Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Physics in Vedas (Optics)


सूर्यस्य विविधवर्ण: पवनेन विघितः कराः साभ्रे |
वियति धनु: संस्थानः ये द्रस्यनते तदिन्द्रधाणु: ||


Suryasya vividhavarnah pavanena visgaitah karah sabhre |
viyati dhanuh samsthanah ye drisyante tadindradhunuh ||

"The multi-colored rays of the sun being dispersed by wind in a cloudy sky are seen in the form of a bow which is rainbow"

Source: Brhat-Samhita, slokah 35, varahamihira (6th century A.D)


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