seven regions, called talas, corresponding to the states of consciousness of the seven lower chakras."
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Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, in Living with Siva Pocketbook, Himalayan Academy Publications, P.474
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