Vimana: Pyramid shaped anti-grav vehicles which run with the power of tonal frequencies. It was designed by the Architect God Vishwakarma and witnessing how the Gods used these vehicles long ago, the Manavas associated these vehicles with the House of Gods, thus constructing Temples in their likeness. Now, copies of the real thing have been reverse engineered and manufactured by the Manavas, which are often used with the power of Kundalini that the people riding in it offer to the tonal engines.
Kingdoms of Satya: Satya is divided into seven kingdoms right now. Each 'supposedly' having a revered family presiding over as their advisors. The royal bloodlines are descended from two of the Navagrahas: Surya and Chandra. The seven families have either directly descended from or given blessings by the rest of the seven Navagrahas. Somi was born in the Sapta family of Kuru empire in the north and north west. The curse of their family have robbed them of their advisor position in the royal court. No one wants a puppet of other kingdoms within their midst. Shreya and her family comes from the Ayodhya kingdom in the north and some parts of central east. Her family takes care of both the libraries at Takshashila and Nalanda.
Navagrahas: Surya(Sun), Chandra(Moon), Vudha(Mercury), Shukra(Venus), Mangal(Mars), Brihaspati(Jupiter), Shani(Saturn), Rahu and Ketu(Shadow Planets). Their positions during the birth of living beings determine their fate. Each represent some virtues and aspects of human life and have a gemstone representing them.
Items and spells of resurrection: Amrita which is hoarded by the Gods in Swarga Loka. Highest potency.
Sanjeevani herb: A mythical herb from Himalayas that needs a proper preparation method to be able to resurrect people who have died very recently. Very Low potency.
Mrita Sanjeevani Mantra: Spell developed by Shukracharya, Guru of the Asuras, which was learnt and shared to the Devatas by Kacha, the son of Brihaspati. High potency.
Derived methods from these three forms have given birth to the techniques used by Manavas for their resurrection. But they have a clear limitation on the number of times they can be used. Their potency varies depending on the methods and quality of materials used. The royalties of Satya are known to have more lives than the Rakshaks of Ashrama.
Temple Dungeons: Secrets of these dungeons are not yet known to the characters. Every iteration is based on two of seven elements of the Universe(Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space, Ether and Cosmic Energy). Once you leave a dungeon, you can't return back to the same one. One needs to consciously make the decision of leaving a dungeon using their status. So if you're knocked out, your team either needs to leave you there or protect you until you regain consciousness. Time in the dungeons seem to move faster than Satya, making people speculate whether it's actually located in the Netherworld (Patala Loka).
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Curses: Triggered on specific conditions. The quality of soul is taken into account when a curse is cast. It is a common saying, that a cow won't die by the curse of a vulture. There seems to be a cause and effect associated to curses which goes beyond magic and thus applicable even inside Alik barriers. Most curses till date have been cast by people who have been deeply hurt, insulted or have lost something precious. These negative feelings are the building blocks of all curses. Normal people are often riddled with low level curses, that they accumulate by unknowingly harming the people around them in their day to day life. The more you suffer from curses, the greater your resistance to it develops over time.
Time in Lokas: Calculation of time between the Lokas is very difficult and people have developed somewhat approximate measures between each of them. In the top most Loka, the whole Universe is created and destroyed within a single second. It becomes gradually faster as one goes below. In the lower most Loka, where the Nagas reside, it is speculated that 100,000 years can pass by the time a day in Marta is even completed.
Moksha: After living beings gain enlightenment of their true nature, they reach a state where they remember all their memories even after the cycle of time starts anew, thus leaving the cycle of Rebirth in a way. The Beings who have attained Moksha mostly reside in the upper Lokas. They gradually accumulate their knowledge over the multiple Renewals. The beings in the lower Lokas are hence given much more time to explore themselves for the sake of attaining Moksha, compared to the ones who have already achieved it. Unfortunately, they use all this time to indulge in their own interests.
Traits: Physical manifestations of one's abilities that is passed down through heredity. Over time, they have become one with the soul and are on the same level as a curse, not affected by the absence of Divinity. Traits and Curses seem to have a soul based causality which is studied vigorously by ambitious Manavas in Kingdom funded Institutions. Rumors have spread that a certain institution in the Kuru kingdom has successfully developed a way to transfer traits from one person to another. After the person who developed it went missing, the method also disappeared. Maybe the same person could have modified the method to alleviate curses. Who knows?
Blessings and Authorities: Blessings are provided by High Level Deities and some Devatas. Constrained to the person involved unlike Traits. Have a very small chance of being turned into traits. Authorities are provided by Very High Level Deities, and the Trinity. Some have a high level chance to be converted to traits. While some are temporary, only provided for the sake of fulfilling some role assigned by Fate or to restore Order of this World.
To be continued.