[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.s6.48 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s6.48 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s6.48 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v2.c4.s6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.47) - [Next: v2.c4.s6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.49) - [Up: v2.c4.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.48) · Pramāṇa