Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.25

v2.c4.s5.25

1. Rajas denotes the region of the atmosphere between heaven and earth in the Rigveda¹ and later.² The atmosphere, like the sky (Div), is divided into three regions,³ but more normally into two, the ‘earthly’ (*pārthiva*)⁴ and the ‘heavenly’ (*divya* or *divaḥ*).⁵ In some passages⁶ the word refers in the plural to the dusty fields on earth.