Heaven and Earth
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also in the atlas: Heaven and Earth the deity · Heaven and Earth the group
heaven and earth · the two world-halves · Dyāvāpṛthivī · both worlds · the two worlds · Earth · Heaven · al-arḍ · al-samāʾ · earth
spoken of as
1 expressionThe Two Worlds“Heaven and Earth”1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
Indra wrapped around the settlement as the earth does;
in the texts
Rigveda
The paired cosmic realms of sky and earth, treated both as physical space and as a quasi-divine pair invoked for protection.
Golden-handed Savitṛ, all-seeing one, moves between both Heaven and Earth.
When, O Indra, you encompassed both worlds everywhere with your greatness — you thrust out the Dasyu with your sacred prayers, [the gods] who think clearly against those who think [wrongly], O Indra.
Slaying Vṛtra they crossed Heaven and Earth;
Kitāb al-Safīnah al-Nūḥīyah fī al-sakīnah al-rūḥīyah
The two cosmic regions, assigned respectively to beasts and angels and then jointly allotted to man, whose body dwells on one and whose spirit ascends to the other.
and just as He gathered in man what is in the angels and the cattle, He joined for man the earth and the heaven, making the earth the dwelling of his body and the heaven the ascent of his spirit (rūḥ).
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The paired cosmic spheres of sky and earth, invoked for auspiciousness and homage.
Having paid homage to heaven and earth, to the atmosphere, to death — standing upright I shall stir;
Whatever brilliance belongs to heaven and earth, and whatever brilliance resides in you, O ointment — by that brilliance, sharp-sighted and radiant, may I become, O ointment.
may the two heavenly vaults — sky and earth — be auspicious for me.
Sāmaveda
The paired cosmic realms of Heaven and Earth, propped apart and sustained by divine order.
Full of ghee, of all worlds the splendor, wide and broad, the two honey-yielding, beautifully formed ones — Heaven and Earth, propped apart by the law of Varuṇa, ageless and rich in seed.
Know this, O heaven and earth, on my behalf.