When all these became assembled by force of energy of Supreme God, this universe came into being.
All the above are natural creations by the "maya" of the Supreme Lord.
Then a demi-god (Brahma) known as creator of the universe came into existence, who has the brain like that of Supreme Lord..
Three lokas.
Vishvarupa of Vishnu as the Cosmic Man with the three realms: heaven - Satya to Bhuvar loka (head to belly), earth - Bhu loka (groin), underworld - Atala to Patala loka (legs).
The most common classification of lokas in Hinduism is the Trailokya, or the three worlds..
Any theory of creation is incomplete without estimating the age, shape and size of universe.
Vedas say that our universe is about 155.52 trillion human years old, and its total life span is 311.04 trillion human years (which is equivalent to 100 years of Brahma).
In Srimada Bhagwata 5.20..
Shalagram stones, signifying the presence of Vishnu, the Cosmic Person, are found in homes and temples all over India and beyond.
Long ago Vedic sages described Vishnu as the One whose existence spans the cosmos..
The Puranas present an elaborate mythical cosmography.
The old tripartite universe persists, but it is modified.
There are three levels—heaven, earth, and the netherworld—but the first and last are further subdivided into vertical layers..
Introduction The Rig Ve~da, the oldest extant piece of Indo-European literature, contains a great deal of Calendrical Astronomy and Astronomy in general.
In fact the Rig Veda stresses rta or cosmic order and the word for season namely flu is derived from the above word..
Rigveda.
According to Henry White Wallis, the Rigveda and other Vedic texts are full of alternative cosmological theories and curiosity questions..
Hindu cosmology is the description of the universe and its states of matter, cycles within time, physical structure
All matter is based on three inert gunas (qualities or tendencies): • sattva
Time is infinite with a cyclic universe, where the current universe was preceded and will be followed by an infinite number of universes
The individual, spiritual jiva-atma(embodied soul) is the life force or consciousness within a living entity
Hinduism is a group of distinct intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than a rigid common set of beliefs
