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Hindu cosmology is the description of the universe and its states of matter, cycles within time, physical structure, and effects on living entities according to Hindu texts. Hindu cosmology is also intertwined with the idea of a creator who allows the world to exist and take shape.
The Puranic period from the 4th to the 12th century CE saw the rise of post-Vedic religion and the evolution of what R. C. Majumdar calls "synthetic Hinduism." [ 9 ] Following is a well-known verse from the Vishnu Purana (1.2.66) that mentions Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva together in a single verse, highlighting their roles within the cosmic ...
The concept of multiple universes became more defined in the Middle Ages. [citation needed] The American philosopher and psychologist William James used the term "multiverse" in 1895, but in a different context. [13] The concept first appeared in the modern scientific context in the course of the debate between Boltzmann and Zermelo in 1895. [14]
The wheel of time or wheel of history (also known as Kalachakra) is a concept found in several religious traditions and philosophies, notably religions of Indian origin such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, which regard time as cyclical and consisting of repeating ages.
The Surya Siddhanta is one of several astronomy-related Hindu texts. It represents a functional system that made reasonably accurate predictions. [14] [15] [16] The text was influential on the solar year computations of the luni-solar Hindu calendar. [17] The text was translated into Arabic and was influential in medieval Islamic geography. [18]
The Hindu cosmology, like the Buddhist and Jain cosmology, considers all existence as cyclic. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] With its ancient roots, Hindu texts propose and discuss numerous cosmological theories. Hindu culture accepts this diversity in cosmological ideas and has lacked a single mandatory view point even in its oldest known Vedic scriptures, the ...
The concept of a loka or lokas develops in the Vedic literature. Influenced by the special connotations that a word for space might have for a nomadic people, loka in the Veda did not simply mean place or world, but had a positive valuation: it was a place or position of religious or psychological interest with a special value or function of ...
Some versions of panentheism suggest that the universe is nothing more than the manifestation of God. In addition, some forms indicate that the universe is contained within God, [3] like in the Kabbalistic concept of tzimtzum. Much of Hindu thought is highly characterized by panentheism and pantheism. [4] [5]