In other contexts, paraloka could mean different things.
- When a human dies, the gandhabba comes out and stays in that state for many years until entering another womb. In that case, it is said that the person has gone to paraloka, meaning from the world we can see to “the world of gandhabbas.” This is a somewhat common saying in Sri Lanka.
- I have also seen moving from the human realm to another realm called “moving to paraloka.”
- I have heard the second usage in some English translations but don’t recall the suttas.
I have not investigated such cases in the suttas. If you come across translations with the above meanings, we can look at them.
