Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Astronomy - The Heliocentric theory



नैवास्तामानामार्कास्य नोदयः सर्वदा सतः 
उदायास्तामानाख्यम हि  दर्शानादर्शन रवे:

naivastamanamarkasya nodayah sarvada satah
udayastamanakhyam hi darshanadarshanam raveh

"There is, in truth, neither raising nor setting for the sun, for it always there, and these terms (of raising & setting) merely imply his presence and disappearance" 

source: Vishnu puranam, book 2, Chapter 8, slokah 15, Vyasaha (Post-vedic period)

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