[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s5.25 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.25 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.25 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.24) - [Next: v2.c4.s5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.26) - [Up: v2.c4.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.25) · Pramāṇa