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)
The venerable one is capable of officiating for even the three worlds, O king.
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The threefold cosmic setting (heaven, atmosphere, earth) framing the hymns' purification and protection.
You gods who are eleven in the atmosphere — [take pleasure in this oblation].
You gods who are eleven in heaven — you divine ones, take pleasure in this oblation.
You gods who are eleven on the earth — you divine ones, 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.
The venerable one is capable of officiating for even the three worlds, O king.
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;