Three worlds
place · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
atmosphere · earth · the three worlds · heaven · sky
spoken of as
1 expressionThe three worlds2 mentions
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit) · Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
And if what he desires in his heart is not granted, he will destroy all three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings through his austerities;
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The threefold cosmic setting (heaven, atmosphere, earth) framing the hymns' purification and protection.
Three heavens, three earths, three atmospheres, four oceans — the waters call the threefold hymn-of-praise threefold;
By which heaven and earth were purified, by which the waters were purified, and also the heavenly light — may Pavamāna purify me with that thousand-streamed one.
You gods who are eleven in the atmosphere — [take pleasure in this oblation].
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The threefold cosmos (heaven, earth, and netherworld) invoked as the scope of Vasiṣṭha's ritual capability and of Viśvāmitra's potential destructive power.
And if what he desires in his heart is not granted, he will destroy all three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings through his austerities;
The venerable one is capable of officiating for even the three worlds, O king.