Well, the Puranas explicitly talk about all the Brahmas, Shivas, etc, each lording over a different universe.
That's from about 1000 AD, I believe. Wikipedia mentions it in their discussion of multiverse: The concept of parallel universes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse appears in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_Vaivarta_Purana: And who will search through the wide infinities of space to count the universes side by side, each containing its Brahma, its Vishnu, its Shiva? Who can count the Indras in them all--those Indras side by side, who reign at once in all the innumerable worlds; those others who passed away before them; or even the Indras who succeed each other in any given line, ascending to godly kingship, one by one, and, one by one, passing away? (Brahma Vaivarta Purana) Multiverse (religion) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_%28religion%29#Hinduism Multiverse (religion) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_%28religion%29#Hinduism In religion a multiverse is the concept of a plurality of universes. Some religious cosmologies propose that our universe is not the only one that exists. View on en.wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_%28religion%29#Hinduism Preview by Yahoo ---In [email protected], <jr_esq@...> wrote : Reason would say that, if you take the high road, you'll find the true meaning. ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : So in other words, one can interpret ANYTHING one reads according to what one wants it to say. From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 1, 2015 1:27 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Multiverse Revealed in Bhagavad Gita One has to read the Gita and other wisdom books in various levels of understanding. From a literal sense, the translation of this verse appears mythical and impractical. But in a figurative sense, the translation reveals the infinite properties of the multiverse which are represented by the infinite faces of the Supreme Deity or the laws of nature present in these worlds. From this point of view, one can see the deep wisdom that is being conveyed in this chapter of the Gita. ---In [email protected], <emptybill@...> wrote : Don't you have any better translations of the Bhagavatam to work with than Bhaktivedanta? You will never view unbiased translations from his works ... or from any Gaudiya Vaishnava-s for that matter. There are much more accurate translations available. Why quote contaminated scriptures full of ideologically corrupted interpretations? ″sarvavedanta saram yadbramhatmaikatva lakshanam vastwadwitiyam tannishtham kaivalaikaprayojanam″( BP 12.13.12) ″You already know that the essence of all vedanta is the non-duality of atman and brahman. Only this is the given subject of Bhagavata Purana. The aim of this (Bhagavata Purana) is kaivalya moksha only.″
