Lexicon

of Rig Veda

div, heaven

Highest region of manifested worlds, region measured by the third step of Vishnu. There are thee heavens: highest is a world of sat-cit-tapas, of supreme Existense and Consciousness; near and below is a middle heaveb, world of mayas, of divine Bliss. These two are the triple Sachchidananda of Vedanta. Below is a heaven of dinamic action of the Sun, supramental world of Svar, of omnipotent Knoledge and omniscient Will.

See also:

•  Bliss (mayas)

•  day (diva)

•  earth (pṛthivī)

•  ether (vyoman)

•  Heaven-Earth (dyāvāpṛthivī)

•  immortality; immortal (amṛta)

•  mid-world (antarikṣa)

•  step (pada)

•  ten (daśa)

•  two firmaments (Earth and Heaven) (rodas)

•  vast (bṛhat)

•  Vishnu (viṣṇu)

•  world of the Sun (svar)

Synonyms and words close in meaning:

•  divya, heavenly; divine

•  dyāvā, heaven

•  pada+parama, highest step (of Vishnu)