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Bhoverlok

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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in the mythology of India, is the heaven of the moon, the second of the surgs (regions of heaven). In this the moon travels every month through the twenty-seven houses of its great dwelling. This is probably a picture of the astronomical relation, the moon bears to the earth, as the former completes her siderial course in twenty-seven days.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bhoverlok'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/bhoverlok.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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