Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s6.48

v2.c4.s6.48

Loka denotes ‘world’ in the Rigveda¹ and later.² Mention is often made of the three worlds,³ and *ayam lokaḥ*, ‘this world,’⁴ is constantly opposed to *asau lokaḥ*,⁵ ‘yonder world’—*i.e.*, ‘heaven.’ Loka itself sometimes means ‘heaven,’⁶ while in other passages several different sorts of world are mentioned.⁷