Hindu cosmology

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aspect of Hinduism religious cosmology

Hindu cosmology is the traditional Hindu understanding of the universe’s origin, structure, cycles of creation and destruction, and multiple realms of existence, as described in texts like the Vedas and Puranas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aspect of Hinduism ⓘ
religious cosmology ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Prakriti (primordial nature) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Purusha (cosmic person) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trimurti NERFINISHED ⓘ
gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas) ⓘ
cosmicProcess mahapralaya (great dissolution) ⓘ
pralaya (dissolution) ⓘ
srishti (creation) ⓘ
sthiti (preservation) ⓘ
describedIn Bhagavata Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Markandeya Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnu Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConcept Brahmanda (cosmic egg universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmic egg ⓘ
cosmic mountain Meru ⓘ
cosmic ocean ⓘ
creation and dissolution cycles ⓘ
cyclical time ⓘ
kalpas ⓘ
karma ⓘ
lokas NERFINISHED ⓘ
manvantaras ⓘ
moksha ⓘ
multiple realms of existence ⓘ
patala NERFINISHED ⓘ
samsara ⓘ
yugas ⓘ
includesDeity Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Devi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesRealm Bhurloka (earthly realm) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhuvarloka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Janaloka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maharloka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naraka (hell realms) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Satyaloka (Brahmaloka) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Svarloka (Svarga) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tapoloka NERFINISHED ⓘ
seven lower regions (Patala lokas) ⓘ
includesStructure Jambudvipa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Meru at the center of the universe ⓘ
concentric island-continents (dvipas) ⓘ
cosmic ocean surrounding dvipas ⓘ
influenced Hindu festival timing ⓘ
Hindu ritual calendars ⓘ
Indian philosophical schools ⓘ
relatedField Hindu eschatology ⓘ
Hindu mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
timeScale Mahayuga of four yugas ⓘ
day of Brahma ⓘ
kalpa of 4.32 billion human years ⓘ
lifetime of Brahma of 100 Brahma years ⓘ
night of Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ
yuga cycle of 4,320,000 human years ⓘ
worldviewType cyclical universe model ⓘ
plurality of universes (multiverse idea) ⓘ

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Mrityu → partOf → Hindu cosmology ⓘ
Yamaloka → partOf → Hindu cosmology ⓘ