Amvrit

The Full Chart

Every realm on one page, zoomed out. Chart hierarchy, not physical distance.

You begin at Krishna's own home and descend, realm by realm, through the spiritual sky to the world you're standing in right now, each one its own place to explore, with its own scripture and source.

How to read this chartWhat the lines, dots, and badges below mean

Visual legend

Vertical gold line
The chart's hierarchy, top to bottom, not physical distance.
Small dots on a mandala
Real sub-elements (gates, ). Tap one to open its details, same as the zoomed map.
Bordered chip beside a panel
A named sub-topic with no fixed position on the art. Tap to open its details.
Branch line to a smaller circle
A related but distinct (Ayodhyā), not a stop on the direct path.
Dashed line to a bordered card
A cross-reference to related chart content, off to the side.
Gold ring around a panel
You've completed that chapter.
Gold "You left off here" badge
The realm you last visited, remembered on this device — your own reading position, not a claim about the chart's own geography.
"In one minute" toggle
Expands that realm's orientation card without leaving this page.

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    Mandala of Goloka Vrindavana: a many-petalled lotus in rose, magenta, and indigo, its center medallion depicting Radha and Krishna seated together on a lotus.
    Goloka

    Krishna's innermost abode, a lotus of intimate relationships

    Surrounded by its four Śvetadvīpa divisions and eight sakhīs.

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    What
    Kṛṣṇa's own eternal home, a thousand-petalled lotus of intimate relationships.
    Mood
    Mādhurya — intimate, romantic love.
    Chart position
    The highest point of the chart, above Vaikuṇṭha.
    Key contrast
    Vaikuṇṭha emphasizes majesty; Goloka emphasizes intimacy.

    Also on the chart

    Five RasasKṛṣṇa's Divine Forms
    Temple-silhouette medallion of Ayodhya, Sri Rama's eternal dhama, in amber sandstone tones.
    Ayodhyā

    A distinct eternal dhāma, met along the way, not a rung on it.

  2. opens into

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    Mandala of Vaikuntha, the spiritual sky: a teal and blue lotus of leaf-shaped petals, its center depicting Narayana reclining on Ananta Sesha with Lakshmi at his side.
    Vaikuṇṭha

    The spiritual sky, countless realms of Nārāyaṇa's majesty

    Four gates shown below · seven circles, eight guardians, and eight potencies beyond them

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    What
    Countless spiritual abodes of Nārāyaṇa and other Viṣṇu forms.
    Mood
    Aiśvarya — reverent awe.
    Chart position
    Below Goloka, above Maheśa-.
    Key contrast
    Goloka emphasizes intimacy; Vaikuṇṭha emphasizes majesty.

  3. bordered below by

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    Mandala of Mahesa-dhama, Shiva's realm: a circle split vertically between a luminous silver Sadashiva half wreathed in clouds and light, and a shadowed Mahakala half coiled with serpents.
    Maheśa-dhāma

    A Śiva-related domain placed between Devī-dhāma and Hari-dhāma in this Gauḍīya chart

    Sadāśiva (luminous) · Mahā-kāla (shadowed)

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    What
    A Śiva-related domain, one figure read in two lights: Sadāśiva and Mahā-kāla.
    Mood
    Neither majesty nor intimacy — a boundary domain, not a devotional mood.
    Chart position
    Between Devī- and Hari-dhāma, below Vaikuṇṭha.
    Key contrast
    Unlike Goloka or Vaikuṇṭha, this is one tradition's map of Śiva's place, not a devotional relationship with the Lord.

  4. gives way to

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    Mandala of the Threshold: a radiant golden and violet starburst of effulgent rays converging on a bright white center, depicting the Brahmajyotir.
    Brahmajyotir · Virajā

    Two layers where spirit meets matter: effulgence, then boundary river

    Two layers, crossed in order

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    What
    Two layers where spirit meets matter: the effulgence, then the boundary river.
    Mood
    Neither majesty nor intimacy — formless effulgence, not yet a personal relationship.
    Chart position
    Below Maheśa-, above Devī-dhāma.
    Key contrast
    and are sequential, not interchangeable: effulgence first, then the boundary.

  5. begins beyond

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    Mandala of Devi-dhama, the material universe: a segmented wheel in green, gold, and rose depicting the layered planetary systems, ringed by sun, moon, and star motifs on deep purple.
    Devī-dhāma

    The material universe, fourteen layered worlds, and yours among them

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    Fourteen planetary systems, resting on an older Purāṇic cosmography

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    What
    The material universe: fourteen planetary systems governed by Māyā under the Lord's authority.
    Mood
    Conditioned existence — karma, time, birth and death, not a devotional mood of its own.
    Chart position
    The lowest major region of the chart, below the Threshold.
    Key contrast
    Unlike the realms above it, this world is temporary and conditioned, though the tradition doesn't call it a punishment.

  6. turns toward

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    A single point of light ascending along a trailing arc, evoking the soul's own path home.
    The Way Home / Jīva's Return

    Not a place on the chart, but the path every place was pointing toward.

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