Numbers in Sprituality - 3,4,5,7,9

Below are some examples cited for the numbers 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9

Three (3)

• Gunas - Tamo, Rajo & Sato
• The Tenses - Past , Present & Future
• The Trinity ( Brahma, Vishnu Mahesh!)
• The 3 worlds - Patal, Bhoomi & Aakash
• Please also see the post titled Significance of 3 , posted March 12, 2012

Four (4)

• Four Directions
• Four Vedas
• Four Yugas - Satyug, Dwapra, Treta & Kalyug
• Four Sankadik Munis
• Four Varna
• Four Ashrams & Awasthas

Five (5)

• Sense organs - eyes, ears, nose, skin & tongue
• Action Organs - hands, feet, mouth, reproductory & excretory organs
• Elements - Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Ether
• 5 Pandavas 

PS. Please see the post titled Human Body & 5 elements posted on March 6, 2012

Seven (7)

• KRISHNA has 7 letters
• The 7 colours in the rainbow - VIBGYOR
• music notes are 7 - C,D,E,F,G,A & B
• and we have 7 chakras
• The 7 levels of existence - breath, body, intellect, mind, memory, ego & self
• Seven Maharishis as mentioned in Chapter 7
• The seven star constellation 
• A week has 7 days

Nine (9)

• We have 9 planets
• 9 gates to the human body ( nav dwar!)

Please see the post titled Religions & number nine, posted Feb 29, 2012